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I am so excited to be visiting the NYC area next week from SF! Hoboken sounds like a gentrified part of Oakland. SF rents are so high that people move east to areas near downtown Oakland.
In Hudson County, where do the single locals go for a good time- Hoboken? The Bergenline Ave commercial strip in North Hudson?
i missed this thread first time around. i lived in Hoboken from 1992 to 1998. In 92, the rule of thumb was to stay away from any of the "presidents", Clinton, Jefferson ect. (washington st excluded). it was by no means "a dump" then, it was a great place to live as a single kid just out of school. Basically the further away from the river you got, the grittier the neighborhoods became.
By 98 though this had changed. As the rents went up, it pushed people further west and the neighborhoods improved.
Even back then, there were a lot of clowns hanging around in some of the bars (Bahama Mamas comes to mind). they weren't people who lived in Hoboken though, just came in at night from Bergen County etc. where they were probably living with Mommmy and Daddy.
There were plently of great spots to go at night, just needed to stay away from the places where the cheese balls hung out.
I am so excited to be visiting the NYC area next week from SF! Hoboken sounds like a gentrified part of Oakland. SF rents are so high that people move east to areas near downtown Oakland.
In Hudson County, where do the single locals go for a good time- Hoboken? The Bergenline Ave commercial strip in North Hudson?
I am staying in Boerum Hill of Brooklyn.
Washington St. is the main drag in Hoboken. Bergenline is a few miles away and immigrant-y.
i missed this thread first time around. i lived in Hoboken from 1992 to 1998. In 92, the rule of thumb was to stay away from any of the "presidents", Clinton, Jefferson ect. (washington st excluded). it was by no means "a dump" then, it was a great place to live as a single kid just out of school. Basically the further away from the river you got, the grittier the neighborhoods became.
By 98 though this had changed. As the rents went up, it pushed people further west and the neighborhoods improved.
Even back then, there were a lot of clowns hanging around in some of the bars (Bahama Mamas comes to mind). they weren't people who lived in Hoboken though, just came in at night from Bergen County etc. where they were probably living with Mommmy and Daddy.
There were plently of great spots to go at night, just needed to stay away from the places where the cheese balls hung out.
I must ask, how much was rent back then for like a one bedroom apt in Hoboken? I'm guessing a big difference between Wash and say Adams in terms of price?
I mean, some could still argue that Hoboken still is a huge dump. You can only hide the toxicity of the grounds that these new lofts are built on so much
Some of my immediate family was born and raised in hoboken. They sold an apartment on 8 or 9 and Wash. back in the late 1980s for 300K. Actually not a bad price for the 80s, but now it's probably worth almost a mill.
Hoboken was different even as close back as 10 years ago. I used to go there to visit my grandmother back in high school. It was as "hot" as it is today, certainly less crowded, more laid back and less guido and bro bars.
Of course don't ever get my dad and my grandmother started on the "gold old days" in hoboken during a family dinner. You'll eventually want to gauge your eyes out with a knife. They never shut the hell up about this family who owned this building, snackenbergs bakery, the old factories, the random deaths by people they knew, the flooding, the riots, Ugh, I always have to remind them that Hoboken is not the center of the universe and most people don't know or care about it.
How nice of you. Your family must appreciate your respect and kindness.
How nice of you. Your family must appreciate your respect and kindness.
I listen to a point. When a whole family dinner consists of various bickering and arguments about Hoboken in the '60s then I KINDLY remind them that Hoboken isn't the center of the universe.
My mother grew-up at 820 Bloomfield...I was born in the early 60's and remember visiting my Grandma in the 70's -early 90's...my aunt worked for Bethlehem Steel and my uncle worked for Maxwell House...after my Grandma died they sold it (early 90's) for $360,000...today it would sell for well over 1million...I remember my aunt got mugged in the early 70's and i thought it looked pretty dumpy till the mid-90's! But it always had great bakeries and Italian deli's!!! Oh and I remember John's Bargain store and the Union Club(restaurant)!
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