I stayed at Simone's place for 2 and a half weeks before I moved into my permanent place in NYC. I took a chance since I'm not familiar with the Jersey City area. Simone's place is the perfect size for one or two people, the layout is great and very spacious. It really is a quick 10 minute walk to the PATH train that I would take to 23rd for work M-F. The Journal Square area is very safe, quiet and mostly filled with families. I never felt afraid to walk around the area at night etc. Her place was a quick walk to restaurants, two stops from the mall and a quick 30 from Manhattan. Simone did everything she could to make my stay easy and I will always hold great memories from my first few weeks in NY at her place!