tommyc_37 wrote:
For the record, Jersey City does border Manhattan (the border is in the center of the Hudson), and I definitely spelled judgmental properly: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/judgmental

brewster wrote:
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somedumbguy wrote:
I'm judging you for misspelling "judgemental", haha. I'm also questioning your use of "literally" in that JC does not literally border Manhattan. It borders the Hudson.

Wow, your really live up to your username. Rivers are borders all over the world, they're natural lines of demarcation. Does NJ not border PA because of the Delaware?

tommyc_37 wrote:
Jersey City is just not a standalone city, and literally never will be, so there are very few "mid sized cities" in the US that you can fairly compare it to. Jersey City is an extremely dense, extremely urban city that literally borders the most iconic borough of the most iconic city on the planet. In fact, there is almost certainly no other comparison in the United States with all of these dynamics, especially when you consider the state borders.

It is located on the border of a very misunderstood, identity-crisis-laden state (NJ), and a city/state that is very judgemental (NY). Sorry to say, Jersey City's best chance at a true identity might be the tag "Sixth Borough".

I don't use that term, by the way (does anybody, really??). And I think the 6th Borough term truly is only appropriate for Downtown Jersey City. In my opinion, the rest of Jersey City largely does not have any real cultural or physical connection to NYC. Of course there are some exceptions, like Journal Square, and the Heights to some degree, although transportation is an issue (so maybe the Heights is equivalent to Staten Island in borough-ness? Haha).

Old-Skool-JC wrote:

But please, Immigration Lawyer, let us hear in your own words why you think this blog is great and why you're so keen to promote it at every given opportunity. Try and do it without calling people names.