lovejc wrote:
My husband and I have lived in the heights for about four years as well. I lived downtown for four years before the move to the heights. We love it here - and could afford to buy more here than just a condo downtown. However, the huge thing lacking is that people are strange up in JC! In that - none of the neighbors speak to each other. We live on a really nice block -but, when people see you, they look down or away or hurry into their houses. I still remember when we moved in, I thought (being from the midwest) that all our neighbors would come over within the week with a "housewarming casserole" and a welcome. My husband (born/bred Brooklynite) laughed at my hopes...and he was right - we never saw a soul.

here I am first time owner - ready to establish roots...and everyone runs away. I think it is just our facebook/online society. I have 300 facebook friends, but very few real friends, know what I'm saying?

Then again, in my imaginary neighbors' defense - I see moving trucks around now and then but I never pay attention to who is moving in, who is renting, who just bought, etc. Maybe that is just city life.

Sorry for the novel - but - maybe the heights could be more fun if some of us got together now and then? I know we would LOVE to meet another couple in the area with similar interests. Or, I would love to meet a woman in the heights who wants to hang out and do "girl things" now and then?

mastique wrote:
Corzine needs to step down. I have very strong feelings he is the ring leader. One just needs look to the NJDEP.

See how nervous he and Anne Milgram looked during the press conference they put on?

marybarr wrote:
There are so many of these stories -- women and men can become co-dependent, which is like being addicted to a person. I think we all go through a phase. I remember waiting by the phone for someone to call and checking for a dial tone when the call was late. Buying him sneakers and walking through a rainstorm to deliver them. I am so glad I grew out of that and glad that HE wasn't dangerous because I believe I may have followed him. This reminds me too, of women who get arrested because their guy is dealing and the woman gets 25 years because she has no information to trade. The guy gets out in 2 - 5 - 7. What a tragedy Amanda didn't have a few more years to mature.

ninasdogwalk wrote:
I'm quite puzzled and disgusted with all of the senseless crimes going on jersey city. I haven't checked statistically but it seems to me that "crime incidents" here are on the rise.
And why would someone enable and encourage another individual on said crime then proceed to record it? That's some type of sick "glorification"

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jennymayla wrote:
For sure, JCSHEP. I've seen that first hand and have personally invested in the area. But I'd also argue that we have a bit of a way to go, particularly with creating and sustaining more local business, as well as addressing the constant crime, even on the small time level. The stolen bike thread just reinforces that message. I know, we live in a city, yadda yadda but that doesn't make it ok.

And many other neighborhoods throughout JC have not had the same turnaround...yet.

Paving a housing project and putting up a Barnes & Noble ain't the answer.

Then you haven't been around nyc or surrounding. Trust me, Barnes & Noble is your Beacon of good location. You see a upcoming B&N sign in the negborhood, it's time to take another mortage out. There is only 2 B&N in Brooklyn and guess where they are located.

In JC, there is only one at Newport.

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The security camera at the school has a decent shot of having caught it, the security guard there even told me so, but he also said that I would need the police to review the tape and that they nor I could without them. The police told me that if there were no fatalities, they won't review surveillance footage.

that's ridiulous....20 minutes of their time could solve this crime...

regulator wrote:
at my polling location in the heights during the citywide election, members from both major candidates (healy and manzo) were blatantly campaigning on the corner of the street by the polling place, but since the entryway to the polling place is tucked in about 40 feet from the curb, they 'technically' weren't breaking any laws.

OottaBahr wrote:
Parkie,

Did you have something to do with the new and improved community Bulletin Boards outside VVP?

Did community $$ go towards that?

I see that a good deal of space is now behind glass, and can only be accessed by lock and key. Who's bright idea was it to put glass there (you know that won't last a season) and who determines what merits getting posted in that coveted space? Who gets the key? Who's throat gets choked when something behind the glass is out of date? And who determined that the community at large would be best served by having a smaller amount of space than they previously had?

I bet the answer to much of the above is "parkie."
Kisses.

GnomeGeneral wrote:
Wish it were that simple JRL. Actually, it is...get rid of section 8, welfare, illegals and I bet crime will go down drastically. If all the same residents stay here, it will continue not to matter whom we have as a mayor.

fraulein wrote:
TammyD, I'm sorry for your loss....and the insensitive comments made here.

Everyone knows someone who needs help getting on the right track, and despite if it works or not, you still care for the person and recall better times/memories with them. So please don't think the opinions of some of the douche-bags here are indicative of all because they most certainly are not.