Editing Hudson County, New Jersey (section)

===Post-war years===
After the war maritime and manufacturing industries still dominated the local economy,
and union membership provided guarantees of good pay packages. Though some returning servicemen took advantage of GI housing bills and moved to close by suburbs, many with strong ethnic and familial ties chose to stay. Baseball legend [[Jackie Robinson]] made his minor league debut at Roosevelt Stadium and "broke" the baseball color line. Much of Hudson County experienced the phenomenon of ethnic/economic groups leaving and being replaced by others, as was typical of most urban communities of the New York Bay region. When the big businesses decided to follow them or vice versa, Hudson County's socioeconomic differences became more profound. Old economic underpinnings disintegrated. Attempts were made to stabilize the population by demolishing so-called slums and build subsidized middle-income housing and the pockets of so-called "good neighborhoods" came in conflict with those that went into decline. Riots occurred in Jersey City in 1964.

Lower property values allowed the next wave of immigrants, many from Latin America, to rent or buy in the county. [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]], particularly Union City, saw many [[émigré]]s fleeing the Cuban revolution take up residence. Unlike other urban industrial areas of comparable size, age and density, [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]] did not experience marked [[urban decay]] or a crime wave during the late 20th century, its population and economic base remaining basically stable, in part, because of its good housing stock, tightly knit neighborhoods and satisfactory schools systems.