the rix mix: To the hipsters moving into Jersey City

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

To the hipsters moving into Jersey City

“We want people who’d go to Soho to come here. It’s a new frontier. Ten years ago, who went to Tribeca?”- Jersey City cafe owner

I'm too hip to be a hipster,
my kids tell me where to live,
so does my record collection
too damned big to box up & carry
down the stairs just to be cool
in another neighborhood,
I own a good refrigerator
for once, sick of redecorating,
fantasize driving a reliable car
so I can go anywhere on Saturday,
& your band doesn't play
until after midnight? Fuck that!
You think I got money to burn
for $18 macaroni & cheese,
ever hear of Stouffer's,
a kitchen vacation in a box?
I said I want a beer,
not an investment opportunity,

& I'm not putting my art in your
hip shit gallery unless you
intend to sell it.

# posted by Bob : 7:40 PM

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Comments:

At our age, we've all been hip at least once in our lifetime. It's ok if we don't want to admit it.

# posted by

Carrie : 1:45 AM

"Even artists have to sell their babies," said a poet who was the only artist I know who got close enough to his muse to actually love her.

# posted by

Anonymous : 2:04 AM

The hippest people in New York (or Los Angeles, or Boston) are those who moved in last month.

# posted by

Bob : 11:28 AM

The problem with trendiness, as Yogi Berra said: "No one goes there any more. It's too crowded."

# posted by

Sharon GR : 7:45 PM

I've been noticing people moving more to Jersey City lately, too! My grandma still lives there, but at 90, I dont know if she constitues one of the hip crowd you're referring to. My guess is it's only because the postage stamp of a town called Hoboken was bound to run out of room sometime:)

# posted by

Janet : 1:05 PM