Eleanor_A wrote:

I had a bad experience at Shoprite about 10 years ago. I was waiting on line and, for once in my life, the line I was in was moving faster than the others. What I didn't know was that the woman in front of me had her BF or SO in the next line to see which would move faster. The guy cuts in front of me with HIS cart of groceries (she had one too). I was tired and annoyed but all I did was cluck my tongue. I didn't even know anyone heard me and all of a sudden they start yelling "White bitch! Stupid white c*nt! Get a tan you f'ing cracker!" And they kept taunting me! I'm 5'2" and was by myself. I'm not going to go up against these idiots.

Blumpkin wrote:
The feminization of American males continue. I'm not saying to rip your shirt off and beat the shit out of the dude, but seriously you and your buddy need to grow a set and tell the dude to F off.

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Really? I found her to be pesky and annoying.

are you by any chance either emo or a goth kid?

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I live near Hamilton Park and I would definitely go. I am still in mourning over Janam's closing.

Yeah, liss54 & daphne, it sounds like a good idea. But keep in mind that part of Janam's success was that the tiny girl who owned/ran Janam was so sweet. Also, small businesses are very risky. But if you open, I'll go.

cat_man_dude wrote:
it sounds like a lovely idea but I don't see the logic in encouraging people to hang out for hours in comfy chairs surfing the net for hours for the price of a $3 cup of tea. I always thought the way to make money in an eatery is high volume/high turnover. no, I would suggest extremely hard, uncomfortable chairs. As far as the free wifi, that's fine as long as you find a way to monitor each persons usage and when you notice their cup is empty, inject a barrage of friendly reminder pop ups into their data stream. these could be subtle messages like "GOT TEA?", or "This is not the friggin library, BUY SOMETHING CHEAPASS!".

regulator wrote:
^i dont get it.. so she should blindly follow party lines and support the democrat? isnt that the opposite of what people expect their elected officials to do?

i hope that cunningham is indeed proven to be an honest politician. it would dispel the belief that fulop is the only good pol in JC

The news comes as a welcome respite for Cunningham, who, aside from watching her closest political advisor marched into FBI headquarters in handcuffs on television, is facing political heat for blocking Gov. Corzine?s nomination of Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise to the Port Authority.

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ianmac47 wrote:
City Plans Highway Through Downtown
Residents hoping for a freshly pave Columbus Drive may be dismayed to learn they will soon be losing a valuable parking as the city prepares to expand the roadway into a five lane highway. The city intends to realign Columbus Drive with six lanes of traffic; during rush hour, parking would be prohibited on one side of the street to create three lanes of traffic in one direction, and two in the opposite direction.
more...

Any citations to a legitimate news source forthcoming?

SonOfPizzazz wrote:
Did you hear about it in that country via local news, or did friends back home let you know? I heard this went pretty far.

Greenvillechick wrote:
I got to Shop-Rite... and I didn't know that was the "ghetto" and can anyone explain to me why you classify it as ghetto?

And this is coming from a girl who lives in the hood, who drives a pretty nice car, who rents, and who VOTES.

gt2220 wrote:
Back to the original point of the post ... I think this is great if this proposal goes through and is executed properly, poorer communities desperately need access to fresh produce to help combat the near-epidemic health crisis in this country. In an ideal world that produce would be organic/local/etc but that is not a financial possibility at a this time - given the state we're in access to any kind of affordable produce would be a step in the right direction. Too many people are dependent on junk food not only because it's cheap but also because there isn't much of an alternative.

Hopefully one day, via legislation and community action, we can make it so organic, local carrots are cheaper than a bag of chips but until that day there are smaller battles to fight. This is definitely a positive step.

Indomitus wrote: Sorry. Everyone has a right to complain. It's enshrined in the First Amendment. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Bergen Hill, Lafayette, Greenville, The Heights... they have bigger problems and should be more vocal politically, demand more from the City, expect more from their community, and do more for themselves. But, that's quite a challenge. Unfortunately, they may speak, vote, expect, and do less as a result.Quote:

Alan, speaking only for myself and my family, we do vote. And considering only 20 or 30 % of all of Jersey City voters came out at the last very important city election, it seems many people have given up. But there is something that you may overlook: The "look who's doing the complaining" factor. I think a part of the problem is the city is just more responsive to certain sectors, that the attitude of "who pays more rent" also pervades the city's responses in some situations. It makes it easier to write off certain areas because everyone knows "they're all just - fill in the blank" and makes it easier overlook the decent folks of the area, after all "you know how they are". A true story for you: Many years ago there was a tenant interim lease program building on our block which developed "structural problems" The city gave the block association 2 options - either take a soup kitchen on the ground floor (there was - and is still - one 2 blocks away) and the "repairs" would be made or take a hole in the ground where the building used to stand. We protested against the soup kitchen, the tenants were removed, the building demolished and we ended up with the hole in the ground which was paved over with black top. It is difficult sometimes not to lose hope.

bsun wrote:

Despite all the naysayer,
based on 25+ luxury condos that I visited in JC and NYC,
proximity to the so call warzone,
Mongol Gardens coming down,
amenities,
great people who live there,
the price I paid,
I believe my investment/speculation worth every pennies.