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creativeconquests wrote:
A friend of mine found a great rental property in downtown JC on craigslist. The woman who owned the apartment lived in Greece for her job for 3 years and needed to rent the place. She underpriced it to get someone good.

Underpricing will only lure someone less than desireable.

ahab wrote:
Side gripe-- I wish we had adult "play ground' equipment in our parks for pull-ups, dips, etc. I currently take the train to Tompkins Square Park (a long time body weight meet-up mecca).

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Dahood wrote:
What is for real?

Apparently there is a "Whole Foods coming soon" sign.

oh god I hope you are joking right now. Gonna attract all sorts of rich riff-raff and drive up the rents.

asny10011 wrote:
The cost of parking a car in a garage is cheaper in DTJC (200) vs nyc (400+) but good luck finding off street parking! I had an easier time keeping my car on the street in my old neighborhood of west Chelsea than finding a parking spot in JC.

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Bravislava wrote:
Are you kidding me?
The theatre does classic movie screenings 1 weekend a month - do you know how expensive it is to screen current films - it's not fiscally possible for the Loews to transform into an AMC or Regal Cinemas.
The Loews can be rented out for social/cultural events, festivals and concerts by civic organizations who do not have a space of their own, or are seeking to host at a venue that is accessible to many people.
As for the arts and history not being worth funding, take a look at successful arts and historic districts, they have to be supported by taxpayers until they can stand on their own.
Just because events are not popular with you personally, doesn't mean they are not valued by the community at large. Journal Square is underserved, the neighborhood as well as the residents -old and new, and the theater provides an historic setting and preserves a piece of Jersey City's diminishing commercial architecture.
The city provides a small but important percentage of funding for the theater, which is run by 2 part time staff members as well as a slew of volunteers. Personally, I'd rather see my $$$ go into the theater rather than another private "park" on the Newport waterfront. Shame on Mayor Healy!

And to add to this well put post, each movie screening regularly attracts several hundred, sometimes even 1000-1500 people. I was at one of the silent film screening with live organ that had well over 1200 people there (maybe more - they stated this at the event, which was 'Nosferatu').

And I guess all of you griping about how it should be live music only are two new to the area to recall that Bright Eyes & Beck (Guero tour) each played separate shows here about 6-7 years ago. I'd love to see more music shows like this. But we don't have the traffic/market to fill that place with live music all the time/as the sole programming. Let's be real.

asny10011 wrote:
Sometimes walking around Grove and the littered PATH station makes me feel it is a third world country....

heights wrote:
How can drivers and residents in J.C. rectify the situation that happens too frequently? To take the time, and to lose money, and a day off from work just to prove your innocence is exhausting. The current Ward E councilman fought in the city council to have every penny refunded to the defendenent when a boot was used one vehicle. To think he had to fight for something that was due to the ticket holder is absurd. "Well here is the money for that ticket but sorry the boot is a separate issue" the city takes the money for the boot but cannot refund it.

This is actually why I specifically like JC and the kinds of people it attracts. It doesn't have to be Brooklyn to have it's own cool vibe going on. Moving to JC is probably a pragmatic decision for a lot of people which means these people are also mature enough, laid back enough, and unpretentious enough to move to the "wrong side of the Hudson".

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tommyc_37 wrote:
Isn't the "club scene" a thing of the past? I feel like that form of socialization kind of ended in the 90s/early 2000s. Don't all the cool kids nowadays hang out at warehouse parties or rooftop parties? Haha. I just see a club (whether in Manhattan or anywhere else) as being a major cheesefest these days.

For the newcomers to JC, the Sand Bar (where Surf City is now) was definitely a club. Especially in its earlier years.

I work with 8 people who are in their 20's and trust me they are still clubbing Half of them use their sick days because of late night clubbing. We are just older. Yes, the Sand Bar was a successful club but most the DTJC newbies wanted it closed.

blanquiita wrote:
I had a great experience with A M Auto Repair on 6th Street.

373 6th Street Next to the car wash)
Jersey City
(201) 795-5520

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pattyb wrote:
... The area is unhyped, pretty...

Seriously? Do you live (among the copious goose sh&t in Liberty State Park)? JC is many things, but pretty is not one of them. I get that beauty is in the eye of the beholder so one can always find it- but really?! Maybe the VIEW of NYC, river, etc is pretty (from waterfront or LSP), but the city itself?

tommyc_37 wrote:
Do your Manhattan friends not invite you to these events anymore, now that you live a whole mile away with 24 hour transportation? :)

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I would rather live in JC that NYC even though I could afford either. For one I am cheap and everything involving cost of living is higher there. I need to have some actual cheap stores accessible to me - I'm a Goodwill, discount grocery store kind of gal. JC has that along with a reasonable amount of culture - enough to have stuff to do but not so much it's overwhelming. In NYC there are always 10 things going on, with friends trying to get you to go to lots of different things, and I find it draining. I also find the apartment sizes claustrophobic in the city, combined with all the hustle and bustle on the street, crowds and noise pollution - you aren't shoulder to shoulder on any sidewalk in JC. I also don't like the loneliness of NYC, that you can so easily be anonymous most places you go - anywhere I go in JC I recognize people, they recognize me, I feel like part of a community.

kitten wrote:

Central Ave liquors - great selection. big. no bullet proof glass

And there are many more great places all on Central AVe. We shop REGULARLY at all of these places. I don't need an overpriced cupcake shop or boutique with a small selection of expensive clothes to make me feel like my neighborhood represents me.