Growing up in Brooklyn, Jersey City existed only in theory to me. I never, even as an adventurous teen, remotely considered going to social events or places in Jersey City/Hoboken etc even though it was directly across the river.
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Growing up in Brooklyn, Jersey City existed only in theory to me. I never, even as an adventurous teen, remotely considered going to social events or places in Jersey City/Hoboken etc even though it was directly across the river.
This may seem like a small change, but New Yorkers literally visualize their city as the subway map. In the mind of many NYers, if it's not on the subway map, it's a suburb.
That effectively leaves out Jersey City, Hoboken, Newark etc, which are most certainly part of the urban core.
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This may seem like a small change, but New Yorkers literally visualize their city as the subway map. In the mind of many NYers, if it's not on the subway map, it's a suburb.
That effectively leaves out Jersey City, Hoboken, Newark etc, which are most certainly part of the urban core.