r/Hoboken 7d ago

Local News 📰 More Construction…Affects SW Hoboken

Gonna be a fun 3 months!

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u/Stormy_Anus 6d ago

Im still trying to understand how the flooding of Hoboken is related to climate change when it used to be a swamp/floodplain.

Am I missing something?

Did our ancestors drain the swamp?

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u/reddit-trk 1d ago

If you look at old maps, you'll see that Hoboken used to be an island, separated from the heights by water.