Sane people avoid going to Newark unless they have to use the train station or attend a Devils game. Three blocks away from Downtown in any direction and life becomes a cr@pshoot.
It is better than it was years ago but aside from a very few neighborhoods, it still is largely a dangerous dump of a city.
The Devils don’t sell tickets well since they moved to No Man’s Land.
Besides the rail hub, the airport is the only other destination there.