Is this a safe place to stay for the camden shows?

I need to recoup my tour costs...you can crash at my house, $50 a night. Only catch is my dog will keep you up all night

I can't access the link, what and where exactly is it?

I live in North Jersey, however I have never been in downtown Camden and will not be attending (could only score Hartford Tix). I hear that anything along the waterfront where the ballpark and arena are located is okay. Camden overall is a high-crime area and was the murder capital of the state for a few years running, while Newark and Trenton were close behind. Not trying to scare you, but I would try to keep it close to the venue and not wander too far from the venue/hotel.

A trip across the water to philly and the "Old-Town" section would be good if you were looking for a nice resturant or bar/club before or after the show(s)

P.S. Again, I'm from Jersey but PJ is probably the only reason that I would even think of visiting Camden for.

I'm looking for a place to stay for the Camden shows myself. I like to be somewhat close to the venue but also somewhere clean and safe. Suggestions anyone?

Trimmer McGrady wrote:

I'm looking for a place to stay for the Camden shows myself. I like to be somewhat close to the venue but also somewhere clean and safe. Suggestions anyone?

I love the fact that PJ play Camden because they bring legitimate income and opportunity into the neighborhood, but Camden is, I'm sorry to say, a war zone -- those poor people have been victimized by the most outrageous corruption, even by Jersey standards, and the result is rampant crime and generational poverty on a (so-called) third world level.

Try Cherry Hill for someplace to stay -- buses I believe run late, and I know the kids from Camden take the bus regularly to the Cherry Hill Mall, for work as well as for a couple of hours freedom and peace. Check NJ Transit's website to see how the buses run. What's always worked for me after a gig in a dodgy neighborhood is to get out IMMEDIATELY with the rest of the concertgoers, and hold the party for a better place. And if so many PJ fans are roadtripping to Camden, there should be a posse of you, and you should be OK.

here are some of the more reasonably priced hotels within 5 miles of the venue

Red Carpet Inn - Brooklawn

418 Route 130
Brooklawn, NJ 08030
856-456-4321
Distance: 2.7 miles

Econo Lodge

301 S. Black Horse Pike
Bellmawr, NJ 08031
856-931-2800
Distance: 4.3 miles

Red Roof Inn

217 South Black Horse Pike
Bellmawr, NJ 08031
856-931-1010
Distance: 4.3 miles

Super 8 - Bellmawr

341 South Black Horse Pike
Bellmawr, NJ 08031
856-933-7800
Distance: 4.3 miles

You know what, stop right now

every time this band plays this city I have to sit here and listen to you people slam Camden as if they were the only place in the world that had problems

I happen to know a lot of good people from Camden and for you all to sit on your high horses and slam what you don't know is not right

I've been to Camden many a time, and I think I'd feel safer in Baghdad. Let's be honest, the government isn't responsible for what's happening there. The government is just a convenient excuse.