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This is excellent. I will be in attendance and will try to encourage some friends to attend too.
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If you suspect the wiring is questionable you should make your inspector aware of your concern right away. The inspector's report can go a long way toward leveraging your buy in the case he finds that the wiring is bad. He should be able to tell you right away if you have enough service coming in from the pole. He should be very detailed in the problems and he should take pictures where appropriate.
If he finds problems in the wiring then you need to have your lawyer get you more time so that you can get an electrician in there to check it out and give you an estimate for what it will take to fix. I bought a row house a few years ago where the owner was a self-styled contractor and did his own wiring (badly). I threatened to walk away unless he gave back the $13,000 that my electrician estimated it would take to fix the electric issues detailed in the inspector's report and the buyer and the agents together rebated us the money at closing. One more thing. I eventually had almost the whole house rewired and the service upgraded and not just the problems fixed. Final cost almost twice what the problems were estimated to be. Don't mess around with electric issues. If the inspector finds problems doing a surface inspection imagine what an electrician will find once they open up the walls. Good luck!
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IMHO if the lightrail wasn't a free ride to downtown for the gangs of hoodlums that ride it every day into the Newport mall and downtown JC the crime rate would go down in our area, but that would still leave us with the problem of crime in other areas.
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I posted a question about the Zillow valuation and the house I am in contract to buy (329 Pacific). I got one response that indicated the person had seen the house and that the renovations the current owner had done are not only substandard but are "scary" or words to that effect. Anyone else take a look at this house which is being sold by owner and have any rebuttal to this or echo to it? The house is a mess but in negotiating the price the sufficiency of the new wiring and plumbing was key to me. Thanks for any input.
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It's a good question. Where is the tax money going? Somehow, I don't think very much of it stays downtown. In that case, raising our taxes isn't going to make any difference, to those of us downtown.
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values in downtown largely reflect what happens in new york city. values in nyc have quadrupled over that last decade. that has more to do with what's happened here than anything else.
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jcaro28 - I could not agree more. I get physically sick looking at all the garbage lining JC streets. It definitely starts with the basics. But crooks are running this city, and have been for decades. Until more business and educated workforce comes in, and we have electorate and political candidates that ACTUALLY THINK and want to improve things - things are not gonna change. The crime is about as bad now as it was when there was NO waterfront and NO million-dollar condos. How the f***k is that possible? Where is all the tax money going?
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 3, 2006 CONTACT: PRESS: 347-789-7508 Jersey City Guardian Angels Mark Adams ~ Chapter Leader ~ 201-304-167 guardianangelsnynj@hotmail.com www.guardianangels.org  Jersey City Guardian Angels announce Public Meeting on Safety and Security: ?Dare to Care? The Jersey City Guardian Angels announce a public meeting on safety and security with ?Dare to Care?as their motto. Members of the Downtown Watch, Van Vorst Park Watch, Boys and Girls Clubs of Hudson County, Dixon Deli, and others will also speak on crime prevention. The Downtown Watch has secured facilities near Van Vorst Park for the JC Chapter of the Guardian Angels to hold a public information meeting for all residents of Jersey City. This important meeting will be held on Thursday, March 16th from 7:30 until 9PM at the new Frank R. Conwell Middle School #4 auditorium/theater, located at 107-108 Bright Street which is between Monmouth and Jersey Ave. All residents of Jersey City are welcome and the Guardian Angels will address various programs they administer and they will answer questions from the general public about working with other neighborhoods and neighborhood groups throughout all areas of Jersey City. The Jersey City Chapter of the Guardian Angels covers Jersey City, Newark, and parts of New York including Queensbridge, Canarsie, Red Hook and Sunset Park. There are approximately 20 members of this chapter including 6 who are Jersey City residents. The Guardian Angels members are widely diverse and include life-long Jersey City resident,Tony Torres, Chief of Staff for Freeholder Eliu Rivera and another Jersey City member, ?Mike?, is an alumnus of NYU, former reporter and now teacher, who says that the Guardian Angels are ?inter-activists? who are ??there to assist, there to care.? ?We use our over 27 years of experience to help neighborhoods help themselves.? This enables both communities and police to work better, through safety and security tips of alertness that can be taught and how to make incident reportings of suspicious activities. The JCGA chapter leader is Mark Adams who lived in Jersey City Heights for 14 years. Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels, has directed that the JC chapter shall patrol virtually every day and night at this time until further notice. The Guardian Angels patrols are also working with the combined patrols of the Downtown Watch monthly neighborhood patrol that consists of members of the Jersey City Neighborhood Watch Assn. (JCNWA) and the Van Vorst Park Neighborhood Watch (VVPNW). This initial gathering of the JC Guardian Angels was brought about by the muggings of the wife of JC Council President Mariano Vega?s wife and the armed mugging and theft of the Dixon Deli. The owner and wife of the Dixon Deli are also members of the Guardian Angels. Contact with Curtis Sliwa brought the Guardian Angels to form a chapter in Jersey City. Supporters of this informational meeting include: Jersey City Neighborhood Watch: jcnwa@comcast.net Van Vorst Park Watch: v v n w a t c h@ g m a i l . c o m Alberta Walker/Youth Achievement Center of Boys & Girls Clubs of Hudson County: awalker@bgchc.org and other neighborhood groups. (final names TBA: final revisions due Mon, March 6 @ 10PM)
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As a new JC resident (6 months) from Brooklyn, this place has so much potential. I think it's bad city mgmt and bad development. All this new construction is residential. where are the stores ? Restaurants? Business? We need more business, along with residential development. All you see are new condos going up. but if you want to shop or eat, you need to go elsewhere. Also, they need to clean up the city. Quality of life improvemnt leads into less crime. clean up the streets, garbage, ruin down blsg, etc. People will care more. Thats what Giuliani did in NYC. It starts with the basics. This will never be Hoboken, but it has it's own potential, different than Hoboken. I actualy think its a good thing that new people are moving here. New blood will change things hopefully for the better.
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I don?t wanna get into a heated discussion here? all I meant to say was people simply can?t afford another tax increase and I don?t think throwing money at the problem is the answer. As for what Troy says, I think his credibility is in question as a result of recent events and I don?t take anything he says at face value. The city is a bureaucratic mess and corruption is still a fact of life. I don?t believe that forcing its citizens to contribute more money to address the problem will do any good.
Most of the discussion about increased crime ? including the Times article - concerns downtown and that?s the reason I commented specifically on downtown. I?m definitely not in favor of people being priced out of an area and being forced to move? it?s simply the reality of what is taking place with the gentrification of downtown. As for the comparison to Hoboken, I think it?s fair to compare its evolution to that of downtown.
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Is crime up over what it was ten years ago? Maybe not. Is it up over what it was three years ago? I'd say it was, and that's the problem--the situation has regressed. Probably partly the economy, partly changes in policing (or no changes in policing--not being flexible and responsive).
Anyway, I'm still not moving. . . . .
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Sorry, but statistics suggest that crime is in fact on the rise, at least in the last couple of years. Also, I'm not sure what you're trying to suggest by "forced to move" or whether you're in favor of such a thing, but it's not going to happen. Jersey City is not a square mile city like Hoboken. It's never going to be all upscale.
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But crime is up in all of JC, and people in all parts of JC are upset about it, and frankly I do think that's a big part of the problem -- the chief himself says in the article that the last few administrations have hired too few officers and that near half of our current officers are of retirement age.
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Raise my taxes again and that'll get me thinking about moving. And let's not forget that downtown does not represent all of JC. [thankst gawd.] Besides, I doubt the problem is that simple.
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Yes, I believe that this article resulted from the local press coverage of Fulop's call for the chief's resignation. I do not think that the deli robbery and the mugging of Council President Vega's wife would have resonated so loudly and crime in general have gotten so much media coverage without it.
I also share the perception with some others that crime is not significantly worse than 10 years ago, but that the changing demographics have carried with it changing expectations. What can a councilman do? Be an advocate for change, for maximizing public safety resources, for embracing new techologies and methods, for bringing in outside experience to our police department.... Quote:
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Wow, sebe, for someone so well informed about JC real estate and its historic preservation rules downtown, it makes me wonder how you didn't know that there was a golf course there? Perhaps you already own the property and this post is just a way to create some hype for the hood?
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What exactly are you buying (or are you selling)? I drove by on my way back from Home Depot this morning and there is nothing there but a vacant lot on the corner (with a junky bricked up building mid block on Winfield). Although the vacant lot and buildings had Liberty RE signs all over them. Maybe I missed it but I think, if you're real, you're getting ripped off. Course if you can throw away 1.3mill on a piece of RE in that neighborhood then maybe you just don't care. I'd like to see what your heating bill will be in the winter for all that space.
Of course if you're a speculator/developer and you chop it up into 10 condos and turn the vacant lot into a parking lot and can get a decent return on your investment then I say Go For It! I hope you did your research on comparables (well there probably aren't any) but I hope you know what prices are like in that neighborhood. Yes its quiet. Yes the light rail is nearby. Its just my opinion but Liberty National isn't going to do squat for the real estate demand/prices in that neighborhood.
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Well, the article is a bit distressing -- particularly the two broad daylight incidents mentioned.
What I don't understand is, what's so difficult about hiring more cops? I know it costs money, but I have a feeling most people would rather have higher taxes than get mugged, and if they leave because of the taxes, well, they'd be leaving anyways if the crime situation doesn't improve. So what is it? Is there a huge shortage of people who want to be police officers? Are salaries too low?
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I don't have home delivery of the New York Times so I haven't read the article yet, but I found a different article on the internet.
------------------------------------------------- Jersey City grows, but not everywhere By JANET FRANKSTON The Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Every morning and afternoon, Rachel Schunkewitz prepares four varieties of hummus in her new cafe in downtown Jersey City. One of the more popular items on the menu is the "Rachel" salad, made with smoked trout, endive and sliced almonds. Her gourmet menu illustrates how a part of Jersey City has changed in the 30 years since her parents left New Jersey's second largest city for a safer place to raise their children. "This place used to be an undesirable place to live. It was a place were people went to buy drugs," Schunkewitz, 43, said in the cafe, decorated with exposed brick and flower pedals in the bathroom. "I see a big difference. It's an up and coming area." http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/104-03042006-621303.html Same article is also here under Saturday, March 4: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/
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Well, the "growing pains" I know about all too well, having endured and sustained them for well into twenty-three years now. But the "glitter": now that eludes me. Surely they jest when they talk about our glitter. High rents and high taxes, noise and litter, nolo contendere... But "glitter"? Come on, ladies. Get a grip. The glamour of J.C. is an invention of the real estate agents. How many people move here and stay for six months or less and then run away at the first chance. Loads and loads. And they're screaming, "Where's the Glitter?"
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I thought the article leaned toward the sensational side, something that the Times has become quite good at.
Not that anyone gives a hoot, but here?s my theory on this whole brouhaha. I find it hard to believe that crime has increased substantially downtown over the past 10+ years? it?s simply getting more attention because of the demographic change. Educated and wealthy persons are more likely to complain and be influential enough to have their complaints heard by government officials and the media. Just a fact of life. The demographic shift downtown has been dramatic. You have an area populated by ?haves? and ?have-nots.? This in itself is part of the issue and there?s no way crime will be substantially reduced until most of the ?have-nots? are forced to move. Or we enact a police state. I don?t believe this is any different than the situation in Hoboken 20+ years ago.
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I just finished reading the article and could not believe they were talking about my city, the article made JC sound like we have crimes happening outside our door evey hour of the day. If I were to read that article while considering moving to JC I would scratch it off my list! While the article will most likely make the police dept move a little faster than they are now (for a little while) it will also turn educated, high income people away from JC permanently.
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Doesn't look like an up and coming area, but I like the nearby tank farm on the other side of 440.
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Two questions:
1. Dan, are you certain that Fulop is behind this article? I haven't reread it, but I don't recall his name being mentioned - just a councilman (unnamed) calling for Troy's resignation. 2. What should our councilman be doing? I think most people could reach consensus on what Healy and Troy's responsibilities are, but what should Fulop be doing as part of the effort to combat crime? Personally, I think he should be doing more to make the area look less "lawless" - getting on the city to keep the streets clean, going after the quality of life violations like speeding, noise and double parking that give people the impression that petty crime is tolerated.
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Well, I will give Councilman Fulop credit for making noise and creating publicity (negative) on this issue. Also, shrewdly targeting Chief Troy and not Director Jefferson.
Sometimes, the only way to get something done in JC is to create escalating publicity. Results start to occur when the issue gains regional publicity and becomes embarrasing (also shedding unwanted attention). Councilman Fulop or whomever advised him on this, hit a home run.
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Tomorrow's NYTimes (3/5/2006) has a very lengthy article - a page and a half on the crime situation in JC. Four separate pictures of the Guardian Angels on patrol. This is the kind of article that should topple the mayor and his police commissioner and all of their cronies and hangers on.
Unfortuneately, the article is in the NJ section and will not be seen by many people considering relocating here.
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Which explains why the historic brownstones have tripled or quadrupuled in value over the past decade. If the Secretary of Interior standards didn't apply to brownstones, then there would be no historic districts in downtown. Joshua Parkhurst President Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy
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Why are you telling everyone about your deal if you are trying to buy it?
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What do you need 13,000 sqft for?
Yes, $1.3M sounds like a good deal. I'd ignore the golf course: You can't see it - you can't walk on it - you can't join it. BTW: regardless of the size of the place, the area is kind of crappy, i.e. not safe. But I guess you can just take long walks around your unit.
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On Jersey City real estate? I submitted an offer for a gorgeous loft building at 247 Princeton Avenue - 13K sq. ft for $1.3 is an incredible deal for owning a piece of true Jersey City history. It was a bank building it has vaults and all. The neighborhood is quiet and serene for blocks and blocks. I walked around late at night as well as during the day.
The realtor very nice and knowledgeable woman Gloria with Liberty Realty LLC who pointed out how this $140 million golf course 1/2 mile away is really putting a lot of energy into this neighborhood. I hadn't even heard of the Liberty National Golf Course has anyone else? There are really large gorgeous buildings further into town. Priced a lot cheaper than downtown. I can forgo the hype and enjoy the space. I have been downtown for years and we are running out of space. The views of NYC from the roof of this building is breathtaking. I am trying not to get too excited so I don't jinx the transaction. Any opinions out there? Is it just me or is 13K square feet of raw space for 1.3 not a great deal?
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