DevDays in NJ this year had great content, first class presenters, but the location, location, location ensured that the attendance would be lite. I know the people at MSDN want to reach each and every Developer and aspiring Developer in NJ, but by placing the event in the Meadowlands with it's insane traffic congestion someone@microsoft had another agenda. I wrote to the DevDays Team and got back the usual “Thank-you for contacting Microsoft...”
My main concern is that someone else at Microsoft will look at the attendance in NJ and decide not to have a DevDays in NJ next year!