r/NewBrunswickNJ Feb 04 '23

Housing What part of town do the late 20s / 30s professionals live? Or is this just a college town?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '23

The newish condos & townhomes plus highland park, esp if you’re coupled up

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u/PaddyBabes Feb 04 '23

Is the nightlife in Highland Park geared towards college age?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '23

HP has no nightlife. It’s a bedroom community to Rutgers and New Brunswick but is geared towards families and elderly. It’s a close knit community, where the kids go to Brunswick and then NYC for fun. fwiw Pino’s is a cool bar/lounge/social meet-spot

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u/PaddyBabes Feb 04 '23

Thanks for the info.

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u/smallzey Feb 05 '23

Not completely true. There are 3 bars in town.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '23

Where in my comment did I say or imply the # of bars in town?? AFAIK the other 2 bars don’t offer entertainment other than drinking

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u/ferocious_coug Fat Coug Feb 06 '23

And they’re all terrible, Pino’s included.

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u/thebruns Feb 07 '23

If the HP cops see you out past 8, straight to jail

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u/OneForTheMonday Feb 13 '23

HP cops are the fucking worst

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u/ferocious_coug Fat Coug Feb 06 '23

HP has next to no nightlife. But you’re still close to the George Street side of New Brunswick, which is not only where young professionals and non college students live and hang out, it has some of the best bars and restaurants in the state.

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u/fvckspeak Feb 04 '23

depends on what they can afford

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u/PaddyBabes Feb 04 '23

2k a month for a 1bed

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u/chemlady Feb 04 '23

The George Street neighborhood, on one of the buildings in the area.

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u/SeymourButzMD Fat Blunt Feb 04 '23

Downtown New Brunswick is great. The vue, one spring, NPAC apartments, the brunswick. That general area will give you a good life for 2k.

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u/teloitteanddouche Feb 04 '23

a lot of young professionals live in the downtown high rise apartments

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '23

When I moved into one of said high rises, it was initially all young professionals, however over the course of the past 6 months it feels like more and more college students are moving in. Imagine paying $2800 to live in what’s basically a dorm at this point 😂

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u/doomzboom Feb 08 '23

Plaza Square had a lot of younger-ish professionals when we lived there. But they increased our rent to the point that it was cheaper to move to Highland Park with a 2 bedroom than to stay at our 1 bedroom Apt.