I have to respond to this because I am a single mother of two who works for a Luxury Car Dealership and I live in Harbortown. There are 3 different parts to Harbortown: Harbortown Sail(owners) Harbortown Terrace(renters:older apts/duplexes/townhomes) and Harbortown Ports(renters:newer apts/duplexes/townhomes). Me I grew up in nice private Home on a corner lot in Edison(borderline Metuchen) I've rented in Edison and Piscataway and now finally in Perth Amboy. I was skeptic about living in Perth Amboy like anyone else. Fortunately for me I work with ppl who live in both Harbortown & in town. When I surveyed them I got 50/50 some said its a horrible place to live the other half said its great. So I did what I always do when looking at a place to reside I went there during day and night times during the week and weekends. I wouldnt live in the Terrace they're older units and the Super said it was a little hood over there. The rental prices & layouts differ btwn the Terrace and the Ports but any style TownHouse in the Ports are available in the Sail to own. Most of the Supers live in the Ports where I live. I had a 2br flat style apt on Armstrong Lane for my 1st yr which seems to be designed for a handicapped person everything is spacious & wide. But being a mother of two there wasnt enough storage/closet space so I moved. Plus I hated the carport bc some1 stole all the change out of my car w/o breaking the window or setting off my alarm. Along w/ that all the carport spaces aren't covered (I had an uncovered one sucks during RAIN & SNOW). So I moved into 2br 2.5ba TownHome w/2car garage which is almost identical(besides the details of accessories) to HB Sail. I actually asked about any *SPECIALS* and there was Im renting my TH for less than what my old 2br flat was renting for for the 1st yr. So I live on Harbortown Blvd its nice & quiet I hardly ever see or hear my neighbors(I didnt even have that when I lived in Piscataway and Edison apts those are NICE NEIGHBORHOODS!). I have my 2 car garage one side I use for storage & it has a storage closet in there. I have 2 floors BRS on 2nd floor my kids have their own prvt bathroom in their room and I have my own bathroom in my br. I have the extened patio a huge linen closet a half a bath on 1stfloor w/ a big living room & dining room & EIC & vertical blinds came w/ the unit. As far as Perth Amboy the ppl do piss me off often & my kids are 1/2 hispanic but its the attitude they have. They have a tendency to treat you like you dont belong & very few speak English even thou they can. But my kids go to school there and the schools are great and have better programs than Edison or Piscataway. So for me YES PERTH AMBOY IS GREAT TO LIVE THERE bc I take my kids 2 school I go 2 work and I go home. I dont shop or hang in the city UNLESS they have some kind of FESTIVITIES which are always peaceful!!! The waterfront is nice & quiet and the cops are FRIENDLY for the most part. PERTH AMBOY IS AN UP AND COMING TOWN THEY HAVE NICE HOMES AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN NEAR RT35 & WOODBRIDGE(im buying one in 2yrs). THERE ARE OTHER RENTAL UNITS LIKE FEDERAL HILL & A PROPERTY ON THE WATERFRONT(not sure of the name) and KINGS PLAZA im sure one of these or HB Ports or Sail(buyers) will be to your liking THEY ARE ALL LIKE CITIES AWAY FROM THE CITY (thats mainly y i love mine). goodluck

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