around the block & a world of difference
After months of agonizing, I have finally moved into my very own Casa Azul.
For the past ten years I have lived in Hudson County. Moving from Hoboken to Union City. Then to Weehawken and now back to Union City once more. My favorite barrio!
Since I moved up the ridge my apartments have been about three minutes walk from each other. All of them have been located around the reservoir park.
It is obvious I love this area and have come to call it home.
It is incredible how different they are today even if they are so close together or from when early Dutch settlers took it over from the Native Americans.
All are around one square mile although their population, demographics and government are vastly different.
While Hoboken and Weehawken adopt a mayor-council type of government, Union City has a non-partisan commission form of government. In essence, the former operates as a town and the later as a city.
Weehawken has the largest land area of the three and is the least populated, with an estimated fifteen thousand plus per the 2016 census. Hoboken is next with over fifty thousand, and Union City tops them with almost seventy thousand.
Union City is a working class community and is home to one of Hudson County’s three homeless shelters — Palisades Emergency Residence Corporation (PERC).
It is home to many notable landmarks and a rich thriving multi media and cultural artist community.
I take pride in being a local resident once more of this delightful neighborhood.
Originally published at http://changewarrior.blogspot.com.
