User:Djflem/Big Six (New Jersey)

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The Big Six is a term used for six cities in New Jersey which have traditionally been the largest the municipalities in the state, and are considered to be the most urban of it's communities. They are Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, Trenton, and Camden. Each of the cities can trace it's roots to the colonial era, and developed from a core urban center, or downtown. For its overall population and nation-leading population density, New Jersey has a relative paucity of classic large cities.In most the central business district underwent a period decline and to varying degrees some renewal, due, in part, to population shifts during the latter half of the 20th century. During that era, land use patterns transformed the state to the only state in union in which every part of it is part of metropolitan area, with large swaths that are largley suburban sprawl. Since the late half of the twenty century populations in other municipalities has grown to exceed that of two of the Big Six, though they some other areas in the northeastern part of the state are  but they remain the state's urban centers.

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/26/nyregion/new-jersey-s-cities-sad-urban-presence-encircled-by-wealth.html?src=pm http://media.nj.com/hudsoncountynow_impact/other/Jersey-City-Audit.pdf List of U.S. states by population density List of United States cities by population density

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F7081FF63D5F1A7493C6A81788D85F478784F9 move capitol title: Jersey politics March 14, 1873 proposal to relocate to Elizabeth or Newark as most of population lives eat of the Raritan River.

The cities are small by current standards ninternational or national standards, though Newark and Jersey rank 68th, and 78th, respectively on the list of United States cities by population.

Hudson County is one of the most transit dependent areas in northern New Jersey. Thirty-four percent of residents commute by public transportation, 35 percent of households do not own personal vehicles and 15 percent of all households are considered “low income.” Within Hudson County, Jersey City residents in particular are highly transit dependent. With approximately 250,000 residents, fully 40 percent do not own or have access to a personal vehicle and between 60,000 and 100,000 use public transportation, particularly the extensive bus network, to go to work, school, shopping and to access basic services each day. Notably, nine percent of Jersey City residents are seniors over the age of 65; many of whom rely heavily on local bus services

http://www.njtpa.org/plan/subregion/profiles/overview_jerseycity.aspx page 57 http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/30/nyregion/city-whose-time-has-come-again-after-years-deprivation-jersey-city-old.html