hudson valley real estate agent General Information
| The Gold Coast | |
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| Counties | Hudson and Bergen |
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| Area | |
| - Total | 137.529 km² (53.1 sq mi) |
| - Land | 95.571 km² (36.9 sq mi) |
| - Water | 41.958 km² (16.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 606,221 |
| - Density | 16,428.8/km² (42,550.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) |
New Jersey's Gold Coast consists of a string of communities on the west bank of the Hudson River, across from New York City in Hudson and Bergen counties. The term is a relatively new one and was coined by real estate agents, brokers, and developers in the 1990s who realized the investment potential of the area. It is infrequently, if ever, used outside the context of real-estate sales and marketing.
A more commonly used collective name is the Hudson Waterfront, or simply The Waterfront, or sometimes the "Jersey waterfront", or farther north, "the Palisades". (The New Jersey Department of Tourism considers it to be part of the state's Gateway Region.) Physically it is the Bayonne Peninsula, lying between the Hudson and the New Jersey Meadowlands. Most residents just refer to the town or neighborhood, and occasionally the name of the development, where they live or work. This may have to do with the fact that though this geographically long narrow region is a contiguous urban area (where it's often difficult to know when one's crossed a civic boundary), each of the municipalities has its own government and school district, with which the citizens identify. Few people travel very far along its length to work, school, or to shop or socialize, more often heading east to New York City or further west into New Jersey.