Hudson County is in North Jersey, is it not? I deeply respect your decision to remain close to the land of your upbringing, but would you consider moving perhaps closer to South Jersey, which is at least (from my recollections of the last time I was over there) in not as hopeless a situation as the northern extremeties of the State? I've lived most of my life here in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and there are localities here that I would never even consider living in... I'm curious, mostly—Please don't take umbrage at the question! :)
(And, to continue with my unfortunate rambling [do forgive me!], I'd like to add that the extreme mobility that we have in our society—the tendency of people to move far away from where they grew up, and to move around frequently—is one of the biggest reasons why we no longer value our culture, or our institutions. I have very fond memories of my upbringing, back during a time when elementary school existed to instruct students about their LOCAL history, and their LOCAL culture, and am saddened to see that our primary schools of today don't seem to teach these lessons any more, perhaps because too many families are coming from too many areas.)
I can see you've never been to Camden.