As you can tell, we think Hoboken is pretty sweet. So when we saw that Jersey City was recently featured on Buzz Feed as to why it is the best place to live…we thought we’d have to compete.
Here are 26 reasons Hoboken is the best place to live:
1. You can get your coffee, laundry, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinks all in one block in most areas of town.
So much to do…so little area to walk!
2. THIS view. From most areas of the waterfront. Or at random stop lights.
3. Bin 14 Wine Bar.
Wine = Happiness.
4. You can shop til you drop from uptown to downtown and back — and still have new places to discover on the way.
Boutiques galore!
5. There are a plethora of dogs…especially French Bulldogs. And even a meetup group, Hoboken Frenchies.
6. You can basically get good {local} coffee anywhere in town. From City of Saints {formerly known as Red Lion} to bwè to Empire to Choc o Pain.
Bwé Café on Washington Street!
7. Movies Under the Stars in the summer is the best thing since sliced bread.
8. Gorgeous tree-lined streets with beautiful brownstone after brownstone are not uncommon, let’s just say.
^just beautiful.
9. There are more ice cream and frozen yogurt spots around than you can count —aka you’ll never have to worry about not being able to find fro yo during a craving. And, Amanda Bananas parks it here too — gluten and dairy FREE!
10. The Hoboken Arts and Music Festival. And the chili and mutz festivals too.
11. Yoga, barre, and bootcamps happen on Pier A, or basically anywhere around town.
^With a view like this for your workout, it’s hard not to want to sweat a little.
12. We have the most bars and restaurants per square mile anywhere in the country.
Beat that!
13. Because you have brunch spots like Elysian Cafe, Anthony David’s, Bin 14, Amanda’s, and the Madison.
14. Because you have dinner spots like Elysian Cafe, Anthony David’s, Amanda’s, and the Madison. Oh and Grimaldis, La Isla, Onieals, and Mikie Squared, too.
15. Charritos Guac. And BYO-Margaritas.
16. Is your train station this pretty?
^And this is just the outside.
16. Because you don’t have to wait on the line for Carlos’ Bakery when you flash your Hoboken ID.
17. One slice at Benny Tudino’s will probably be enough for dinner.
…And because brides actually request Benny Tudino’s on their wedding night.
^Bride & Groom spotted at Benny’s after their Hoboken wedding
18. Our Italian delis can’t be rivaled: Lisa’s, Fiore’s, Luca Brasi’s, Vito’s, Filippo’s, and more.
19. You can take a boatride around the Hudson River and get all your sightseeing done in about 2 hours while sipping cocktails right down the street in Weehawken {with gorg views of our city, too}.
20. Court Street’s old world charm doesn’t get lost in the hustle and bustle.
21. Trying to shop locally isn’t a task or inconvenient…it’s a way of life.
^All organic produce from Basic Foods
22. Farmer’s Markets from June – November make Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays lots of fun.
23. Because drinking on rooftops isn’t an anomaly, it’s a norm. And we have the Pilsenerhaus Biergarten — complete with giant pretzels.
24. The Monroe Arts Center is chock full of…you guessed it…art & culture.
And babies. And workouts. So much to do in West Hoboken, so little time!
25. Pier 13. It doesn’t get better than this.
Watermelon beer, chairs on turf, coconut drinks, wave runners… it’s like you never left the beach. And of course we can’t forget the Hoboken Cove Boathouse — free kayaking for all.
26. Because Manhattan is a hop, skip, and a jump away — but who needs to go there anyway? Everything you need is right here in home sweet Hoboken.
<3 this town and the people in it. xoxo HG
Written by: Jennifer Tripucka
Jen is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of HobokenGirl.com. With deep entrepreneurial roots in Hudson County — as her grandparents owned textile businesses on Tonnelle Ave in North Bergen dating back to the 50s — she started the site as a Hoboken resident in 2012 to discover the amazing things happening in the area. She's a former digital editor at Conde Nast, and in a 'prior life' — was school counselor in a North Jersey elementary school. She can usually be found shopping at local boutiques, eating an Insta-worthy meal, walking her two pups, or watching Bravo TV and ordering takeout with her husband.
