Hoboken Is Charming, Jersey City, Manhattan, Scary

This Is What We Do Now points us to an article in AM New York where a Hoboken retail rat explains why its great to be on our side of the river. We have to say we're ashamed Steve Brown has been taken as a representative sample of local residents:

We don't disagree with Brown that "Brooklyn's got a problem," but we take offense to his lumping downtown Jersey City into his urban bashing. Indeed, Mr. Brown talks about Manhattan like a suburban teenager who for the first time took the train to the big, bad city.

We appreciate that TIWWDN has pointed out: "Steve manages to remind us he has a girlfriend multiple times;...he's really a small-town guy. He also neglects to mention that he can't actually afford to live in the city because he's a 26-year-old who works in retail." But we can't say we're exactly pleased with what else TIWWDN Editor has to say, especially since we tend to think he'd enjoy the night life he hasn't even sampled yet.


Ironically, we found this post via curbed, despite being a semi-regular reader since TIWWDN was founded.