Comments on Women of Mystery: MTM: Edgewater, New Jersey

Crabby,I agree. You would love living in Edgewater...

2008-10-08T22:38:00.000-04:00

Crabby,

I agree. You would love living in Edgewater.

Hi Anon,

Welcome to Women of Mystery. You're right Hoboken is tinier. Speaking of factories. some of my family worked in the old lever Brothers factory on River Road. It is now a Superfund site, along with four or five other sites in Edgewater.

I'll have to take another look at that particular Nancy Drew story.

Terrie

Terrie

Edgewater was a great town. I've driven through t...

2008-10-08T14:54:00.000-04:00

Edgewater was a great town. I've driven through there hundreds of time, from Hoboken to the GWB and Palisades Interstate Parkway. It still retains some charm, but, oh, the building going on. And the shops. I still go to the vet in Edgewater.

If you think this town is small, try Hoboken! One mile square.

I know people have to live somewhere, and if I like Hoboken and Edgewater, why shouldn't they, but do they have to act as if no one had ever been there before they got there? "I'm so glad I discovered Hoboken." Yeah, and priced someone like me out of the market.

I always thought that the factory in Nancy Drew's Clue in the Diary was set in Edgewater. My father used to make up stories about the place, with the hero being named Dickie Dare. Great fun!

Misses these towns.

A small town really close to a big city is to me k...

2008-10-08T08:15:00.000-04:00

A small town really close to a big city is to me kind of an ideal place to be. Too bad about the highrises, but at least it sounds like they haven't TOTALLY ruined it.

Hi Alex,Lots of folks never went into Manhattan be...

2008-10-07T12:42:00.000-04:00

Hi Alex,

Lots of folks never went into Manhattan because there was no need. They worked in the factories and on the docks in surrounding towns and they shopped in Fort Lee and West New York.

Very different now.

Terrie

But why didn't they go into Manhattan. great quest...

2008-10-07T11:36:00.000-04:00

But why didn't they go into Manhattan. great question posed and now I'm curious

Hi Vodka Mom,We've all made lots of new blog frien...

2008-10-07T08:55:00.000-04:00

Hi Vodka Mom,

We've all made lots of new blog friends by visiting Travis and then following the MTM circuit.

Mary,

Edgewater is a great place. Thanks for stopping by.

Terrie

Thanks, Edgewater sounds like a great place.

2008-10-07T08:34:00.000-04:00

Thanks, Edgewater sounds like a great place.

It's fascinating that such a tiny town can sit acr...

2008-10-07T06:42:00.000-04:00

It's fascinating that such a tiny town can sit across the river from the powerful city- and still be able to maintain the "tiny town" allure. You gave a great description. I discovered you over at Travis Erwin's. Glad I did.

Reb,I agree.Terrie

2008-10-06T20:36:00.000-04:00

Reb,

I agree.

Terrie

What a wonderful place that must have been, but Si...

2008-10-06T18:05:00.000-04:00

What a wonderful place that must have been, but Sis got it right. Oh the things we do to the places we love.

Thanks Laura, and you are so correct. The Bag Lady...

2008-10-06T17:08:00.000-04:00

Thanks Laura, and you are so correct. The Bag Lady nailed it.

Terrie

Beautiful, Terrie! And Bag Lady, I couldn't agree...

2008-10-06T16:23:00.000-04:00

Beautiful, Terrie!

And Bag Lady, I couldn't agree more.

Debra,I so enjoy your small town posts, that I was...

2008-10-06T14:45:00.000-04:00

Debra,

I so enjoy your small town posts, that I was happy to do one of my own!

df Bag Lady,

That made perfect sense.

Travis,

Nostalgia is a good thing. It keeps the past in our hearts even as the present morphs into the future.

Thanks for sharing mine.

Terrie

Heck, you made me nostalgic and I've never even be...

2008-10-06T14:33:00.000-04:00

Heck, you made me nostalgic and I've never even been there.

Change is inevitable. Not always good, but inevita...

2008-10-06T11:46:00.000-04:00

Change is inevitable. Not always good, but inevitable.
Unfortunately, the places that attract people because they are bucolic, or peaceful, or secluded are no longer thus after all the people who wanted to live in those places actually move there.

(did that make sense? Perhaps I need more coffee.....)

Change does happen doesn't it? And not always for ...

2008-10-06T10:47:00.000-04:00

Change does happen doesn't it? And not always for the best. Thanks for a look at this little town.

df Leah,Yep. It was the big place/small place thin...

2008-10-06T09:52:00.000-04:00

df Leah,

Yep. It was the big place/small place thing that got me when I was a kid.

Clare,

Well Hoboken was a "dock" town where people worked, not really where they lived. Now it is a pricey 'burb.

Patti,

I went back for a look around town about five or six years ago and many of the small streets are untouched, but the high-rises just loom.

Terrie

We always hurt the one we love, especially these g...

2008-10-06T08:48:00.000-04:00

We always hurt the one we love, especially these gems of towns. Looks lovely in that picture.

Thanks for sharing this little gem.You should've s...

2008-10-06T08:29:00.000-04:00

Thanks for sharing this little gem.

You should've seen my father-in-law's face when I showed him what's become of Hoboken! In that case, however, "progress" was a distinct improvement.

Edgewater looks like a wonderful place. Perhaps no...

2008-10-06T07:48:00.000-04:00

Edgewater looks like a wonderful place. Perhaps not so much today with the highrises, but the pic seemed charming.
Seems kind of weird to have the small place right across the river from the big place.