JCishome wrote:
No, you're still off. I live downtown, in a nice building. It has most of that stuff you mentioned. But in no way is it "luxury". I refuse to use that word for my lifestyle until my man Jeeves is waking me with fresh OJ and an ironed copy of the Times every morning.

The fact that a realtor calls a building "luxury" isn't exactly convincing. It's like a car salesman selling you the "deluxe" model because it includes floor mats.

vindication15 wrote:
rofl. Oh man, the avoidance of telling it like it is on this board is hilarious.

First of all, there are gradients of luxury. Those being driven around in a rolls royce and taking private helicopters do in fact have a luxurious life and are living in luxury.

However, someone living in a concierge building built post 2000s with a pool, rooftop, theater room are also living in a luxury building. No one would say that it is NOT a luxury building with those amenities.

I know what is really going on though. To say that the word luxury is all subjective and doesn't exist in JC is to bring DTJC down and bring other parts of JC up. My 5 bedroom house that I bought for 100k in Greenville is as luxurious as a one bedroom condo unit in the sugar house lofts for 900k..yeah right.

It's all pretty laughable. Let's all just be honest. I'll go first. The individuals living in One57 in NYC lives in a more luxurious building than I do. I live in a better building than any building in Greenville.

The thing is to aspire to live in comfort, not bring down those above you. I wish I could afford to live in One57 but I can't but that building is great and for me to insult it is to just show how jealous I am. Everyone - reduce the jealously here please.

EthanCrane wrote:
Jersey City used to compare itself to Hoboken. Now, it compares itself to Brooklyn. You're right, OP, the moniker "sixth borough" is awful for all the reasons you gave.

It's not as bad as "Chilltown," but it's bad.

fat-ass-bike wrote:
To start we need to remove every lame-ass, inept, self serving public official from office. Then proactively enforce all legal and governance policies to those of authority that make decisions on our behalf. Mandate a policy of public interest first and corporate profits second; An attitude of 'what's in it for our community' and not 'what's in it for corporate shareholders and their bottom line profits'.

craigslistdiva wrote:

Just an FYI - I have lived in JC - Paulus Hook to be exact - since 2003. I have never, not once, heard JC been called Chilltown until recently.

I choose to live here and I happen to own 3 properties in Paulus Hook because I think it is a better place to live than Queens or Brooklyn. And no, I am NOT a transplant with an inferiority complex.

You seem to have more of an inferiority complex by allowing someone to upset you over a stupid name.

craigslistdiva wrote:

Lastly, people need to stop being hung up on the "6th Borough" thing. A rose by any other name ...

devilsadvocate wrote:

Plus, showing up to various community associations filled with obnoxious blowhards looking to whine about everything from dogs to bikes on sidewalks to all kinds of other things doesn't seem like a productive use of my time. Besides, you wouldn't like me there since my contribution would mainly be to tell everyone that they're pricks and recommending that people move to gated communities if they want to run every aspect of other people's lives. At least on here I type it out, click "Submit" and then go on with my day.

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Hey no skin off my back. For the record I think the dog barking complaint is silly. Not much you can do there. People want the dogs to be in dog runs, yet dont expect them to bark? However, points of creativity to the bull horn guy (no, that's not me).

But it looks like we have to light a fire under ACs asses to get stuff done. I was under the impression they were enforcing the leash laws until I saw this thread.

Again, appreciate the help and feedback guys.

I'll tell you their answer right now: "Well, we sometimes patrol and when we see dogs offleash we deal with it, but we don't spend all of our time doing that because we have better things to do than worry if some little man is angry because some people choose to take their dogs off leash. Please GFY." Except the last 2 sentences will be replaced with something that means the same thing but will be less polite like "unfortunately, our resources do not permit us to fully resolve your concerns. But thank you for your feedback."

In reality, things will never change because dog owners want to give their dogs time to run free, so they simply adapt to new challenges. They learn enforcement techniques, change locations, give each other head's up, etc. See, thing is that we care a lot more because we do this because we love our dogs and you do this because you're a dick.

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Speaking of which, supposedly that was coming to an end after their insane lobbying, yet from what I see there has been absolutely no change.

There has been very little change. I walk my dog (on a leash) daily through that park. It seems like the Parks & Recreation people there more frequently (or at least it seems to me), and when they're there dogs are on leashes. But when they're not, game on. I don't care either way. I prefer to keep my dog on a leash, but I'm not concerned by those who don't.

That's what I was getting at. DTJC was SWEARING that he would put an end to offleash dogs there. I laughed at him and noted that it would never happen.

Actually, the guy who came on here and PROMISED, WARNED AND ASSURED everyone that a crackdown was coming was nyrgravey9. You can refer to this link: JCLIST Thread - An Open Letter to the Dog Owners of DTJC.

In any case, as many predicted, nothing changed and (sadly) nothing is likely to change or improve. This shows the lack of commitment and dedication on the part of the city, even with this new administration.

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Yvonne wrote:
I have been to many cities in the USA, my husband and I travel by car. Every place we visited had parking available including restaurants, stores, parks, museums, etc. The lack of parking lots will hurt JC, tourists do not travel by bikes.

Well obviously these cities (worldwide) have no idea what they are doing. Let's buy a few more cars so we can add more parking, less green space, add more pollution, cause more traffic issues etc

Yvonne, we are trying to bring/keep JC in the 21st century, not regress to the mid 50s and 60s.

Just for your record - here's a list of car free cities/area world wide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_car-free_places

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nyrgravey9 wrote:
Anyone using this term sounds silly and again, is typically used by former 212-ers insecure about their recent move to NJ. Just stop.

Someone's a little thin skinned on the subject! While we're calling people morons, it's moronic to ignore the fact that we exist in NYC's shadow and suck on it's economic tit. JC has very little native "value added" economy left, and we would definitely not have the downtown office enclave if not for the proximity to NYC. "Rah rah" and denial won't change this, and any planning needs to take it into account.

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"Yeah, I know it's NJ, but it's practically the 6th borough!" No it's not. Your friends still snicker at you for this.[quote]

I don't use the term 6th borough, but I don't care if people do. How is it not practicall the 6th borough? What would something have to be 'practically' the 6th borough? Yonkers? Hoboken? They're all satellites to Manhattan, so I'm fine with anyone calling it that.

user1111 wrote:

I have noticed here most people that grew up here and lived here most of their lives hate Jersey City and is looking for a way out.

My point is we are even deceiving tourist into thinking they are not even lodging in Jersey City.

When is the Jersey City Pride Parade?

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JCMan8 wrote:
Can we send in the army to dispose of these people yet? It's clear our social programs have not worked and they are just a blight on society.

Nothing will be done until the government decides that Bloods are domestic terrorists. Until then.....DUCK!

Yahoo wrote:
To this day we dont know what these best practices are. Stand by while they fabricate some.

hero69 wrote:
what is this guy doing in dc besides taking pictures and living the country club life.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/i ... d71-f0feafdd1394&hpid=z11