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jennymayla wrote:

While I reject this thread since it is all based on FRAUD, I still want to respond...

LHN is a casual walk to the Grove PATH station. Like 8 minutes tops. Plus on a nice day, it's a great walk to the Exchange PATH. And what's wrong with having to take the light rail if you don't feel like walking?

As for the neighborhood, it is literally across the street from an already-booming neighborhood called Van Vorst Park, and it borders another booming neighborhood called Paulus Hook.

Okay, so some of the new fancytown elements of LHN might be under construction for a while, but it's incorrect to position it like it's in the boonies or an underdeveloped location.

I have heard similar complaints about the sales people though. Lots of people have been turned off by them, which is a shame.

While I didn't mean to imply that LHN was in the boonies, it is too isolated for my tastes at $500k+ for a 1BR unit.

It may be a great walk to Exchange on a pleasant morning from LHN, but if you have to make that walk every night in the Winter it's not much fun... I did it for years from Essex & Warren St. and on cold days w/the always heavy winds it can be surprisingly difficult. Many such nights I had to stop for relief, in the form of a glass of Jameson's, at the Light Horse, otherwise I'd have never made it home

I've commuted into Manhattan from the burbs (car to park & ride, bus to Port Authority, subway to office), from the Heights (99s or marshrutka to Port Authority, subway to office), and for the last 9 years from Paulus Hook (PATH to WTC and more recently, PATH to 33rd). I love to bitch about the PATH, but over this time I've become strongly averse to having to rely on more than one form of transportation - in addition to the PATH - to get to and from work. Yeah, probably I'm a bit anal about it but I've spent too much of my life on buses, broken down jitneys, and subway platforms and there are just too many ways to be delayed when you add another link to your commute.

wibbit wrote:
can someone please clarify this, i am still confused. Is the tax based on a variable mortgage payment? Ie if you pay more mortgage, you pay more tax. Or is it based on a fixed amount?

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Scottacus wrote:
I'm not the biggest fan of abatements (especially since they're not really abatements (but a way for the city to get money that would otherwise go to the county and school board), but the article is misleading about how abatements work.

The 16% amount in the article is actually 16% of ownership costs based on a 20-year mortgage for the entire sale amount of the home (so 16% of 12 monthly payments for that theoretical mortgage plus 12 months of condo fees). In the end this works out to 1.6% to 1.7% of the purchase price per year. This is not much less than an unabated property would pay in taxes. If CanCo's rate is reduced to 10% it wold be more like 1%-1.1% of the purchase price, which is much less than average.

The difference is that the city gets 95% of property taxes (as a change a few years ago based on complaints from the county and schools gave them this small amount) rather than the county and schools getting a much larger share (about half) under regular taxes. So the city gets more money, and additional one-time payments from developers to plug the budget holes that develop every year, and the county and schools lose money.

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injcsince81 wrote:

All the townhouse-style LHN buildings are built with wood framing.

Are you surprised that they shake?

The owners keep telling themselves that when Grand Street is repaved, the problems with the shaking will be solved. I suspect actually that the reason those folks are seeing cracks is that the development is beginning to settle on some softer then expected ground.

There is a whole thread over on kannekt dedicated to what those people have termed The Shakes.

StevenFulop wrote:
The following is the 2008 street paving schedule for Ward "E"

1) Warren Street from Essex to Dudley
2) Grand Street from Grove to Jersey
3) Colgate from First to Third
4) 6th Street from Manilla to Erie
5) Manilla from City Line to Boyle Plaza
6) 6th Street from Jersey to Brunswick
7) Brunswick from Newark to CC

(In addition CC will be paved as part of a state grant. We are aware of the dire condition of CC and the need)

Many of these streets were added based on constituent/community group feedback to our office. If there is a street that is in need please e-mail Althea or myself in city hall and we will work to have it included in the next phase.

I hope this is helpful information.

Sincerely,
Steven Fulop

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JadedJC wrote:
So, Bill, what are the chances that Wegman's will ever set up shop around here?? Or is that one of those fantasies that has about as much chance of happening as JC someday electing an honest and efficient city government? There's a Wegman's out near my parents' on Rt. 9 in Freehold or Manalapan (hard to tell in that part of Jersey where one town begins and another ends), and I just LOVE visiting that store everytime I'm out there. The place just totally rocks, and imho, beats Whole Foods any day of the week. We'd joke about the "Weekend at Weggies" whenever I visit my parents.

If you love wegmans soooooooo much, than by all means go to yr nearest location and shop till you drop.

Morton williams is a breath of fresh air to DTJC and therefore be happy with what you have...

CK

Minnie wrote:
I don't mean to change the subject, but I was in Basic the other day and picked up a free copy of a little booklet called "NEW" and it says "Living on the other side of the hudson". Of course it's got all the latest places to go and eat, exercise, live, etc, etc.... Now the funny part is that somebody wrote on the front cover of the little booklet in black marker and it reads... "crap for white people to do". Well, it is somebody's opinion on these things... but I got a few snickers out of it.

Oh, and back to the main topic of this thread...... I cast my vote for a taco bell!

Hey Nafco FYI I dont live in JC anymore, and havnt for quite sometime, just kinda sad to see it being tunred into another "cut out" generic gentrified city(well just downtown). So if this place opens retail space and say a few bars open up, what do you think these bars will caiter to? Chances are it will be some wine and cheese bars or something of that nature. My appoligize for not liking that kinda stuff. I forgot it was wrong to have an opinion.

crushthedemoniac wrote:
Sleuben, if thats the truth than I have officially given up on JC. More overpriced dumbass lofts, just what this place needs.

rather than being a top, it finishes as a bottom

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Garyg wrote:

Also, if Hoboken loses Abbot status, Hoboken residents will end up paying more in property taxes, but 700 grove won't.

What is abbot status? Thanks.

Abbot refers to the school district...Abbot schools are controlled by the state, if they get returned to the city they will most likely have to raise property taxes to pay for them..if I'm not mistaken.

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Scottacus wrote:
lipzilla, if you did not pass your inspection because of an emissions failure you MUST go to a repair facility approved by the DMV to get the repairs done.

Here is a link to a DMV page with more information and a list of approved facilities:
http://www.state.nj.us/mvc/Inspections/Whatif.htm

If it is more than just a simple gas cap problem, it's not required that she go to a DMV approved repair facility. The second paragraph in your link states:

"You can either have the repairs completed by a registered Emissions Repair Facility (ERF) or you can make them yourself."

The link to autobody facilities found on the same page states:

"For your convenience MVC has provided a list of the most current licensed Auto Body Facilities [1m pdf] in New Jersey. These facilities are not endorsed or affiliated with any part of MVC or the state of New Jersey."

I just wouldn't want her to unnecessarily limit her options!