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spider wrote:
unless i make the kind of money to buy a place with cash im going to rent til im dead. even if you pay off your mortgage thirty years from now how can you feel like you own something if you are still paying property taxes? might as well have a landlord to take care of all the maintenance and other headaches.

You think property taxes and maintenance aren't a factor in your rent?

HamiltonParker wrote:
I don't expect anyone to open a full-on vegetarian restaurant (like Candle 79 in Manhattan) but if you had 3-4 vegetarian selections on the menu, I'd frequent it.

Downtown would be preferred.

FYI: Pasta Primavera, Veggie Burgers and Ravioli don't count - use tofu, seitan and tempeh in an imaginative way and we'll all be beating a path to your door with our dollars.

ceo3west wrote:
Can we finally pave the minefields that are C. Columbus and Newark Ave now? I've never seen anything like it. I've driven on unpaved roads in foreign countries that are better than these.

robotjustin wrote:
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Yeah, and Guiliani was the best mayor NYC ever had Pangloss.

If the PATH were interested in safety, the trains wouldn't throw people around like ragdolls. Ride on the DC Metro, for instance, and let me know when you get tossed. Never happens.

It's nice that they clean out the crap at point A or Z, but those of us riding in the middle get sticky feet, yesterday's news, today's vomit, and the ever-fun game of "kick the can."

I'd much rather the cars were COATED in graffitto and ran more often then wasting time taking tagged cars out of commission.

As for cheap, it's about half the cost of driving, which, if timed right, is a much more pleasant experience than the PATH ever is.

Texas wrote:
FYI: Most everything at Taqueria contains lard, including the a fore mentioned "veggie " dishes. Lard is not in any way vegetarian. If you don't believe me go ask them yourselves.

JerseyCityKid08 wrote:
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spider wrote:
id take hipsters over yuppies any day.

I second that!

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bodhipooh wrote:

And that, in a nutshell, is the main problem with the state of our city at this point in time. Crime is obviously a key issue, but the city's current infrastructure is an even more important issue. The administration has allowed (and fostered) the speedy development of the waterfront and other areas of the city, but we are not keeping up with the growth, and the impact can be seen everywhere. Our roads are in very poor condition, the PATH is usually stuffed during the rush hour commuting hours, countless water mains are breaking all over the place, the police force (as a ratio of beat officers to citizens) is getting smaller and smaller... If we continue down this path, the city will collapse under its own weight. And, what a shame... a more balanced approach to growth could, and should, yield better results for everyone. Instead, we are all getting the shaft by the effects of poor planning to maintain and grow the city's infrastructure.

This is exactly it - if you remove a huge watershed like the Embankment and replace with 1500 condo units that are now hooking into the decrepit sewer lines, that water has to go somewhere. And that somewhere is probably resident basements, once again. It's easy to be in favor of this when you don't lives anywhere near an area where the ramifications would be felt.

kneebone wrote:
Jersey City desperately needs a vegan brunch option! there are absolutely none. Tofu scramble is one of the simplest dishes to offer, and yet no one does :(