Jersey City is the second largest city in the state of New Jersey with a population of 270,753 people in 2017. The city is bordered by New York City and is often regarded as one of the suburbs of Greater New York.
Jersey city is located on a Peninsula separated from the Manhattan Hudson River. In the North Jersey city borders with the city of Hoboken, in the East - the Hudson River and Manhattan, in the South - with the city of Bayonne and the Hackensack River in the West. In the southern part of the city on the border with the area is a deep-water port, which is part of the port of New York.
Once Jersey city was known as an industrial and transport hub. It was a city dominated by brown and gray colors. Smoke was coming from the factory pipes. The railroad owned a third of the land and trains rumbled day and night. In the 1960s, the railway went bankrupt, the berths rotted and the factories closed. Hard times began, the population of Jersey city began to decline.
Positive changes began in the 1990s when the transformation of the coastline began. On the site of factories and depots began to be built high-rise buildings for various purposes (hotels, office buildings, residential apartments). Today, office space is actively filled by tenants, attracted by lower prices and proximity to Manhattan. Such companies as Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Chase Bank settled in the financial business district of Jersey City, which bears the name of Exchange Place.
Despite its relatively small size, the city consists of different blocks, different from each other. Most of the high-rise buildings are concentrated near the Hudson River. Other areas of the city are blocks of 2-5 story buildings.
40% of Jersey City households do not have a car, this is partly due to well-developed public transport, which is used by 46% of the population, one of the highest rates in the country. It takes a few minutes to get to Manhattan. There is a ferry service. Automotive connection to Manhattan through the Holland Tunnel run underneath the Hudson River. There is also a high-speed underground railway PATH, Port Authority Trans - Hudson, linking New Jersey city to Manhattan. Railway tunnels laid under the Hudson. Buses and high-speed trams run in Jersey City
A survivor of the real Renaissance, Jersey city has a good reputation. It's closer to Manhattan than some parts of Manhattan itself. At the same time, Jersey City is much quieter and peaceful place.
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