Gateway (New Jersey)
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The Gateway region encompasses the sprawling metropolitan areas of New York City lying in New Jersey.
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- Elizabeth-just south of Newark has bustling midtown, an 18th century historic district, a huge IKEA, and Jersey Gardens mega-mall
- Edison, named for Thomas Edison, with a growing suburban Chinatown
- Hawthorne - Small town in Passaic county. Borders Paterson.
- Hoboken - Tree-lined streets with well-preserved brownstones typify this former dockworkers' town overlooking the Hudson. Yuppies are taking over Hoboken's old Italian and Irish neighborhoods, but the city still has the highest number of bars per square mile in the country! Birthplace of Frank Sinatra and the location of the world's first baseball game.
- Jersey City - New Jersey's second largest city, directly across from Lower Manhattan. Home to the Statue of Liberty, and Liberty State Park
- Newark New Jersey's largest city hosts the NJ Perfroming Arts Center, Prudential Center (a sports/concert venue opened in 2008), Newark Museum, the nation's second biggest Cherry Blossom Festival
- New Brunswick - Home of Rutgers University, a college town that feels more Mid-Atlantic than North Jersey
- Montvale - The last exit on the Garden State Parkway before New York State. Not much of a downtown but lots of service industry and conveniently located between shopping areas in Paramus and Palisades Center mall in West Nyack. Home to one of the oldest Dairy Queens in the country and the establishment remains the same since its opening.
- Paterson - The third largest city in state was founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1791 beginning the industrial revolution in America, as seen around the many mills and factories around the Great Falls of the Passaic (Shabbier and more extensive than Lowell, Mass). Lambert Castle, on Garret Mountain, is a restored mansion museum in a state park. A downtown rebuilt after a big fire at the turn of the century is lively and Latin.
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There are several ethnic enclaves in the Gateway where the cuisine of its residents can be had in an authentic (as well as touristic) way. They include India Square and Little Manila in Jersey City, the Ironbound, a Portugues neighborhood in Newark, and Bergenline in Union City, where Cuban and other Latin American cultures are concentrated. A large Korean community in the towns near the George Washington Bridge create a sort of suburban Koreatown, while the growing Chinese population in Edison has brought many restaurants with it. A North Jersey tradition is the diner, many of which are open 24 hours, and offer breakfast and blue-plate specials.
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Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Jersey Shore and Long Island beaches, Skylands, Princeton/Trenton, and the Hudson Valley are all easy day-trips or over-nighters, mostly do-able with public transportation.
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