COMMENT BY
Pete from Bayonne, NJ
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Bayonne, NJ
COMMENT
Brutal Gritty Charm
Shanty Irishmen with explosive tempers who are bone-thin and driving $60,000 pick-up trucks; all too many women are either chain-smokers and/or stuff themselves into a literal stupor every day. Most men think they are tough as nails and are mad at the world for not being upper middle classed. If they found themselves in Nigeria or Port-Au-Prince, they'd be frightened little wimps.
This is a difficult yet somewhat exciting life appropriate for those who simply cannot suburbanize themselves yet abhor big city life. Thank God for the Egyptian, Hispanic, and AfroAmerican communities who tend to spice things up a little bit. Another way of looking at Bayonne is that it is a hick town in a geographically urban area.
Conclusively, though, after rushing around New York City or driving to shopping malls in the suburbs of New Jersey, Bayonne becomes an oasis. It's also relatively econominal for this neck of the woods. Yuppies and artisitic types stay clear because of its reputation for Uncle Guido and Archie Bunker types, who have, for the most part, moved away.