. ▁Hob oken ▁attract ed ▁artists , ▁mus icians , ▁up ward ly ▁mobile ▁commut ers ▁( known ▁as ▁y upp ies ), ▁and ▁" bo hem ian ▁types " ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁so cio e conom ic ▁possibilities ▁and ▁challeng es ▁of ▁a ▁bank rupt ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁who ▁val ued ▁the ▁a est het ics ▁of ▁Hob oken ' s ▁resident ial , ▁civ ic ▁and ▁commercial ▁architecture , ▁its ▁sense ▁of ▁community , ▁and ▁relatively ▁( comp ared ▁to ▁Lower ▁Manh attan ) ▁che aper ▁r ents , ▁and ▁quick , ▁train ▁hop ▁away . ▁Max well ' s ▁( a ▁live ▁music ▁ven ue ▁and ▁restaurant ) ▁opened ▁and ▁Hob oken ▁became ▁a ▁" hip " ▁place ▁to ▁live . ▁Am id ▁this ▁social ▁up he aval , ▁so - called ▁" new com ers " ▁disp la ced ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁" old - tim ers " ▁in ▁the ▁eastern ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁ ▁This ▁gent r ification ▁res emble d ▁that ▁of ▁parts ▁of ▁Brook lyn ▁and ▁dow nt own ▁Jersey ▁City ▁and ▁Manh attan ' s ▁East ▁Village , ▁( and ▁to ▁a ▁less er ▁degree , ▁So H o ▁and ▁Tri Be Ca , ▁which ▁previously ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁resident ial ). ▁The ▁initial ▁presence ▁of ▁artists ▁and ▁young ▁people ▁changed ▁the ▁per ception ▁of ▁the ▁place ▁such ▁that ▁others ▁who ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁considered ▁moving ▁there ▁before ▁perce ived ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁interesting , ▁safe , ▁exc iting , ▁and ▁eventually ,