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The OP specified that he's talking about the "L" of B-L; this is more or less the section bordered by the HBLR tracks on the south, Garfield/Grand at west and north, I-78/LSP at east. Bergen Ave. @ Lexington is an altogether different section of wider B-L. To disagree is to say that Italian Village and Newport are the same thing because they're both within 07302.
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But this is exactly the point I made below. To Manhattanites, JC's crime stats paint an unattractive picture. They could make the same argument you're making here: "To say that your one area of JC has less crime than others is not a fair comparison. It's all one city." In pretty much any context, you have to do nuance to some degree if you want to have a productive and interesting dialogue.
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This is exactly what people in Manhattan say about Jersey City. Does that make it true? I'm sure you made the residential choice that was right for you. A lot of us are really happy out here.
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Exactly the thoughtful response I anticipated. Tuning out now.
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Sigh. They did, until Saint Reagan deregulated the communication industry and eliminated the Fairness Doctrine in 1987. I was in college then and discourse was a lot more civil.
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Especially one with a meddlesome license owner with a track record for demolishing initiatives and alienating his client base. I hear ya - and sorry to sound cynical. But Caesar is a destroyer of businesses. He's the guy who, twenty years from now, will be remembered as the guy who singlehandedly held an entire neighborhood back. And made a lot less money than he could have as a result.
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My guess is: in the middle of a Jets game, Caesar says: Hey! I should triple the lease and add chicken fingers! Let's not blame the victims. Everyone who rented that space undoubtedly signed a lease that cleared legal review. The problem is that the guy who owns the space thinks he's the smartest guy in the room.
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Caesar needs a psychiatrist. As far as Lafayette is concerned, he's worse news than twin tornados, a 15-foot surge, and a horde of killer bees.
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I take this back - didn't get your joke, Newport. Apologies for my snarkiness. Yes, it's at Johnston. :)
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hmmmm...... Yes. It's very nice; I go often.
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Hi all,
A lost cat turned up today in Lafayette. She's young (~6 months?), very sweet and outgoing, and is wearing a green and white flea collar. She has a distinctive tail that starts out skinny then gets fluffy. She's very hungry and a bit scraggly, but otherwise healthy - she looks like she's been on her own for a while. Can't foster because we already have three, so we'll bring her to Liberty Humane after we feed her. If she's yours, or if you'd like to meet her, message me soon or else go by Liberty Humane. Thanks!    
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I'm a pharma research analyst and there's a ton of data related to public health that strongly suggest that MA outperforms other states, especially southern red states, on most key metrics used to gauge overall public health. I don't trust most media statistics, but since you seem to distrust any arm of government, here's data from Business Insider on overall health by state; MA comes in fourth overall: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-10 ... st-states-of-2013-2013-12 If you'd like to debate this topic, you'd be more persuasive by providing some evidence. Quote:
Wow. Sorry you had such a bad experience before you moved here. Cheers, Ivan
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When MAE was around, there were ten better restaurants in JC. But I wanted to support my local. Call me clingy. You're obviously far cooler than I.
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That's totally cool - I hope you enjoy it. I spent a lot of time and a ton of money supporting MAE, and so did many of my friends and neighbors. It quickly became the center of gravity in a neighborhood that was desperate for one. Even though they chose to pull out in the middle of the night, they had an opportunity to tell the people who supported them their side of the story; they didn't. That's why some, though certainly not all of us here, don't feel any special desire to support this new venture.
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These are the MAE guys who skulked out of Lafayette last year literally in the middle of the night. They left our neighborhood high and dry. Bad feelings persist. I won't be going.
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I met a guy from the JC Taxi Commission who was monitoring cabs at Grove St. He said that they're required to run the meter at all times. And that's the issue in JC: no one knows what the rules are (or how to access them), which effectively renders them unenforceable.
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airbnb requires its hosts to provide their tax information number when registering, and issues tax information forms (Form 1099-K) every January with calendar year earnings. They copy this information to the IRS. A host could choose not to pay taxes on airbnb rental revenue, but he/she would be pretty foolish to do so.
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The burgers sound amazing!
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A sample of 800 in a population of 49,600 is pretty impressive - that translates into a margin of error of +/- 3.44%. I have Fortune 500 clients at my market research & polling company who would kill for a sample that robust, but they don't want to pay for it. Keep in mind that most polls in national political races are based on a sample of ~1000 to 3000 respondents, resulting in a margin of error of +/- 2% to 3%.
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The OP's video shows a clip from 2010 in which Candice Osborne, as a private citizen at a council meeting, professes(somewhat rhetorically) a limited knowledge of municipal budgeting. This is contrasted with footage of her as an elected official three years later discussing the budget, supposedly to make the point that she's expounding on topics beyond her expertise. It's like showing video of someone on the day they started, and the day they graduated from, law school. Three years and a lot of focused effort tend to raise one's game a bit. Anyway, last time I checked she was elected and not appointed - so I'm not sure what our takeaway from all of this is supposed to be.
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Oh. You must not get out much. http://www.hipwax.com/music/oddpop/vocal_h.html Jello Biafra used to say that Heino, in bleached-blonde hair and sunglasses, was the original punk rocker. The liners to some Heino albums, however, reassure fans that the deep baritone has resisted commercial pressure to sing hard rock. What is punk about Heino, besides Dead Kennedys' courageous act of spinning his LPs before their concerts, is that he existed in post-War Germany at all. His popularity and number of albums is staggering. Hausfrau as far removed even as San Francisco, for instance, reportedly have treated Heino like Tom Jones in his heyday. Rigidly stiff in his natty, mod threads (turtlenecks and blazers), Heino comes across as a poster boy for Germany at its creepiest. Beneath the sinister shades his eyes stare ahead two different ways, and no amount of heartfelt sincerity can make him sound anything like a typical [non-German] folksinger. Though accused of appealing to war criminals in an abundance of South American songs, Heino probably is not the decadent monster one might believe him to be. Still, he is exceedingly creepy, and therein lies the appeal. Heino's full act can be appreciated in old television clips (Canadian TV is a North American source). Also appearing on many of his records and in some clips are the Botho Lucas Choir. One clip from a WFMU compilation shows them to be equally astounding. And you can bet that Heino has his share of imitators, including film star "Freddy," who on at least one LP replicates the Heino-as-cowboy. Buying: When not marching in step to the music of his forebears, Heino is a one-man international tour. Names of countries provide a tip-off to his juiciest stuff. Hit themes include cowboys, Mexico, sailors, Hawaii, the Orient, and drinking (usually whiskey). There may be just one wacky track per album, but that is plenty.
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Here's a thought - why don't you stick to crusading against unleashed chihuahuas in Paulus Hook instead of smugly dumping on neighborhoods other than your own. It's not a zero-sum game. I'm proud of my neighborhood (Lafayette, not GV), and proud of JC as a whole. Good things happening in other neighborhoods doesn't somehow reduce my quality of life.
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RUinHamiltonPark wrote: How are we defining "people in Manhattan"? Are we defining them as hipsters who moved there from Ohio 2 years ago with dad's credit, or are we defining them as people who grew up there? [...] I live in JC, but I'd consider myself a lot more of a "New Yorker" than some hipster sitting on his Brooklyn stoop with a $5 PBR who spent his entire life up to 21-22 in middle America. RUinHamiltonPark wrote: If the reason people are moving to Brooklyn is just to say they live in the city...it's pretty stupid considering they pay MORE rent and get LESS income via the city tax...but I guess is you're a hipster from Ohio with dad's credit...who cares. 
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This isn't the city, it's how the US Census approaches it. JC's census numbers for 2010 (available at http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3436000.html) are: White alone: 33% Black or African American alone: 26% American Indian and Alaska Native alone: 1% Asian alone: 24% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone: 0% Two or More Races: 4% Hispanic or Latino: 28% White alone, not Hispanic or Latino: 22% As the census web site says w/r/t the definitions of categories, it considers that "The concept of race is separate from the concept of Hispanic origin. Percentages for the various race categories add to 100 percent, and should not be combined with the percent Hispanic." This still doesn't help me reach a total of 100%, but it does explain how a total exceeding 100% would be possible.
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That's a distortion of a point that's far more nuanced, but if that's your takeaway from what I wrote, you're welcome to it. Still, you often make some really insightful points so I?m a little surprised that you?d use me as a straw man here. My argument - which you've missed or chosen not to address - follows this line of thought: 1) The most qualified candidates should be hired. So you see, we agree on that fundamental point. 2) The current composition of the force skews to an extent beyond what would be expected to occur randomly. The JCPD has roughly 800 members. Think of it this way: if you picked 800 people from JC at random, what are the odds that 63% would be white, 25% Latino, 10% AA, and 2% Asian? There's a statistical test that measures this; it's called the chi-square goodness-of-fit test. When I run the test, it indicates that the difference between the proportional makeup of the force vs. that of the city is highly statistically significant. In statistical terms, this means that if you randomly picked 800 people from Jersey City's population as in my example above, there's a much less than 1% chance that you would wind up with a group that's 63% white, 25% Latino, 10% AA and 2% Asian. (For more info on using chi-square to test the representativeness of a sample, see pages 710-715 of this document: http://uregina.ca/~gingrich/ch10.pdf) 3) What would explain the above? One hypothesis could be that there?s an imbalance at the hiring stage; in other words, that whites are for some reason more likely to be qualified than other groups which is why they?re overrepresented on the force. I disagree with that hypothesis (quite strongly). My hypothesis is that there?s an imbalance at the application stage. In other words, there are lots of qualified non-whites who could be potential candidates, but they?re choosing not to apply. By encouraging these people to apply, we would presumably increase the pool of talent to hire from as well as the competitiveness of the application process. Which would in turn elevate the overall quality of the force, which is the goal of every institution. Is there a problem with increasing competition? 4) As for your nonsense about ?only an AA person would understand needs of the AA community,? if you think that a dynamic organization in any sector ? be it business, government, non-profit, etc. ? doesn't need or benefit from a diversity of perspectives, be my guest. But please don?t distort what I wrote, talk-radio style, to score your political points. Thanks.
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It should be. So, to keep that logic going, why then is there such a discrepancy in the current composition of the force? Let's take the high road and assume that all hiring decisons to date were made based only on qualifications. One could try to suggest that this is because whites are proportionally about twice as likely to be qualified as non-whites (63% workforce vs. 34% representation). I don't think anyone on this site would try to argue that, one comment below notwithstanding. Another hypothesis then is that non-whites have been underrepresented in the pool of applicants. I won't venture into the possible reasons why. I'm a middle-aged white guy who's observed and been troubled by the lack of diversity in my own profession. And that isn't likely to change soon if a broader spectrum of qualified candidates doesn't start to feel like it's even worth the trouble to apply. (My profession is research analytics & strategic consulting.) There's also a business impact to insufficient diversity. It means compromised perspective, efficiency and competitiveness in a seriously diverse world; in other words, for my company to do better research than our competitors, we need to be sure that we employ a workforce that deeply - innately - understands needs and trends across demographics. I can't imagine that law enforcement would be otherwise, especially in a city as diverse as ours.
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That's a pretty area. When MANA has an opening we always walk to it, up and across your hill. (We live in Lafayette). A while back we rented out our garden apartment to some German tourists; they said the highlight of their time in NYC/JC was the gospel service at the church at Ivy Place. Welcome to the neighborhood and this site.
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Couldn't agree more. I'm not accusing anyone here of doing this, but I always get a laugh from JC residents who get worked up about NYC looking down on us, then a minute later begin dumping on the next neighborhood out from theirs in Jersey City.
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When complete, Whitlock Cordage will transform that area by creating greater demand for improved services and eating/drinking/shopping options, especially on Communipaw. However, that project has been in limbo for so long it's not worth factoring into your decision. (I've lived in the neighborhood just south of WM for 4+ years.) Berry Lane Park is coming along nicely and bodes really well for the future. The lift of having a main entrance to the neighborhood clear of industrial rubble should be substantial, perhaps more psychologically than economically. I walk around the area you're looking at quite a bit, and I've always found it interesting. Then again, I freely admit that my tastes and interests aren't aligned with those of many who post here. Depending on your commute, lifestyle and how long you plan to stay in the area it could be a good move or a frustrating one. I'd set an expectation of at least 3 years to see more than incremental changes.
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