I moved to a rent stablized apartment Hoboken right after college and I couldnāt really hack it. Beautiful neighborhood, great food, but my social life pretty much totally collapsed since all my friend + work was based in NYC.
You definitely need to move there knowing some friends/family or with a partner/kids. My family is from Jersey City/Hoboken, and I think if you grew up there its probably a great place to live, but ultimately unless you spend most of your time in FiDi or Chelsea donāt expect a ton of access to New York . Going anywhere in Brooklyn takes about an hour minimum when the trains are running and closer to two when they arenāt really running (pretty much any night after 12). I live in with roommates in Brooklyn now and Iām sooooo much happier, but also this was just my experience as someone trying to work as an artist in my early 20s
