Millennials are attracted to the live-work-play environment, explains James Hughes, Rutgers University professor and an expert in New Jersey economics and demographics. Some towns may never be able to provide the lifestyle this cohort needs, but others have unique...
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Reinventing our suburbs, our state, and our future
Here in New Jersey, it's time to anticipate new social and development patterns, reimagine our suburbs, and prepare for a new generation of prosperity. Start by considering some history, courtesy of the superb new book New Jersey's Postsuburban Economy by Rutgers...
Shrinking School Districts in NJ a Sign of Millennial Shift?
The declining school populations in part reflect a wider trend of depopulation of the outer-ring suburbs that is playing out across New Jersey and the Northeastern United States, according to Professor James Hughes, a senior faculty fellow at the Edward J. Bloustein...
More businesses moving into Central Jersey
Rutgers economist James Hughes said many of the office buildings in Central Jersey were constructed 30 to 35 years ago, “however a number of properties have been repositioned, they have been upgraded, their information technology systems are state of the art.”...
Business leaders cautious about NJ economy, love where US is headed
New Jersey’s top business leaders are optimistic about the national economy and the direction it’s headed in this year. But they remain cautious about New Jersey’s immediate economic future as the state elects a new governor this November. The results of a new survey...
NJ used to have more immigration than today
James Hughes, a Rutgers University professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said New Jersey’s broad diversity is nothing new. At the start of the 19th Century, more than 25 percent of the state’s population was foreign-born. Back...
Business Leaders Meh About NJ's Prospects But Optimistic for National Economy
New Jersey’s top business leaders are optimistic about the direction that the national economy is heading in this year, but as the state gets ready to elect a new governor, they are more cautious about New Jersey’s own immediate economic future. The results of a new...
Recent college grads are leaving NJ in record numbers. Here's why.
"It is sort of unprecedented, we would have to go back generations, to come to this situation where grown children live at home to the extent that they are today," said Dr. James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers...
Only 2 NJ towns don't have any immigrants
According to James Hughes, a Rutgers University professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, immigrants made up more than 25 percent of the Garden State’s population at the beginning of the 20th Century. NJ1015.com, June 26, 2017
Latino and Asian immigrants pump nearly $100 billion into NJ economy
James Hughes, a Rutgers University professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of planning and public policy, pointed out that “a lot of Asian immigrants were drawn here by the pharmaceutical industry, particularly pharmaceutical research, so they’ve been a presence...