The boroughs(BRONX,BROOKLYN,QUEENS,STATEN ISLAND) VS New Jersey= Who's more culturally significant (live, cost)
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So motion pictures, radio, and television have nothing to do with culture?
Because those things started in NJ.
WOW EEK REMINDED ME. For all these 50 or so pages i completely forgot that the boroughs are hubs and incubators for cultures overseas aswell
The bronx- Is a big deal to alot of latin culture. Salsa developed here. Mambo started here. Spanish doo wop etc
Arthur ave is probably the most official italian neighborhood inthe states
Brooklyn- BIG BIG time in west indian culture,jamaican culture etc.
Queens-speaks for itself
Staten island,bronx-arthur ave,brooklyn- Italian culture
On top of other forms of pop culture.A jamaican reggae artist can blow up in jamaica just off the strength of being big in brooklyn vice versa.
A puerto rican reggaeton artist can blow up in the bronx and be big in puerto rico just off the stength
No, I was just making a point and using the island as an example. Trust me, there are MANY people on LI who don't like NJ; that includes Queens and Brooklyn. I'm just saying that it's extremely arrogant to say that everyone wants to live in NJ.
Ok, but the reason why I asked why you chose his comment as arrogant is because the arrogance of NYers shined bright in a lot of the thread before any type of over the top arrogance came into play with a NJian. Prior to that comment, it was NJians being pride and defensive while NYers.. well, look at the topic description.
And come on, he obviously brought up all the NJ victories against NY because NYers on here were thinking to good of themselves as if NJians are mere pesents. That my dear is arrogance.
Well, the list that I personally posted consisted of mostly, if not all, facts....not opinions. Either way, it was more than the borough-supporters could come up with ... they keep repeating "Yankees, and hip hop" over and over again.
I agree
You guys up there in New Jersey have made me want to spend my time visiting North Jersey much more when I visit next. Mnahatan is cool to visit as well, but after this thread I have no desire to visit the outer boroughs and Long Island.
WOW EEK REMINDED ME. For all these 50 or so pages i completely forgot that the boroughs are hubs and incubators for cultures overseas aswell
The bronx- Is a big deal to alot of latin culture. Salsa developed here. Mambo started here. Spanish doo wop etc
Arthur ave is probably the most official italian neighborhood inthe states
Brooklyn- BIG BIG time in west indian culture,jamaican culture etc.
Queens-speaks for itself
Staten island,bronx-arthur ave,brooklyn- Italian culture
On top of other forms of pop culture.A jamaican reggae artist can blow up in jamaica just off the strength of being big in brooklyn vice versa.
A puerto rican reggaeton artist can blow up in the bronx and be big in puerto rico just off the stength
No, actually you HAVE said this before, Mambo and Salsa both did not START in NY.
You guys up there in New Jersey have made me want to spend my time visiting North Jersey much more when I visit next. Mnahatan is cool to visit as well, but after this thread I have no desire to visit the outer boroughs and Long Island.
New Jersey is much better
No offense but it seems as if you're just a NYC hater, it seems like everything about NY is a negative. I'm surprised someone would actually base their opinion of a place based on a couple of diehard NYC clowns that are just toying with people on a forum. I'm not trying to change anyone's opinion at all, as a New Yorker and a New Jersyan I think this whole thing is funny.
No offense but it seems as if you're just a NYC hater, it seems like everything about NY is a negative. I'm surprised someone would actually base their opinion of a place based on a couple of diehard NYC clowns that are just toying with people on a forum. I'm not trying to change anyone's opinion at all, as a New Yorker and a New Jersyan I think this whole thing is funny.
No, I like Manhattan alot but dislike the other boroughs and Long Island. Even before this site, I never really cared for those places
Personally, I would just about KILL to live anywhere (well, maybe not Elizabeth) in NJ rather than anywhere in Florida. Native New Yorker. There are far worse states in this country than New Jersey.
I noticed something... The only people posting here are either from NY or NJ (for the most part anyway)
Basically nobody else cares.
This shows how dumb it is to bash your own metro. NJ just happens to be a separate state in the metro area (which is unique), so it develops some kind of outsider hatred because of NJ having it's own identity. I'm sure if it was a part of NY state, none of this nonsense would of ever started.
6. Wyclef Jean is a Haitian-American who immigrated to Northern NJ and he is very successful in America andthe West Indies.
None of those counties are as influential to their respective cultures as the boroughs are. This is something that i should have brought up earlier and it completely trumps new jersey.
The only thing that can compare is the west coast and miami. Not new jersey. NYCs boroughs serve as a great cultural hot spot for all the world cultures ive mentioned. Jersey absolutely does not have anything like queens in your state
And yes mambo did start in the bronx, check it "Excellent documentary titled "Mambo To Hip-Hop", directed by Henry Chalfant. Explores the powerful sub-cultures of the South Bronx which gave rise to Mambo and Hip-Hop. "
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