Opinion of New Brunswick, NJ

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Easily the best city in NJ, and the best city of its size in the entire country.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Come to think of it, it's the only American city I know of that has suburbs bigger than itself. Edison is way bigger for example.

I remember in high school finding out that it had a smaller population than Bismarck and my mind was utterly blown.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Never saw how New Brunswick could be a suburb of NYC, it has its own urban core and is pretty far away, I don't see many people commuting daily from New Brunswick to Manhattan. Maybe Staten Island would be doable but New Brunswick is more dense than it is. It'd be like considering Reading a suburb of Philadelphia. Actually if Trenton isn't considered a suburb it's closer to Philadelphia from what I can see.

But suburbs don't ever have scenes. And the New Brunswick one even has its own wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey_music_scene

Whatever the case USA Today agrees with me: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/autos/2006-12-10-ford-cities_x.htm

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[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

@BRTD: have you ever been there, or are you just basing it off of the song?

Never been there, but the song isn't the only reason. It's well known for basement shows in general.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Easily the best city in NJ, and the best city of its size in the entire country.

Why is that BRTD?

I just posted it above. Basically it's a hotbed of my scene. And so many of my favorite bands in high school were from there.