It is said the name Ironbound comes from all those train tacks surrounding this exotic neighborhood in Newark, NJ.
As much as that may be true, some of the tracks are no longer in existance but it is still Ironbound in a funny way because in this residential area you can find more nails on the paved road per square foot than any other place on earth!
I am the nail picker! My kids avoid walking with me on the street due to my habit of picking up nails from the road throwing them in the nearest garbage can! From my house to the local café, two blocs down, I must do this ritual about 7 to 10 times in a single trip. Perhaps nails just fall off the construction vans when they stop to pick up or drop off workers. I also think the street-cleaning trucks are worn out and totally useless. These trucks don’t clean much, they just spread dust around and when it settles the streets are dirty again! We learn to live with such annoying situations. For one thing it forced me to buy special tires when I upgraded my car so that I wouldn’t be stuck when a flat tire occurs. Annoying indeed! Okay, I’ve just described my place as one of the dirtiest on earth, the good thing is, it will be all up hill from here on… They can paint this place as an exotic neighborhood but for those living around here thirty some years like me, it is far from being paradise!
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