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There have been more than a couple attacks/muggings on Erie Street recently, which is very alarming.

Can you share more information on this?

I think I read that info here. I believe there were about 3 random muggings, all on Erie Street between 2nd Street and 6th Street, in the past month or so. One involved a knife, and one victim was punched out.

http://spotcrime.com/#Harsimus%20Cove ... %2C%20NJ%2007302%2C%20USA

I think this is the report User was referring to...

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SOS wrote:
The investigation is continuing to pick up steam.

There's a clear track record demonstrating that Christie is a bully. Not presidential material by a longshot.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/25/nyr ... 88E7F9B277A167FFD&gwt=pay

Nothing that Christie has, may, or thinks of doing will come within a hundred miles of making him less of a choice for POTUS than Mrs. Clintons exposure and responsibility for the 9/11 Benghazi attack.

A traffic jam? lol

VanVorster wrote:
Yes a lot of rich people vote Democrat and Obama also won a lot of the affluent educated voting segment (people like myself and my friends) despite the meme/fiction that only poor or working class people voted for him because they are so-called "takers." What I was saying is that the GOP seems to be comprised largely of the rapacious rich (Sheldon Adelson, Koch Brothers who only think about money and not other things that impact society) and xenophobic working class Christian gun toting whites.

See this. http://www.cnbc.com/id/49726054

heights wrote:
I guess it's time we dumb down and dress down so not to offend anyone and draw unwanted/dangerous attention to our lives.

cousin wrote:
Am I a racist because I am wondering what color these dirt merchants are? Or does that not matter?

CdeCoincy wrote:
3. a fundamental flaw in Chinese society is responsible for the hacking. Perhaps the one child policy coupled with the preference for male children resulting in nothing better to do than hacking web sites and masturbation.

Ho, Ho, Ho
not a christmas greeting, but perhaps a lead

Baron-Bay wrote:
The Heights needs to be "broken up" into smaller neighborhoods. Just as Downtown is a collection of smaller parcels (Van Voorst, Paulus Hook, Hamilton Park, etc etc).

Anyone with an interest in the future of The Heights, realtors included, should lobby for this. The value cannot be overstated, I believe.

Smaller enclaves will foster civic pride and generate friendly competition. Realtors will find it easier to pitch houses and values will increase, in certain sections at first, but ultimately overall. There is an exciting sense of arrival and departure when, Downtown, you pass one of those attractive green signs that indicate a new region/neighborhood.

The Heights' character varies considerably throughout, and the new tags could capture this. Landmarks could provide the cues.

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tommyc_37 wrote:
So will the signal system upgrade increase the speed at which the trains travel under the river? Currently it is a crawling speed between Newport and Christopher. What takes 7-8 minutes should take about 3.

So you are ranting about a 4-5 minute difference ??

user1111 wrote:
Question for folks who live in The Heights do you make multiple trips back in forth into NYC using public transportation? I sometimes make three trips in one day...

Monroe wrote:
Atshushi, so much is unknown about Benghazi that remain to be uncovered. Dozens and dozens of the government contractors who were sited in Libya-we don't know what they were doing there. Congress has been prohibited from interviewing them to find out, under the guise of they're part of a criminal investigation.

Freedom of Information Act requests have been stonewalled. We don't even know where Obama and Clinton were during the 12 hour attack, and why no support was instantly sent-after all, the last of the killed happened many hours after the attack began and could have been saved. And I'll leave aside the cover up and distraction about the 'spontaneous' riot vs an Al Qaeda supported/aided attack on the anniversary of 9/11.

And Hilary's convenient concussion when she was called to testify still boggles the mind. Talk about accountability?

Anyone who thinks a traffic jam in Ft. Lee is within a million miles of Clinton's exposure on Benghazi is stupid, na?ve, or delusional.

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Without a doubt you get so much more for your money in the Heights than downtown.

My only question is, if somebody is priced out of DTJC, why wouldn't they move to a place in the outer boroughs that is cheaper than DTJC but has subway access? Or even JSQ?

I think that the type of people who are true "gentrifiers" and who bring about signs of "gentrification" such as cafes, high quality restaurants, etc (people who are under 40, earn a pretty good living in a white collar profession) are likely to look for things in a neighborhood that the Heights doesn't really have. Specifically, easy 24/7 access to the region's core, aka Manhattan.

Just my 2 cents. I like the Heights, and I think Central Ave is great. For years on this message board I've said that the Hoboken Path line should terminate in the Heights.

Weehawken, Union City, Edgewater, Guttenberg, Fort Lee are all places near Manhattan that do not rely on subways or Path trains and are doing really well economically. The Heights is along the same line (literally, the Palisades cliff)

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The reliance on the private (and lightly regulated) jitney system seems odd to me. Why is there no public transportation?

There is. Is it as easy as downtown? No but there are numerous buses that can take you around most of the city and Manhatten if need be.

If the public bus service were adequate, all the private jitneys would not be needed to duplicate bus routes.

maybeMoving wrote:
On and on with this parking stuff! ...while JC residents are clutching their pearls over young "transients" and worrying about their precious parking spots. If you must have a car then pay the $200/mo to put it in a lot...

Monroe wrote:
The 'highlight' of Obama's 2 terms is going to be this cock up of monumental proportions-and it won't be the disgraceful website non-roll out, but when the true travesty of Obamacare on 85% of the populace becomes apparent. True socialism at work-screw the 85% to benefit the 15%.

If only the low information voters understood this during the last election rather than believe the lies they were told by Obama about his Obamacare . . . Add 'you'll keep the plan you like' to the famous lies like 'the checks in the mail'.

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Just write up whatever questions/complaints you have for them on this thread here. I am going to present them with any feedback......and also let them know about this forum........so if they want they can come and see for themselves.

JCishome wrote:
85% of Americans are "happy with their health care" because they have no idea what it really costs - they're shielded from it because they're covered by employers or by artificially-suppressed/state regulated plans. If nothing else, the ACA debacle has exposed the truth: Americans are spectacularly unhealthy, our health care costs are out of control and rising at 3x the rate of inflation. All the hoopla over websites and broken promises is just another sideshow; the simple reality is we have an unsustainable system.

user1111 wrote:
Projects!!!! hell no, you will get your throat slashed (Rolls Eyes)

luvHomeMyJC wrote:
This is not about being fair or the lack of. This is about an out-of-state LEGAL resident sending their child to study in NJ paying a premium while an illegal resident sending their child getting a subsidy. That is being un fair to the people following the rules.

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Nothing like that community feeling of snitching on one's own neighbors.

Are you saying we should just let our neighbors break the law, and allow for unsafe conditions in the neighborhood we live?

Two unbelievable responses to this post - one guy asks "is this a problem for you?" (well, obviously, he wouldn't have posted here otherwise) and then you regard the OP as a snitch simply because he wants the city to enforce its own laws when there may be an unsafe situation. Unbelievable.

If you or one of your relatives tripped on that unpaved space, would you be "snitching" ?

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They live among us?.CHARMING!

I would rather have many of them than some of the investment banking crowd.

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SixthBoro wrote:
I guess DT is the only place speeding is an issue?

Do you have a DT complex? Manila is the topic of this thread, hence we're talking about Manila, which unfortunately for you is located DT. Want to bring up speeding that doesn't pertain to a particular street that's located DT? Start another thread.

Monroe wrote:
Pebble, you're using all the tools from the radical left playbook-lame attempts to humiliate and insult those who threaten your far left views. You can oppose gay marriage and not hate homosexuals-the vast majority of religions on planet Earth do just that.

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The new, steel staircase is actually only 95 steps.

Typical Hudson County games. The missing five steps are probably in some pol's backyard.

It actually is odd, codes generally have mandated shorter risers than 100 years ago, as anyone with an old steep staircase knows. So a new one over the same elevation you would expect to have more steps, not less. Perhaps the final "5" were absorbed into the Cliffs foundations.

The old design, and the new design are different. Here's a pic of the old one:
http://riverviewneighborhood.org/100-steps-letters/