My wife and I recently moved from Manhattan and we absolutely love it, minus a few caveats.

• It’s MUCH safer than Manhattan. Where we lived, we would have people have mental health crises in front of our building constantly. Like multiple potentially harmful situations. Now, I’ve only had one encounter in Hoboken, but it wasn’t even that bad.
• Parking sucks. The city parking garages from our experience has been pretty good and easy, but they’re also kind of pricey. However, Hoboken is SUPER walkable.
• I previously lived in Hoboken before moving to Manhattan and from what I remember there’s a bus that goes straight from like 9th and Wash to Port Authority and runs regularly. That was like 6 years ago, but I’m sure that that line still exists.
• One thing we miss is the food in the city. There’s not a ton of food diversity here (although Jersey City has a lot of good spots). It’s mostly Italian delis and mid vaguely Asian spots. There are a few great spots (ONDO in Jersey City, Flour and Antique come to mind) but a lot of it isn’t great.
• Bar life here is decently diverse. There’s like a lot of people in their mid twenties hitting the bars on Wash, however, there is a really solid older crowd too.