Worst parade in NYC. I either stay in or leave the city. Are the Puerto Ricans in PR itself this ghetto? I mean, this isn't a celebration of heritage, it's a ghetto shit stew.

your right down CORRECT, and in Jersey is the St. Pat's Parade.

That's the truth.

I've never been and never will.

It looks like such a mess of drunk assholes.

today everyone is puerto rican

Nope.

The museums on 5th Ave also ramp up security for the festivities with additional security personnel which they position directly outside museum entrances.

One year there were some Puerto Ricans with a humongous rolling ice chest who were prevented by museum security from dragging it into the Metropolitan Museum. It wasn't clear just what they intended to do with their ice chest inside the Met. Perhaps sell beer?

Eh I hate this parade.

It's great for people to be able to celebrate their heritage and have a good time...but all the horn honking, flags, whistles...yech.

It's so tacky it makes St Pat's look classy.

BTW St Pats is NYC's Mardi Gras, not this day.

And I hate St Pats too.

Just hope no assholes ruin it for everyone by "wilding".

And by "wilding" I mean a bunch of scumbag criminals committing terrible crimes like r@pe and the like, but since the criminals in question happen to be black we give it a special name.

Thank You.....as a Puerto Rican i have read most of the comments made and you have been the only one that i have agreed with. Thank you for speaking your mind in a very respectful manner. not like the others that sound as if they are racist & full of hate. Truly I hate the Puerto Rican day parade because the freaks are the ones that come out most times.

You're welcome.

If I were PR I'd be pissed at the few that try to ruin the day (and the PR name) for the many.

Every segment of society has their assholes, some things are just magnets for them is all.

Enough with this fuc*ing parade already! Nobody gives a shit about Puerto Rico (aside from themselves). This pseudo country is neither here nor there.

what do you mean pseduo country, I respect that your fed up with the parade in itself, the mess, the noise, the criminals etc.... but for you to say that the country i was born in is fake, it's disrespectful. Your living in America sounding like a person full of hate. My cousin died cleaning up the mess in 9/11 and brother in-law has cancer because of the same......I have a relative that is STILL "MIA" in NAM, and you dare call us a pseduo country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's not disrespectful. It's a fact. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is not categorized as an independent state (i.e. country) You should know this no?

Its not about Puerto Rico, its about NYC's Mardi Gras.

+1

The parade's fine. But it was bad enough yesterday with all the pre-partying. Just have to stay inside today.

hide the women!!!

Do you mean the 60yo ones with a preference for spandex and halter tops?

a caliente mess

In NYC, as it happens, the Puerto Rican day parade goes UP Fifth Ave. ("The Bronx is up and the Battery's down")

it's not so much the parade i despise as the aftermath. tons of drunk pr's trolling & beeping as if i'm supposed to give a shit where they are from. oh and lots of flags. can't wait for Mondays list of "wrongful" arrests and how the police were using excessive force.

Not just PR's...troublemakers of all races flock there knowing it's a giant shitshow.