"If You Lived Here You'd Be Cool By Now" - Jersey City is official, I guess

(*though north jersey is also a rip-off not only in comparison to the rest of the country, but also in comparison to the rest of NJ.)

I grew up hoping for the New York my parents always told me about - the New York of eccentrics and over psychoanalyzed "intellectuals" and wannabe actors and writers high on their starving artist fantasies - I mean all that's still there too but it's kind of depressing the way most of the "hip" neighborhoods now are the ones with the right brunch places and the "unhip" neighborhoods are nothing but big box retail and panini cafes. That's the NYMag version of things anyway.

I only hear the "Chicago is sooo provincial" line rarely, but it does make me want to kill.

Caller: "I live in Brooklyn, and I have a golden retriever, and I have to say I think Brooklyn is the best place in the U.S. to live with a dog. I live right by ____ park and..."

Brian Lehrer: "Wait a minute wait a minute. Are you honestly trying to tell me that of all the places in the U.S., BROOKLYN is the best place to have a dog?"

Caller: "No, really. I know a lot of people think it's better to live in rural areas with dogs, but it's really dangerous and you can't just let your dog roam free because it can go onto some farmer's land and then the farmer is allowed to shoot it."

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