Hobroken
It’s that time of year again! The Hoboken St. Patrick’s Day Parade is this Saturday. Recommendation: STRONG SELL. If it’s anything like my experience last year, it’s an opportunity to find new and exciting ways to hate on Jersey.
By the way, be sure to check out Hoboken’s Fourth of July Parade on June 18th, Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 10th, and New Year’s Eve celebration on December 14th!
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February 26th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Googie says:Hoboken St. Patty’s Day sucks. But don’t blame New Jersey. The amount of Massholes sporting Red Sox hats in Hoboken these days suggests that the town is now infested with dirty transplants just like Manhattan is.
February 27th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Faulk says:Jesus - hating on New Jersey is the biggest cliche ever.
February 27th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Eric the BeehiveHairdresser says:Hoboken…(shudder)
February 27th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Chris says:Faulk: Relax. Jersey is an easy target, yet I hate on it roughly once a year - far less than most New Yorkers.
February 27th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Faulk says:You’re right - it is an easy target. It’s just so lame how people who have been to New Jersey once or twice in their lives (and mostly, they have been to Newark Airport or driven the span of the Parkway/Turnpike) rip on NJ just because everyone else is doing it.
It’s the guidos from Bayonne and Clifton and the like that give Jersey people a bad name. Fist pumping, Jager bombs, and fake tans aside, Jersey is a pretty nice place to live and grow up.
Note: I lived in NJ until I was 7 and then moved to Vancouver. I lived in Hoboken after college because I couldn’t afford Manhattan but wanted an easy commute. And as long as you go to a house party and avoid the bar scene, Hoboken St. Patty’s day is pretty fun.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:18 am
paul says:Hoboken is what you make of it. I used to live there, and you just have to know which places don’t attract douchetards. For the most part, that means as far away from the PATH as possible. And I’m in agreement on the house parties. Again, a house party not sponsored by douchetards.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Chris says:jersey sucks! Actually, I’ve never been there, I just here it’s cool to say that.
February 27th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
lozo says:Hoboken St. Patty’s is amateur hour at its finest. I think I’m just going to drink in my apartment and leave a sign outside my door that reads, “Drunk Girls Who Have Mastered Oral, Please Knock Twice.”
February 27th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Chris says:lozo: For months I’ve privately mocked you, but for once, I envy you for living in Hoboken.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Shut up says:Enough with the attitude about jersey. It’s so old. Manhattan has just as many guidos and pathetic losers as any other place in area. I’ve lived in Hoboken for over two years, and it’s a really nice place to live. You might see that if you step two feet away from the PATH station. I guess it gives you something to write about since you can’t think of anything original.
February 28th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Chris says:Jesus, no wonder everyone hates Jersey. They all get their panties in a bunch anytime someone cracks a joke at their expense.
February 28th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Faulk says:“Shut up” has a point. Complaining about the L train, AM New York, and sign misspellings isn’t exactly groundbreaking or original material.
February 28th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Fat Tony says:A Few things. Hoboken is an incredibly desirable place to live. While there may be some idiots that get drunk and make a scene there on Saturday, that tends to happen at an any bar, anywhere in the world, everyday.
As for why it is scheduled on the first Saturday in March every year, it’s because there are limited number of Irish Bands they can book in the NY/NJ area and so they spread St. Patty’s over several Saturdays. The Morristown St. Patty’s Day is the following week, then NYC, then out here in Montauk, where I live now.
Keep Hatin’ everyone. Long live NJ! Montclair Represent!
February 28th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Chris says:Faulk: I’m sorry, have I ever said that my material was “groundbreaking?” If you don’t like it, don’t read it.
February 28th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Synesthesia says:Just get rid of those men in flipflops and Hoboken is perfect.
February 28th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Jimmy the non-guido says:Listen, I have loved living in Hoboken for three years and even I think St. Patties day is a day to get out of town. It represents all that is retarted about NJ and the amount of asses that flood out of NY is rediculous.
As if we didnt have enough morrons to deal with on our own, you send all of yours to us on this fine day.
As for me, I love Hoboken, but I will be in NY this Saturday.
PS - if it werent for Jersey, NYC would fall into the ocean.
February 28th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Stephanie says:New Jersey is the wealthiest state in the country. Be jealous.
February 28th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Chris says:Stephanie: Wow. Thanks for pushing the “people from Jersey are douchebags” stereotype to new limits!
February 28th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
BigTex says:Texas is better than all other states.
February 28th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
michael v says:Easy does it everybody! The author managed to write a fairly humorous little piece about a place most of us know and love(d). His knocks on Jersey were completely benign and you know most of it is true. I used to get upset about people slamming the Garden(?) State, but you really have to be from here to appreciate it. So just laugh it off people. Oh…and please stay in Hoboken so Jersey City can stay tolerable. Thanks!
February 28th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Booch says:First off Jimmy the non-guido I do commend you I fucking hate guidos probably more then George Bush but if your going to insult people can you please spell the word retarded correctly I mean its not that hard its a “d” not a “t” and I am from Clifton and I am not a fucking guido, just cause stupid Bliss exists five minutes from my house does not mean I would ever set foot in that terrible place and Jersey people get pissed cause everyone hates on us which is fine but I guarantee if you come here you will have a good time and I mean north jersey not south jersey (not including the shore cause north jersey runs that shit)and we get pissed because it is our natural reaction to get fight back when we are insulted we are not like people from the south we don’t take shit from no one. That is way I like it and if you don’t like jersey don’t come our population is big enough and we are not richest state Maryland is.
February 29th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Leo77 says:I’ve been living in Hoboken for 18 years and like it.
That said, I barricade myself indoors on St. Pat’s.
What a friggin’ nightmare of idiot behavior—spring break on the Hudson. And I would point out that many of the asshol— I mean revelers come in from NY.
With any luck the bad weather will dampen things a bit.
March 2nd, 2008 at 3:09 pm
hi says:Jimmy - NYC seems to be doing a pretty good job of NOT falling into the ocean by itself. I’m not sure Jersey has anything to do with that.
Did his comment make sense to anyone else?
March 15th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
k says:Men in flipflops *shudder* - Yes, we in Hoboken like to celebrate all our holidays off-schedule, except Halloween, which we celebrate on the day, regardless of weather or day of the week.
We do this so we get all the bagpipers, bands and other towns’ fire engines that will be busy elsewhere on the true holiday - good practice for them, cheap entertainment for us. Unfortunately, it also means we get every drunk within commuting distance - apparently they need the practice, too.