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The streaming/instant options with Netflix are pretty crap honestly. For both movies and TV. No HBO that I'm aware of (I think I've looked for Boardwalk Empire and The Wire and they had neither). Thanks dtjcview for the suggestion about hard wiring the receiver. Been wondering about that. The netflix issues are not always related to bandwidth as we've used speedtest to check on that. We got a roku only to find out that our tv doesn't have enough inputs for us to wire sound for the roku and cable at the same time. It's not a super old tv, maybe a 4 year old flatscreen. THinking of just ditching cable and using the roku. Except that Walking Dead comes back on this weekend and that is one of the last currently airing cable shows I care about. I wish AMC had an option like HBO Go.
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What does everyone here use to stream tv shows and movies? Do you have any issues with streaming services? I've tried both Netflix Instant and Amazon Prime Instant, and Netflix often has server issues causing lags in the stream. Amazon Prime seems to crash a lot and the interface I access via my dvd player is really crappy, but the streaming of shows themselves is consistent. I haven't tried hulu.
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This clearly has nothing to do with sour grapes. -VA2015 FORMER STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE CANDIDATE JERSEY CITY
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You said they're visiting in a few months, so at least spring. For JC during the day I would also recommend renting bikes either from Grove Bicycle or at LSP itself. THe bike ride along the waterfront (from LSP all the way to Hoboken) is a very nice ride with great views, and during the day is one of the safest/lowest traffic times to ride. I also think lunchtime is the best time to visit the Hoboken waterfront.
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I graduated from a Catholic high school. In my opinion, the myopic insistence on "tradition" is part of what does these schools in. The number of practicing Catholics is shrinking and Catholic families are also smaller than they used to be. To keep the schools alive you have to broaden your reach to other families - non practicing, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, etc. and appeal to them on the grounds of solid academics, small class size, and a safer school environment. Otherwise the appeal of these schools will be very limited.
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Proof that you're never too old to get into arguments on JClist....
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Ha, I was wondering when JClist would catch on to this. I've noticed the sign several times and wondered why on earth a place called the coffee shop would have 22 TVs and ribs. The inside of the owner's mind must be an interesting place...
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If all of this is true it sounds like she is the type of grifter whose M.O. is a combination of mental illness and desire for financial gain. Sometimes the manipulation of others is as big a payoff as the money. I agree that Park and Sixth can only deal with this to the extent that it's an HR issue for them. If the whole thing is some weird hoax it would not be good for them to fire this girl. Those involved, I suggest that you file a report with whatever agency is relevant (police, FBI, etc.) and encourage those who dealt with her in Brooklyn to do so too (who knows, if it's a multi-state thing maybe that's a bigger deal and they'll care more- if anything it's more evidence).
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Saigon was renovated recently and gets more light now. I don't think $12-25 for an entree is too expensive in JC. They also have a great whiskey selection.
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Yeah, McSwiggans was the one I was thinking of. OF course I was being slightly hyperbolic, but really I have never seen this sort of phenomenon outside of Hoboken.
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As I said before your definition of progress isn't the same as mine. You can claim that I am preventing home values from increasing faster because the retail strip is not desirable enough to the high end set - that is fair and probably true. I like living in a diverse neighborhood, in terms of race, culture, and yes socioeconomics. I hope that would be true even if I became a millionaire or billionaire.
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I think it's three things: 1. Really lax entertainment zoning. In Hoboken every single dive bar turns into a "dance club" complete with DJ, disco ball, and doorman collecting cover charge on the weekends. This is a huge part of why the live music ordinance in JC took forever to pass. 2. Desirable school distract attracting young families. 3. Easy commute into NYC. JC is doing better on being nightlife friendly and is just as easy a commute, but the school system is still a mess so there's kind of a split going on. The families that can afford private school stay in downtown, those who can't move to the Heights or out to the suburbs.
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Before we were above median income my partner and I were broke as hell for years. We survived fairly well on 1/3 of what we bring in right now (albeit in a cheaper area than this). Old habits die hard and remaining thrifty means more money to save, invest, travel with, and buy property with. VIVA LA 99 CENT STORES! Oh yeah, no kids except one fur kid (who gets dollar store toys for Christmas).
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One thing that no one considers is that even the higher income households in downtown JC were often originally motivated to move to the area in part due to affordability and thus don't necessarily look down on all the discount stores.
My household is above the median income and we still shop at the dollar stores. Stuff like holiday gift bags, basic kitchen items like dishtowels (so once they get grody after a few months there's no guilt tossing them), materials for craft projects, etc. - we go to the dollar store first. I don't know how typical we are of the demographics who shop there. But not everyone who moves in to the neighborhood wants it to change to some luxury playground. Look at how that worked out for Manhattan under Bloomberg, or how homogeneous Hoboken has gotten. Plenty of people are moving to JC to get away from all that, not recreate it here.
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Whoever took it is risking a pox upon their home:
" There is no value to a blue ball without the cradle and without the context of the show. Its a painted bocce ball for crying out loud! I don?t even know what they?d do with it at their home?how do you display it? What do you say about it? It?s worthless without the context and without the display,? Fathom continues. However, according to Fathom, ?The power orb is my power orb made to defeat my demons so has the power of 10,000 whiskies and that?s not something to take lightly.? http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/ ... hn-fathom-artwork-stolen/
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I was also impressed by the group show at the recently reopened 58 Gallery.
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Am I the only one who finds this kind of pathetic?
"You can?t help but notice all the baby strollers on Washington Street these days. Those young families need a comfortable place to have dinner. And afterwards if people want to hang around a watch a game and have a beer, we?ll do that too.? ?We want to keep the tradition of Maxwell?s but make it fit today?s Hoboken.? What in the hell does opening a family-friendly pizza joint have to do with the 'tradition of Maxwells?' Pizza is the most oversaturated market of bland restaurant concepts imaginable. They are aiming for an entirely different demographic than the previous incarnation of Maxwell's and it's insulting to my intelligence to imply that they are respecting the Ghosts of Maxwell's past somehow. I mean shit, just be honest. "There's more money in pizza than rock clubs because this is a fully gentrified cultural black hole. We're renaming the place Charles E. Cheese's to reflect the New Hoboken." http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ss ... inally_closes_but_wi.html
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There have been some JC apartments showcased on Apartment Therapy.
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I rent and pay for neither of those things. The issues that may be #1, 2, or 3 in terms of affecting your quality of life might be non-issues for others. I also don't have kids so the failing schools aren't as much on my radar. I'm not saying JC is perfect just that not all of us are so disgusted with the quality of life here. Urban living in a transitional time is not for everyone. I'm not sure what you mean about JC being "worth less on paper" now - do you mean how balanced the city budget is? I've been following the cost of downtown real estate for the last 3 years and after a long plateau prices look like they are rising, especially for the more "desirable" or marketable luxury condos.
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Speak for yourself. When I left the JC area circa 2003, grove street plaza was dirty, surrounded by run down bodegas and low rent stores, and full of homeless people begging. I came back in the summer of 2010 and thought the farmer's market had to be a mirage, it was that different from what I remembered. The restaurants, art galleries, renovated parks, etc. are all recent improvements that increased my quality of life.
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In other homeless person news, I am pretty sure the Gorton's fisherman of Columbus Ave got a makeover. No more long black hooded coat. He is wearing a sportier jacket and blue jeans that appear clean/new. I totally didn't recognize him until I got close enough to hear him muttering his usual expletives under his breath and then recognized the stooped posture and cart. All I can imagine is with the freezing temps he ended up in a shelter that cleaned him up and got him some new clothes. I saw him in the pizza place 2-3 days ago and he still had the long black coat so it must have been over the weekend.
He is mostly harmless but can be verbally abusive so for anyone who usually avoids him like I do, be aware his look is different.
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The city is spending $600K on this with a matching investment from the private sector. Honestly 600K is not going to fix the public school system or any other large scale issue. If they were spending, say, $3M or more I'd object. But the return on investment for this could actually be pretty decent.
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Who are these trust fund kids? 90% of the artists I know have day/side jobs. The remaining few make their living solely off art endeavors. Part of what I like about the art scene here is that it's not pretentious rich kids playing starving artist.
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I tend to dress classic/vintage these days and it's funny when the witnesses mistake me for having conservative values as a result. No, I'm an athiest former punk and goth who's had more piercings than I can count on my fingers and toes combined. I am the type of heathen you should be scared of. Looks are deceiving.
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It is definitely one of the most cheeseball places I've seen and reinforces so many bad stereotypes of our state. I have been there once, for one of the art fairs, and the space itself is fine but everything from the marketing to the crowd to the bouncers just screams "tacky person's idea of luxury" to me.
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I guess for a recent college grad used to a dorm room, who has just landed their first "real" job and can squeak by paying this kind of rent, it sort of makes sense? Or for someone on a short term business assignment, like a 2 month contract, similar to an efficiency hotel room. Otherwise that just strikes me as a shitty quality of life for the price.
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I also recommend renting in your target neighborhood before buying. That is what we are planning to do if we jump from downtown to the heights. Even though I've been to the heights dozens of times that's not the same as living there and I don't think I could buy into a neighborhood without the 24/7 knowledge of it first.
It also helps you adjust to cost of living - I don't know what Seattle is like but in Providence RI, where we moved from, groceries were a hell of a lot cheaper. Laundry was cheaper (60 cents/lb wash dry fold, how I miss you). So our day to day expenses went up moving here. For schools, the heights seems to be a better bet for kids also. Some friends just moved there with a baby and they love being near 2 parks.
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"he saw the driver speed past in the darkness, crashing through a steel barrier and splashing into the water seconds later in the Morris Canal. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/m ... e-1.1563235#ixzz2pGOD1NSe" Seems like there was a barrier, though it was steel and not concrete.
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You need to attract out of state and international students to command that much for a dorm room. I went to a school in Boston where the dorms cost more than an apartment share (currently room and board is 15K a year there). Most of the students were commuters, probably another 20-30% rented apartments, and the ones who lived in dorms were usually clueless about local real estate and the better deals they could get off campus. I think I paid something like 850/month to share an apartment, and spent maybe $150 a month on groceries, as opposed to $1250 a month to live in a dorm where I was essentially going to be babysat by my college and be kicked out over winter and summer break. Dorms are usually a ripoff unless you're an RA living there for free. Communal living is also a great way to get viral meningitis.
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