hero69 wrote:
perhaps there should be agents at each station during peak time, or maybe install turnstiles with cctv

user1111 wrote:
Casual commuter conversations on light rail trains have an unexpected eavesdropper ? NJ Transit.

Video and audio surveillance systems designed to make riders more secure are also recording the conversations of light rail passengers at all times.

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GrovePath wrote:
"Passengers have repeatedly told the agency that security is a priority in the quarterly scorecard surveys of riders, Smith said. "The onboard surveillance systems are also a deterrent for crime and unruly behavior."

HamiltonParker wrote:
So again...if liquor lisences are scarce, expensive, etc. why hasn't good 'ol Guillo (Coles & 6th) sold his and retired? So perplexed about this...as someone else stated - he was willing to part with both the lisence AND the building for LESS than the cost of the lisence alone. Makes little sense to me...

jcguy05 wrote:
brewster or anyone, i need some advise on a full kitchen renovation.

This time it's for my own kitchen not investment property, so i want go a bit high end. I plan to order cabinets from cabinets.com and countertop from a TBD source myself.

But i am not sure how that will go with contractors, do I just tell them to go pickup the countertop from the store i ordered from? and the cabinets will be shipped to my house.

What is the normal accepted process with contractors, can i buy my own kitchen cabinet and countertops? I am just lost in the logistic details on how to properly size/order the cabinets/countertops and how the contractor will get them.

In the past, i just get an all-in quote from the conractor and off they go and does everything.

I want to make sure it's a material that most people looking at the place to buy would like.

Suggestions?

user1111 wrote:
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Comps of recent property sales in that area ?

This does not always work, There was a property sold a few months ago down the block from me for 300k and another abandon property 8 months ago that sold for 40k.

EasyGibson wrote:
That shit doesn't even look good as a rendering.

I can't wait for Journal Square to blight itself with awful tax abated nightmares like this one. It reminds me of Center City D.C. Business crowd by day, tumbleweeds at night.
Cool, Journal Square will finally have the Cosi and munimeters it's always wanted.

brewster wrote:


Your basic error is calling it tax on appreciation. It's not. It's a tax on VALUE.

They're getting the same services from the city that taxes are supposed to pay for. If staying where you are is more meaningful than taking the cash and moving, it's easy to extract the cash to pay taxes. But having your cake and eating it too is unfair.

GrovePath wrote:
http://www.amny.com/lifestyle/jersey- ... worth-the-hype-1.11631328

marullos88 wrote:
Yeah, Earl Morgan made some "interesting" comments here.

JGJDNYCJC wrote:
http://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/ ... -neighborhoods-and-lives/


http://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/ ... -tensions-start-to-mount/

JCGuys wrote:

brewster wrote:
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tommyc_37 wrote:
Wait, Monmouth St Deli exists?

SE corner of Pavonia. Pretty good sandwiches, and they have hot steam table italian food that I've never gotten. Gotta say though, the sandwiches at Podewitz's on Central are even better! So odd, Italian deli with Jewish name...

jerseymom wrote:
These boys were dangling from the parking deck of the Newport Mall late this afternoon (Marin Blvd. side). One of them was filming while the other kid hung on by one hand to a support rod and dangled off of the edge. What were they thinking?

jcwalkingman wrote:
I'm honestly more surprised at the fact that Crown Fried Chicken has a location outside of downtown...I will never look at that place in the same way again.

Voyeur wrote:
$4 billion divided by 200,000 daily commuters is $20,000 per commuter.

Assume said peon commutes through there five days of the week for 48 weeks in a year, that is 240 days, and you are walking through his masterpiece twice a day (480 times in a year), that is $41.66 per person for every visit that person makes to the Oculus in one year.

Now assume said peon lives in his same small New Jersey apartment and commutes back and forth to his same pointless basement job in New York 480 times a year for 30 years.

If you were to travel through there twice a day, every weekday - even with 20 paid vacation days every year - for three decades, that would still work out at $1.38 for EVERY commuter for EVERY time they walk through there for 30 YEARS.

But hey, you can't put a price on feeling important folks.

cbg wrote:
It's a blog about Jersey City, written by someone who once declared on twitter "I am Jersey City". So residents of JC have every right to critique it. Especially on a message board about JC. It may not be nice or productive to make fun of her looks, but that's the way the internet works, so...
The blog does showcase perhaps the worst writing I've ever seen.