mercyme wrote:
Snow - sorry I offended, its just VERY scary seeing a bunch of "thugs" being arrested in front of me and the dog. This isn't just one incident - it just happened to be right in front of me

I am renting - i thank God I never bought here - its very dark and scary - and there is a certain bad element that is coming back out now that the weather isn't freezing....

leigh13 wrote: Not about Jersey City, but the entire video for "Obsessed With You" by The Orion Experience was shot in downtown JC. See if you can spot the locations!

shenanigans wrote:
Littering is not cool. We get it. But why is it that Jersey City streets are always trash laden while the streets in Williamsburg or even Union City remain clean? Aren't there disrespectful teenagers in those areas as well? It's because government services in JC continues to be a #OOPS#ing joke. Clean the streets properly and we wouldn't have this problem. It's been almost 2 months since the street sweepers have come around. They blame the snow.....i blame them for being lazy. Snow didn't prevent those other towns from removing trash.

The Ferris kids can smoke as much weed and eat as much junk food and fight amongst each other all they want. Have you ever been outside of Lucky 7's or Jordan's lounge at 3 in the morning? Hard drugs+violence+public urination. Why don't you go tell those animals to stop throwing their cigarette butts and drug bags on the ground.

Oh.......and some people here want JCPD to give littering tickets? Are you kidding me? This isn't #OOPS#ing Princeton.

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I don't really worry about stray bullets. But you can come up with all kinds of scenarios in all kinds of hypothetical situations. I described mine because it is the one I live every day. It is what it is, and I don't want to, nor do I plan to think about, moving to Bayonne or any other neighborhood.

petey8 wrote:
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I am glad I bought my house in B-L, and will surely ride out the waves of whatever happens good and/or bad in the years ahead. I will say this much, the value of my house has maintained within reasonable limits over the past 6 years despite the real estate burst. And no one has broken into my car, etc., and I have mostly fine neighbors. And I am a very good neighbor also. Not saying it is perfect, by any stretch, and there are plenty of things I would like to change. But all things considered, there are very few places besides B-L where I could have been able to purchase this great, spacious house, less than a half hour commute to my NYC job, next to LSP, with ample bus and light rail service at the corners.

Ryan25 wrote:
There appears to be a chicken bone epidemic in downtown Jersey City. I've lived here 3 years now and I've lost count of how many times I've seen discarded half-eaten drumsticks on the sidewalks. For me, it's definitely a weekly sighting at the very least.

Dogs can choke, people can slip. Also, it's pretty gross. If anyone has any information on this bizarre occurrence I'd love to hear it!

SammyTheT wrote:
"But many downtown condo buildings are still largely empty."

What are you talking about? Crystal Point is at least 75% sold as is Trump. 13 more units were sold at Trump last month. Drive by at night and the lights are on in apartments from the bottom to the Penthouses.

What buildings are largely empty?

However, I agree that we are hugely undercounted by the census.

pferm201 wrote:
DAMN!!!!! That's like getting a 97 on a test lol

tommyc_37 wrote:
I also appreciate the cultural diversity of JC, but like Bill suggested, it is no mystery that cities that are more diverse tend to have higher crime. I get all of that, but what's disappointing is that it costs the same to live in Downtown JC as it does in Hoboken, and you just don't really see this stuff happening in Hoboken. It costs MORE to live in Downtown JC than it does in Weehawken (generally), and you don't really see this stuff happening in Weehawken.

Now I would rather live in Downtown JC than those other cities, but how long before other people realize that they can live a similar urban, walkable lifestyle, for the same or less cost, in other places without having to worry about their safety? With the ultimate result being, Downtown JC descending back into a not-so-nice neighborhood.

I realize that this sounds kind of "sky is falling", but it might not be too far from the truth.

Honestly, maybe the prices of homes in Downtown JC have gotten a little too high for what you get here. Who the F wants to pay $1.8 Million to live in one of those brownstones near where this nonsense occurs on Wayne Street?

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The problem with this crap is, this stuff doesn't happen in nearby places like Weehawken and Hoboken, where it costs the same (or less) to live. So the question is - what is JC doing wrong?

Umm hello!#! Both Weehawken and Hoboken have white populations of over 70%, guess what Jersey City's is!

tommyc_37 wrote:
The problem with this crap is, this stuff doesn't happen in nearby places like Weehawken and Hoboken, where it costs the same (or less) to live. So the question is - what is JC doing wrong?

I will say though, that I have literally never, not once, felt unsafe in any part of Downtown, at any hour...so these reports are always a bit jarring.

ftnjbs wrote:
Jersey City... PLEASE do not disappoint me!

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crushthedemoniac wrote:
I take back what I said, it appears it is not healthy to eat the berries raw?? Never knew that.

ew god why would anyone ever try to eat them raw. They can make tasty cooked treats but ew raw ginko fruit yuck

mmmcoffee wrote:
Is this place open to the public? I've heard of it before but I always got the impression it was exclusive to people in the film/fashion industry and not just a place you can walk into.

What the hell does "technically in New Jersey but not really" mean?

ThirdStreet wrote:
The roast duck noodle soap is a must try.

tommyc_37 wrote:


Since we're trading pet peeves, here's something that I hate that YOU do: paint with a broad brush. Do you really think that EVERYBODY who lives downtown sleeps here and that is it?

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Because those "affluent" types ( I hate when you say that) sleep here and drop their kids of at pre-k, and that's it. Do you know how many times I've met some "affluent" D*** on the path and actually wont admit to living in JC, but simply say they live off the path stop "almost in NYC".

Chicken/egg v. Egg/chicken. It's understandable to be embarrassed by living here if you based your assessment of Jersey City on Newark Ave. and Columbus Drive. But I bet if there were a good reason for those people to stay here (along the lines of the retail/pedestrian zone) people would welcome it. Even the ashamed.

And by "good reason", I don't mean a franchise of a mediocre chain restaurant. People want creativity, diversity and quality. No one flies to NY from Europe for the Best Buy at Union Square or the K-Mart in Penn Station.

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Because those "affluent" types ( I hate when you say that) sleep here and drop their kids of at pre-k, and that's it. Do you know how many times I've met some "affluent" D*** on the path and actually wont admit to living in JC, but simply say they live off the path stop "almost in NYC". So if these people wont even admit to living in JC why would they want to take a stroll along Newark ave or Central for that matter and do a little shopping.

True. I'm still convinced that most of the population of Newport and a good share of the people in PH believe anything West of Washington is equal to walking through Camden at 2am.

tommyc_37 wrote:
heights is actually absolutely correct - Central Avenue in the Heights looks like the Champs-Elysees compared to Newark Avenue. Thriving retail, as well as other stuff I WISH downtown had, like a fish market, authentic italian delis, etc.

Here's my question, to which I truly don't have an answer - how does retail thrive on Central Ave, yet fails miserably, time and time again, on Newark Ave, which is seemingly surrounded and inhabited by a more affluent demographic, and also a demographic that is less likely to own a car??

FGJCNJ1970 wrote:

with the mall so close, we're not going to get corporate retail stores along Newark ave.


FG

jc_dweller wrote:
If you're looking for a highrise in which nobody has ever seen a cockroach in it, I think you should probably reevaluate your standards. The more important question is, is there a history of infestation, how do the landlords and/or codo assoc deal with it, etc. There's probably not a building in downtown, new or old, that doesn't have cockroaches on occasion. That's par for the course in high density living and is no reflection on the cleanliness of any one person since they spread so easily. You could keep your home spotless but if someone down the hall brings them in, bam!

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PathH8Tr wrote:
Once again - what are the proactive things we citizens can do?

Carry baseball bats!!!!!!!

0.40 cal Smith & Wesson ACP is preferred for me. Unfortunately.. this aint Vermont or Texas (or 46 other states that allow people to defend themselves)..
.. get mugged? Only thing legal in NJ is to defend yourself with harsh language.

Harsh language won't work it's not politicaly correct enough. Actually most of the Downtown new comers reek of political correctness with no backbone, sorry to say but it is time to refrain on that image you convey. Most of these mutants can pick out an out of towner especially Downtown where the money and pushovers are. These dopes wear sneakers, have all day to case the area and pick their prey. They are doing it in the obvious.

If you Jersey City originals are such scrappy bare-knuckle defenders of this great city, then why did downtown degenerate under your watch, and only become livable with the emigration of "out of towners?" Did you guys just abandon it?