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dtjcview wrote:
The Sat parade makes huge money for businesses on and near Washington Street, no white chick with her acoustic guitar is going to change that, irrespective of arrest stats, Zimmer landed her role mostly by luck offf the back of the Fed scandal. Moving one of Hoboken's biggest parties of the year, from Sat to Wed, will kill her with the college/youth vote imo. She might be dumb enough to do it though.,

I truly doubt that the college/youth population vote in local politics. I would venture to guess that a lot of them don't even know who the mayor of Hoboken is.

Beachguy wrote:
Pardon my ignorance on the subject but will taxpayers be expected to foot the bill for his defense since he is on the police force?

JackieCruise wrote:
I'm very confused. I'm an ice cream loving, snow white caucasian fellow with an appreciation for warm weather. Does this mean I'm a criminal???

JCorNYC wrote:
Look people, you don't expect CRIMES happening in this part of the area like Paulus Hook when a good radius is occupied by expensive row houses and luxury highrises. Why must sketchy people who live in Montgomery Projects and beyond come down here and cause crimes? It shouldn't be. To vilify or poke fun at mercyme is uncalled for. We pay sky high rent in the area. Realtors try to lure people like me into buying because the neighborhood is high class and SAFE. HA! what a joke. You don't see this type of crime in Tribeca and BPC it shouldn't be as well in Paulus Hook. The projects up the hill will always infiltrate the waterfront and Paulus Hook section. Unsuspected buyers get suckered into buying with hefty mortgage here. Buyers need to know that crimes from neighboring area come down here and mess the place. Buyers beware. Renters need to look elsewhere for your money's worth.

mercyme wrote:
Snow - sorry I offended, its just VERY scary seeing a bunch of "thugs" being arrested in front of me and the dog. This isn't just one incident - it just happened to be right in front of me

I am renting - i thank God I never bought here - its very dark and scary - and there is a certain bad element that is coming back out now that the weather isn't freezing....

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Beachguy wrote:
It feels like there are a number of people who are angry because they can't get something for nothing. Open an account or give them some regular business and I believe that you'll be satisfied with the service. No business owner can be successful by just accommaodating every one who walks in off the street and asks you to perform a service for free, especially in Jersey City. Put yourself in the other person's shoes!

If Fedex's website, on the page I'm filling in to print out a label, directs me to drop off the package there, clearly accepting said packages is part of his contract with them. It's not that I'm expecting him to do it altruistically out of the blue. He's refusing to do what he obviously contractually agreed to when he became an official Fedex affiliate. This hurts customers like me not only because he refuses to take the packages, but from Fedex's point of view, they have no reason to open another full service branch in the area if they believe he has it covered because it's in his contract.

tommyc_37 wrote:
What's the deal with this place...anybody been? I've always wanted to try it. Seems like they are open 24 hours...is this true? Do they serve alcohol?

PubliusIII wrote:
Actually, yes, it was a sign of the end of civilization when they started to lock Catholic churches (or at least that was how it was percieved by the citizens at the time). My family hightailed it "down the shore" in the great exodus in the late 1950, but grandma stayed on Kennsington Avenue in St. Aloysius parish. Visiting her was always an adventure. It must have been like 1973 when the church had been robbed of some of its precious art and the poor box broken into that the church was locked. This struck a deep cord. Crime had been rising since the late sixties and the city's sense of self was at risk. Churches remained a sanctuary, seemingly protected by the collective and by a palable taboo. When these were violated without any consequence for the violator the santuary was no more. Even the holy of holies was not immune. The psychological impact on these densely Catholic neighborhoods was palpable. Prior to that, the church was the home of the entire neighborhood who would go to the Tabernacle at any time, yes at 2:00 am, or 3:00 PM, to thank God, to implore God, to praise God. I remember a story of a friend's mother who was widowed when he was an infant. They would find his mother prostrate before the altar of St. Michael's at all hours because that was the only place she could find solace for the first years of her widowhood.

FGJCNJ1970 wrote:
What the heck does Trenton Make? Besides bad laws that raise our taxes crazy like.

Are you sure?

FG

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tommyc_37 wrote:
Both abysmal. It's truly amazing that they have stayed in business all these years, while favorites like Sava struggle, and great places like Ox close. What is Hard Grove doing right? Perplexing!

Got me. I can only guess that it's location, location, location. There must be a certain hard core of people out there who are simply too lazy and/or ignorant to wander more than a block from the PATH for much better food. That and the fact that their taste buds must be completely dead.

VanVorster wrote:
You add some perceptible police presence to the area...

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MikeyTBC wrote:
A 2 screen movie theater there would be run over as soon as it opened. None of the young professionals you are dreaming about would dare set foot in there. This isn't Morristown. And if you're thinking an indy center, I doubt there would be enough interest/business.

Why do you think it would be run over? I think it could do more business then what is there currently, considering I've never seen more than a handful of people in that huge store. And not sure what you meant by "young professionals you are dreaming about". On a friday or saturday night, people in the area would be much more inclined to do "dinner and a movie" if they can walk to it, rather then goto the Mall.

PathH8Tr wrote:
To have everyone I know be touched by crime in such a short period of time is no coincidence. This city is getting more and more dangerous.