5. We are not actually part of New York. We're across the Hudson River from the state of New York, and while our economy is tightly tied up with theirs, we are not part of them.

Part of NY is actually on the same side of the Hudson as NJ 'cause the Hudson goes south before it goes east.

It's really confusing when you have "East New York" (in Brooklyn) and "West New York" (in NJ across from Manhattan).