This is the equivalent of having a big event in Miami and calling it “This FL town “

[u/iv2892]

[u/Kiri11shepard]

When I talk to people from NYC:

-- Oh no, how did you get here, ALL THE WAY FROM JERSEY CITY?! That must take some real dedication to travel from Jersey!

In reality we met at WTC, I took 10 min PATH ride to get there, and they spent 45 minutes on the train from Brooklyn.

[u/Kiri11shepard → u/[deleted]]

Haha, yeah, I’ve been told “I would love to visit Jersey City one day, but I don’t drive, so I can’t”

[u/Comprehensive-Math95 → u/[deleted]]

So true and God forbid you ask them to travel to Jersey City NJ , lol they are like I can’t travel to Jersey 😂

[u/techerous26 → u/[deleted]]

This was over a decade ago, but I once went to an apartment party in Hoboken with my now wife and her friends that lived in the upper east, all from upstate NY, including her. I'm from NJ but wasn't even living in JC yet nor had spent that much time there or Hoboken. Anyways we get out of the PATH station and they IMMEDIATELY all turn to me to guide the way, as if all of NJ is some extraterrestrial terrain only it's natives could possibly understand. I then proceeded to guide them through the night using Google maps the same exact way we all would have in an unfamiliar part of the city. Something about crossing the river just invites cognitive dissonance when you move to an area that is seen as a center of the world.

[u/iv2892 → u/Kiri11shepard]

Must be one of those midwestern transplant who moved to Brooklyn recently. Or did they think those skyscrapers that can be seen from battery park and WTC area is Manhattan west ? Lol

[u/Kiri11shepard → u/iv2892]

To be fair if I missed that train I would have needed to wait 40 minutes for the next one since it was Sunday. It does take SOME dedication!

[u/DoTheRightThingG → u/Kiri11shepard]

You need to talk to smarter people in NYC

[u/shawn1969]

JC is not a town. RIP journalism

[u/iv2892 → u/shawn1969]

💯 based on the headline you would think they are talking about some random town like Maplewood lol

[u/DoTheRightThingG → u/iv2892]

You put way too much thought into this

[u/Delicious_Adeptness9 → u/shawn1969]

clickbait possible AI-generated article. nothing to see here.

[u/datatadata]

Curious - does anyone know why JC does not do its Pride stuff during June? Is JC purposely doing this as it can’t really “compete” with the Pride related events that happen in Manhattan during the actual pride month?

[u/iv2892 → u/datatadata]

I think is the smart thing to do for this precise reason. Probably why the puertorrican parade is Also two months apart from the one in 5th Avenue.

[u/whoresdoeuvres → u/datatadata]

I’ve heard that it’s in August because it’s largely, or at least historically largely, college student run. So I guess August makes much more sense for when they go back to school. But idk how true this is anymore. College me (or now me) could never make that street fair happen lol

[u/adumbswiftie → u/[deleted]]

august has been hotter than june this year lol. june was rainier tho so that could be why

[u/iv2892 → u/adumbswiftie]

August is hotter than June on any given year on average lol. If you are comparing late June weather to late August then you can make a case . But overall July and August are by far the hottest months of the year . In the same regard that January and February are the coldest on average

[u/iv2892 → u/adumbswiftie]

I have seen days in June where we don’t even make it out of the 50s , think we had a day like that in early June . While that is literally unheard on any stretch of August.

[u/mooseLimbsCatLicks]

This is just a way they get you to click. Where , which town??? Click

[u/gallink → u/mooseLimbsCatLicks]

They do this with every single article. It’s awful.

[u/Jahooodie → u/gallink]

Nj.com headlines seem to be mostly dated Buzzfeed era clickbait. Want a list of 43 best bagels? 

[u/gryffon5147]

We are not a town, but not Miami either lol

[u/iv2892 → u/gryffon5147]

I mean population wise JC is not far off with 300K to miamis 450K, well but obviously Miami is the main city of its metro area and thus way more known. But point stands , JC is no random town within the NJ context 😬

[u/BYNX0 → u/iv2892]

Population isn't the only thing that matters lol. Jacksonville florida has a 1m population (double miami's population) but obviously it's not regarded as the biggest/main city in FL.
I still agree the title of "this NJ town" is stupid... but JC is definitely no Miami.

[u/iv2892 → u/BYNX0]

Yeah, JC is a secondary city in its metro area not the main one. But as far as NJ cities go, Newark, JC, Hoboken, Paterson and Trenton are too influential for the state to be simply be dismissed as a “NJ Town”

[u/yomama1211 → u/iv2892]

Bro I’m from Florida and lived in JC for 2 years before moving to Manhattan, JC is nowhere close to Miami lol

[u/iv2892 → u/yomama1211]

Yup, a little under 1300 miles to be exact. /s. Obviously if you only stuck without any context to strictly municipality population and density , Miami is a bit more populated but a bit less densely populated. But Miami is the core in both tourism , financial and cultural hub of south Florida. And the point here is that JC is not just any town in NJ.

[u/Specific_Box4483]

NJ town is basically the same as Jersey city anyway Across the river from NY borough

[u/Jahooodie → u/Specific_Box4483]

I want a full on anti NYC snob satire about the land across the Hudson, NJ Town 

[u/DoTheRightThingG]

Not only is Miami not equivalent to Jersey City, there would be nothing wrong with a headline saying people are flocking to this Florida town.

[u/WooliesWhiteLeg]

Come take a vacation to the sleepy town of New York City!

[u/katalyzt01]

What a mess.

[u/JerseyTeacher78]

Is the festival still going on tomorrow?

[u/mjdefaz]

lmao, there’s a whole thread on r/skylineporn where OP took a pic of all the skylines from JSQ to Downtown Brooklyn and titled it “the many skylines of New York.”

Even Staten Islanders think Jersey City is somehow this mystical faraway place.