jctransplant2 wrote:
Does anyone know if which restaurants will be open for business on NYE in the Downtown Jersey City area this year? I was hoping to stay local this year and did a search online - nothing really comes up.

IronicSupplement wrote:
I'm not a huge fan of the location or decor, but the pizza at VB3 is fantastic and well-priced.

I've always found the staff friendly and professional, but then I mostly order take out, so my interaction with them is limited.

redefinitions wrote:
totally agree with this...Erie is almost worse though because it's so narrow and people are always parked right up to the corners on every block. so as a pedestrian, you have to step off the curb and then like peek around the parked cars, vans, etc


side note: why does it always seem like it's a van or SUV parked right on the corner so you can't see anything?

Annod wrote:
Report: Hoboken's population among most educated and prosperous in the country


Kathryn Brenzel/NJ.com By Kathryn Brenzel/NJ.com
on November 11, 2013 at 2:56 PM, updated November 11, 2013 at 3:02 PM

HOBOKEN ? Hoboken has one of the most affluent and educated populations in the country, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.

The city ranked among 650 "Super Zips," or ZIP codes where the country's "most prosperous, highly educated demographic clusters" live, according to the Post. The rankings?zero to 99?represent an average of each the percentile for median household income and for the number of adults with college degrees, according to the report. Locations that rank a 95 or higher were labeled Super Zips.

Hoboken's median income was $104, 789 and 72 percent of adults in the city have college degrees. According to the report, households in Super Zips have a typical income of $120, 272 and 68 percent of adults are college educated.

Two ZIP codes in Jersey City ?07302 and 07310? were also identified as Super Zips, with rankings of 94 and 99, respectively. No other ZIP code in Hudson County made the cut, though Secaucus came close with a ranking of 82, according to the report.

The Post created an interactive map based on Super Zips, a term which was coined by Charles Murray, an author and scholar with the American enterprise Institute.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... country.html#incart_river

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They should be afraid of the very people they have caused to live in fear, because when cornered and mistreated, even a gentle dog will come out fighting.

Not if you treat them like normal people, like the teacher in the video. These animals won't give you a chance to react.

It's a shame to say it but the only solution is to carefully size up these groups of people when you pass them on the street (or go to the other side of the street) and be on your guard for sudden movements.

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Knockout is "played" by every race and nationality it isn't exclusivly a black thing.

Next time I see a group of young Indians in Little India I'll be sure to steer clear.

They might clobber me with their textbooks.

Their is a big difference between an Indian kid that has been Americanized and is as much a part of the street culture as any other street kid compared to young Indian kids that you are talking about that stick together for language and cultural reasons. I grew up here and have personally seen all types of nationalities get involved in this even Indian, Pakistani, Polish, Italian, Guyanese, Irish, Philipino etc. They're from JC like everyone else born and raised here so those nationalities aren't immune from becoming thugs.

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I have to agree with Tommy C on that one. On Fri/Sat nights in JC you can't get into 30 Acres without an hour or 2 long wait. I've also waited for Park and Sixth (Grove), Razza, Presto's, Taqueria, and GP's to name a few. While it's nowhere near as frequent as NYC, we're getting there.

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If you look across not only Jersey City, but the entire inner NYC area, and you'll see that the restaurants and bars that have lines out the door and are always packed pick ONE thing and do it really well.
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Since the only place I have often waited for a table in DTJC is the Brownstone Diner, I'm not sure I agree with you.

To add to the list, I've had to wait at Marco & Pepe's, Roman Nose, and Satis.

I was just about to try VB3 after they made that top ten list, but will probably avoid after hearing all these reviews.

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He kept going on and on about what he wanted to do and kept saying that he doesn't care how much money he spends as long as its done right because jersey city needed something like this. maybe this is the reason why it's taking so long.....but then again he had about 7 or 8 jameson on the rocks in the hour I was talking to him.

Could this be another case of a trust fund baby with more money than brains?

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Spot on. And when he's caught, he's going to pull a McGreevey with the "I am a gay American" defense and bam, gets away free. Mark my words.

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I betting he will be a self-serving senator, loyal to his financial supporters but eventually exposed for graft and corruption issues that will occur or have already happened.

I believe he is nothing more then a publicity junkie

You left Jon Corzine of your list..
So, what else can Democrat party offer us besides Booker, McGreevey, Torricelli and Menendez?

Beachguy wrote:
They are usually dishwasher top rack safe. I wash them and use them over and over again. Haven't bought Tupperware or any of those disposable plastic food storage products in years.

equ wrote:
The driving culture here is horrible... I was motorcycling down Grand and right by St. Peter's Prep, on the brick crosswalk, between the white lines were three students, they seemed to want to cross but I couldn't be sure so I stopped - near the center line. An suv blew between me and the kids (who were not paying much attention and ended up not crossing). Whether they crossed or not, they're hanging out on the crosswalk and this a**hole misses me, a stopped motorcyclist and the peds by inches as he gets by. And he passes on the right.

I did honk, bright, catch up and tell him that was easily a 7-pt summons, failure to yield + reckless. He just pretended to ignore. What was I supposed to do? Let out mad road rage on a luxo suv while on my bike? This is probably a bad time for that.

I'm not saying I'm a great driver, but some very bad apples do completely ruin driving around this city. I can understand not wanting to waste time, but you can be reasonably quick while staying courteous and safe. Ugh. Might as well live in a 3rd world country. How can you even slow down for peds let alone stop when you are about to be rammed hard yourself (especially on a bike)?

Monroe wrote:
I had high hopes for him, especially when it seemed he'd be able to reach across the aisle to get things done. Minus the money he got from Facebook he's been an utterly useless mayor-and the revelations of his challenged ethics should alarm Democrats as much as it's disgusted Republicans.

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I have read a few posts by experienced programmers that it is not the volume of hits that caused the system to freeze up, but serious programming flaws.

Armchair quarterbacking, based on conjectures, not facts. Unless said programmers had direct access to the server-side code (which means they were actually part of the development process and, thus, part of the problem) then they are just spouting FUD.

How could a "programmer" claim "serious programming flaws" without seeing the code? That would be like claiming that a highly anticipated book was hard to come by upon release because of bad writing.

fun analogy, bohdi, but flawed...

Everything you need to know about ACA's error-plauged websites - Washington Post

"That initial traffic rush is now over and the Obama administration says it's buying more servers to cope with future traffic spikes. So in the long run, dealing with traffic volumes shouldn't be a serious problem.
But the exchange may have deeper design flaws. As discussed above, the site needs to interact with a large number of databases operated by various federal and state agencies. If these back-end systems are poorly designed, it could take months or even years to straighten out the mess."

Monroe wrote:
Two regular martini's, two pomegranate martini's, one sweet chili calamari, one salt and pepper shrimp, unlimited house made potato chips-$36 at Flemings in Edgewater last night.

TheNewGuy wrote:
Subject line says it all, and everyone's always very helpful here.

I spent last Sunday watching football and playing shuffleboard (the kind on the table) at Copper's Union in Hoboken. Tons of fun. Had me thinking that there aren't many bars (that I know of) in JC that have table games. Anyone know of any?

I know a few bars with darts, and obviously there is barcade, but I'm sure there are more and possibly some hidden gems.

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So I stopped in the other night for drinks and dinner. The menu looked good, not overly priced and the happy hour specials looked good. I sat at the bar while I waited for my wife to show up. The place looked really nice and I though how nice it was to have a place right outside the Path Station.
I ordered a beer, the sign outside saying happy hour ?$3?s all craft beers?, my wife shows up I asked to close my tab and I get a $16 tab for 2 beers. I asked what the deal was and the barman said the happy hour special was for a smaller glass?!? I did end up having diner there which was very nice but I was fuming the entire dinner thinking how they tricked me. I don?t think I will ever go back.

That's a pretty good bait and switch. Sucks.
Stories like this is why I'll never try the place.

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I'd call it harassment, predatory / bullying behavior; targeting women or soft targets, intimidating, unlawful detention; being blocked from freedom of movement etc.

These guys would be better off cruising the streets with some sort of billboard on their car advertising their service.

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So I stopped in the other night for drinks and dinner. The menu looked good, not overly priced and the happy hour specials looked good. I sat at the bar while I waited for my wife to show up. The place looked really nice and I though how nice it was to have a place right outside the Path Station.
I ordered a beer, the sign outside saying happy hour ?$3?s all craft beers?, my wife shows up I asked to close my tab and I get a $16 tab for 2 beers. I asked what the deal was and the barman said the happy hour special was for a smaller glass?!? I did end up having diner there which was very nice but I was fuming the entire dinner thinking how they tricked me. I don?t think I will ever go back.

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I have read a few posts by experienced programmers that it is not the volume of hits that caused the system to freeze up, but serious programming flaws.

Armchair quarterbacking, based on conjectures, not facts. Unless said programmers had direct access to the server-side code (which means they were actually part of the development process and, thus, part of the problem) then they are just spouting FUD.

How could a "programmer" claim "serious programming flaws" without seeing the code? That would be like claiming that a highly anticipated book was hard to come by upon release because of bad writing.

drifterx wrote:
Large numbers of healthy people paying into any health insurance are always the ones that make it work. It's just now that insurance companies can't have their cake and eat it too: they can't turn away people with pre-existing conditions. Am I missing something here?

Anyway, I've been trying to create an account and I've run into the security question glitch where you get blank fields on the dropdown. I can see why people are frustrated but it's early and we have until December to wrap up enrollment. I wish this could have gone smoother but it has become the norm to see these issues with massive rollouts.

HeightsBrat wrote:
Tried periodically all day to get on. Got the 'Sorry, you're SOL' message, try again.

Lima17 wrote:
What's going at O'Connell's?, is it just being renovated, or is something new moving in?

vindication15 wrote:
Arrogant and entitled? Seems like you are exactly describing the qualities of a US senator...