Hobroken
February 26, 2008 – 4:44 pm
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!
24 Responses
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.
By Googie on Feb 26, 2008
Jesus - hating on New Jersey is the biggest cliche ever.
By Faulk on Feb 27, 2008
Hoboken…(shudder)
By Eric the BeehiveHairdresser on Feb 27, 2008
Faulk: Relax. Jersey is an easy target, yet I hate on it roughly once a year - far less than most New Yorkers.
By Chris on Feb 27, 2008
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.
By Faulk on Feb 27, 2008
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.
By paul on Feb 27, 2008
jersey sucks! Actually, I’ve never been there, I just here it’s cool to say that.
By Chris on Feb 27, 2008
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.”
By lozo on Feb 27, 2008
lozo: For months I’ve privately mocked you, but for once, I envy you for living in Hoboken.
By Chris on Feb 27, 2008
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.
By Shut up on Feb 28, 2008
Jesus, no wonder everyone hates Jersey. They all get their panties in a bunch anytime someone cracks a joke at their expense.
By Chris on Feb 28, 2008
“Shut up” has a point. Complaining about the L train, AM New York, and sign misspellings isn’t exactly groundbreaking or original material.
By Faulk on Feb 28, 2008
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!
By Fat Tony on Feb 28, 2008
Faulk: I’m sorry, have I ever said that my material was “groundbreaking?” If you don’t like it, don’t read it.
By Chris on Feb 28, 2008
Just get rid of those men in flipflops and Hoboken is perfect.
By Synesthesia on Feb 28, 2008
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.
By Jimmy the non-guido on Feb 28, 2008
New Jersey is the wealthiest state in the country. Be jealous.
By Stephanie on Feb 28, 2008
Stephanie: Wow. Thanks for pushing the “people from Jersey are douchebags” stereotype to new limits!
By Chris on Feb 28, 2008
Texas is better than all other states.
By BigTex on Feb 28, 2008
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!
By michael v on Feb 28, 2008
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.
By Booch on Feb 28, 2008
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.
By Leo77 on Feb 29, 2008
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?
By hi on Mar 2, 2008
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.
By k on Mar 15, 2008