Credit Kathy Zucker

The New York Times recently reported that it's 18 percent cheaper for a family to live in a Brooklyn two-bedroom apartment than a house in suburban New Jersey. New York City's higher i...

Credit Claire Moses

About a year ago, I was contacted by Sam Eaton, host of NPR's Marketplace segment, about a piece he was working on titled, "The New American Dream." Sam was interviewing young families...

Credit Kathy Zucker

The arrival of a second child is usually the point where most Hoboken families hit the eject button on their life in Hoboken. Parking headaches, squeezing baby gear into tiny walkup ap...

Credit Kathy Zucker

Backyards. Open spaces. Swing sets. Swimming pools. Each child in his or her own bedroom. Perfect high schools with tons of funding for sports, music and art. Sounds like a suburban nir...

Credit Kathy Zucker

Almost every mother has struggled with the question whether or not to stay home with the kids. Hoboken's proximity to New York City, as well as the high cost of real estate and living ex...

Credit Kathy Zucker

My husband and I moved to Hoboken because it is similar to Park Slope, Brooklyn, one stop on the PATH train to Manhattan, and has an abundance of large new two-bedroom condos with a se...

Credit Kathy Zucker

Space is a real issue in Hoboken. We simply don't have enough of it. At an average cost of $500 per square foot, Hoboken apartments are certainly not cheap. Many of my friends constantl...