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Re: Society Hill

#91

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You may get more helpful answers if you spell out what what attributes/features are important to you and what isnt important.

From my perspective it is a great place to live, but my needs may be very different than yours.

Posted on: 2010/9/27 22:18

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Re: Downtown: Jersey City man robbed of $59K in jewelry

#92

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$60K, hmmm.

Was it this guy?
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Or maybe this guy?
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The only other person i can think of would be Mr. T, but he wouldnt stand for being robbed.
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Posted on: 2010/9/27 14:25

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Re: Whistling Crossing Guards

#93

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Do we have crossing guards because vehicles dont obey the lights, or because the kids dont obey the crossing signs, or both, or something else?

Posted on: 2010/9/23 19:56

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Re: Police Salaries_Star Ledger

#94

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The police in this state are compensated better than I thought, I am happy to see that, they deserve every penny. I wish the city police were paid higher than the suburban police and not the other way around.

Posted on: 2010/9/20 12:44

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Re: Montgomery Gardens in Jersey City is slated to be transformed into low-density - mixed-income

#95

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Xerxes wrote:
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Yes, perhaps LeFrak is subsidized but the people who live in Newport don't go around shooting people either.

Maybe you remember a guy at Newport...great apartment. He was dealing in weaponty from UZI's to STINGER MISSILES selling weaponry from manufacturers to Mid-East terrorists. He's currently in custody. Did they propse tearing down his building? NO!

Here's a good one:
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New York socialite and resident of Trump Towers snaps: Murders 8 year old son, attempts suicide

Any wrecking balls spotted on 5th Ave heading towards the dangerous Trump Tower?

Any chance of razing all of Bergen Avenue because of weekly shootings?

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Jersey City couple's murder-suicide stuns family and friends after bride-to-be's son finds bodies

Single family home on Monticello 2 weeks ago...gonna destroy Monticello Avenue?

Here's a list of 29 murders in Hudson County last year...can't find a single one for Montgomery Gardens, can you. Any recommendations to carpet bomb the county?
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF ... source=embed&ll=40.734299,-74.06461&spn=0.01117,0.01929&t=h&z=16

Does anyone tthink that there is ANY good reason to destory Montgomery Gardens other than to increase the real estate prices at the beacon?

If you read the article it states this is a nationwide initiative. The initiative is called Hope VI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOPE_VI

You might have noticed other JC projects including those on Duncan Ave, A. Harry Moore, etc, etc have already undergone demolition per this nationwide, federally funded program.

Posted on: 2010/8/13 12:10

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Re: Will PSE&G Solar Panels be placed in front of your historic house? They are coming soon to JC!

#96

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If this will reduce energy costs or improve the local air quality I support this fully. The fact that it provides jobs here in NJ is the icing on the cake.

Posted on: 2010/7/23 17:53

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Re: What location was your bike stolen from (time, type of lock, etc)?

#97

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I have used this lock for about 6 years now. I have locked up bikes in very sketchy areas around NYC with no issues. I heard about vans that drive around with 5 foot bolt cutters, when they stop at a bike rack you can kiss anything goodbye that is not a top of the line reinforced metal lock. I have no idea if the vans are real and if so I don?t know if it happens outside of Manhattan. When I researched this lock Kryptonite guaranteed it against anything except power tools. At the time I think it was the only lock guaranteed to work in NYC. It should tell you something about the caliber of bike thieves here if Kryptonite had to exclude NYC from all but one of their lock guarantees. If there are vans with bolt cutters driving around a U-lock or weak chain lock isnt going to work, save that for the Omaha suburbs.

I also only lock up my "beater" bike at night or overnight. Leaving a nice bike like a full suspension MTB or carbon road bike isnt advisable no matter how good your lock is. The parts are probably worth the effort for thieves on these bikes. On my "beater" bike I paid $5 to have a bike chain (same as used for the cranks) wrapped in an inner tube locking my seat to the frame. I dont have to take it off or lock it anymore which is nice. I just did this recently but so far it has worked.

Posted on: 2010/7/20 15:02

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Re: Newport Mall Movie Theaters are disgusting

#98

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ErinMaiden wrote:
has anyone been in the past year? has it gotten any better?

I tried it again after a couple of years to see if it was a better experience, it wasn?t. I am not concerned about missing armrests and the aesthetics. My ojida comes from the plethora of hoodlums talking throughout the entire movie, answering their phones, etc.

A couple years ago I first swore off Newport theaters when people were talking on the cell phones, screaming educative comments like ?wha he be thinkin...he crazy?, and a guy near me was translating the entire movie from English to Arabic for the guy next to him.

I will continue going to Edgewater, Secaucus or Battery Park City for another couple of years.

Posted on: 2010/7/16 21:22

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Re: Items that scream "Jersey City!!"

#99

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Astor Bar has logo cups (plastic), if you ask nicely they may give you a few.

Posted on: 2010/7/8 18:10

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Re: Downtown: Williamsburg's Barcade (Bar Arcade) Coming to Newark Avenue

#100

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ianmac47 wrote:
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Vigilante wrote:
Even if this was to open there are probably not enough nerdy, hipster doofuses to keep it going. It will quickly become a "family" restaurant as aging hipster doofuses need places to bring their kids.

Possibly true. Especially since it would seem that JC is gentrifying more in the way that Park Slope did rather than Williamsburg has been-- families rather than non-families.

However, I think in a similar way that the Beer Garden has attracted Manhattanites, a version of Barcade could very well do the same thing and help lift all of the JC drinking establishments along with it.

No comment on how you decided to describe hipsters. You dont think there are enough hipsters in JC to support this bar?? Really? have you guys been out to bars in this area within the past couple of years?

Posted on: 2010/7/8 14:43

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Re: Softball Leagues

#101

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Ignore the league name, most games are played at Mary Benson Field here in JC. http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/hob ... &pub=groups&sec=dir&slk=1

Posted on: 2010/7/7 20:14

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Re: Jersey City's Gang Members Practice Safest Internet Browsing Habits in Nation

#102

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My first guess is all the financial back office operations in JC skew the results. Security is very high for the majority of the high rises downtown, each of those buildings probably has over a thousand PC's. Add up all the CPUs in the skyscrapers downtown and it may skew the results for the general pop of JC. Or maybe the data is bogus all together...

Posted on: 2010/7/7 3:35

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Re: Bergen Lafayette: Recent murders have some afraid -- DeFazio: Don't want to use the words 'gang war'

#103

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2 people killed, and another shot at the same intersection in 5 months. If you look at Google street view they couldn?t make it down the street due to police activity. I have ridden my bike down that street and around that area a couple of times. I didnt think the immediate area was this bad, to me it didnt look that way.

Google street view

Posted on: 2010/7/2 15:04

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Re: Greenville: Man shot 6 times by man dressed in black on Martin Luther King Drive

#104

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What was the group of people doing around the dying man that makes them disorderly?

"Police found the victim down on the sidewalk and bleeding from his torso and surrounded by "a large disorderly group," reports said."

Posted on: 2010/7/1 14:14

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Re: New York Times Today - Manhattan Was the Dream; Jersey City Fit the Budget

#105

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Xerxes wrote:
I walk at a reasonable pace, the same pace that the other thousand of my neighbors walk to and from the train and since I LIVE at Newport I have often walked to the Newport station...which takes me 10 minutes to get from my apartment 2 buildings away to the PATH platform.

I have often walked to the Crystal Point site. If I had to take an elevator up to an apartment in the building the walk between the apartment and the PATH PLATFORM (that's where the train is) would be a half hour within 5 minutes.

Now, Have YOU ever timed the walk or are you content to play with google as your expert source? I am telling you how long it takes and you are GUESSING how long you think it MIGHT take. If you want to see how long it takes, try walking it and you will find out that I am right. There's no teacher like experience.

I time my commute because I have morning meetings to attend. At least a dozen times I have had a 9:30AM meeting, taken the 9AM beacon shuttle to exchange place, walked the entire waterfront to Newport, passed the Newport station, and made my meeting in time. Maybe we aren?t talking about the same building?

Posted on: 2010/6/25 18:13

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Re: possible bomb threat outside newport tower?

#106

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I work in the next building, its all clear now. This has happened before.

Posted on: 2010/6/25 14:05

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Re: Bar with big time view of NYC?

#107

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The Vu bar is back a little bit, the restaurant has the best view.
Other considerations:
http://www.csiderestaurant.com/
http://www.mar-jc.com/

Follow up question, are there any rooftop bars in the heights near the edge of the palisade cliffs?

Posted on: 2010/6/25 14:03

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Re: New York Times Today - Manhattan Was the Dream; Jersey City Fit the Budget

#108

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brewster wrote:
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Xerxes wrote:
she is going to have to walk either to Exchange Place or Newport to catch the PATH that "whizzes" by SOME parts of Jersey City but certainly NOT Crystal Point.

Any trip into Manhattan will take her AT LEAST an extra half hour each way IF she is a fast walker...an hour's additional commute.

You must crawl where you're going because it's certainly not more than a 10 minute walk to either station even done slowly. GoogleMap the walk if you don't believe me, both stations are 10-11 min, closer than most of Hamilton Park. The NYTimes articles are always puff and CP has no appeal to me, but at least be fair since you've actually chosen to live in a waterfront hi rise also.

Agreed, I regularly walk between Exchange and Newport for my commute. I would say a 10 minute walk might also be an overestimation.

Posted on: 2010/6/21 12:47

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Re: Condo association Master insurance premiums

#109

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I think after Katrina some insurance companies took stock of how many policies they had along the coast where hurricanes occur (yes, hurricanes can come here). Depending on their mix of exposure, some insurers made adjustments, yours might be one of these.

Either way, if you can?t get service from your agent, find a new one.

Posted on: 2010/6/16 13:55

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Re: Metro NY article on Jersey City Today

#110

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retep1968 wrote:
I'm wondering why there is so much negativity and name calling in these posts?

Keyboard tuff guys

Posted on: 2010/6/15 20:40

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Re: Square vision plan is introduced, 8-0 -- Unanimous vote for Square vision plan

#111

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jeeper275 wrote:
So when are we getting a public park? Sine JSQ has none, and the children here have to play on that small patch of grass near PSE&G ....

It's great they want to add more amenities, but when will the actual needs of our community be addressed? We have no open recreation space in this area. No playground. Has this ever been addressed in any of the plans for the area?

Check out lincoln park, it is huge!

Posted on: 2010/5/18 18:30

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Re: Gov. Christie urges Port Authority to build trash-hauling rail station

#112

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At least it is only being transferred here and not dumped.

Does this change anything other than the method of transportation for the trash? I rode my bike down linden ave (i think) and found a flow of NYC trash trucks using a transfer station there. I thought that was technically Bayonne, where is the border?

Posted on: 2010/5/18 12:44

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Re: Getting from JFK to Manhattan using public transport

#113

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Cheapest way I know of is the Airtrain to the A train.

If traffic isnt terrible a taxi is faster and is a flat rate to manhattan, $45 i think.

http://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&p ... ortation+from+jfk+airport

Posted on: 2010/5/14 15:29

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Re: HUGE GAS LINE COMING? Companies look to run natural gas pipeline through Jersey City

#114

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Any potential for a financial windfall for JC if this happens?

Posted on: 2010/5/11 13:51

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Re: math tutor needed for GRE exam

#115

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Years ago I also bought the book, threw it away and used the CD that came with it. I am 90% sure it was a Kaplan book. There were detailed lessons and practice tests at various points in each course. The actual test is on a computer and I am pretty sure the CD has entire tests from previous years. They layout and logistics are just like it will be on test day. You can also gauge how your score is improving on the practice tests, i found them to be harder than the actual tests. If you can self motivate I found that CD was incredibly helpful, cheap, and I credit it for my performance. I did the CDs for the GRE and GMAT, in both cases on test day my score was a bit higher than i was averaging on the practice tests.

Good luck

Posted on: 2010/5/6 12:52

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Re: Friends of Liberty State Park oppose Formula One Grand Prix in Jersey City

#116

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So there is a public group against this proposal, is there any way for the public to show support of this?

Posted on: 2010/5/4 15:43

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Re: Shame on you City Council

#117

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Thanks for posting this, now i know why i got texts from people saying they saw me on the news (one of the crowd shots)

Posted on: 2010/4/30 16:37

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Re: Why is Washington St. one-way between Montgomery and Pearl?

#118

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With the split there is more N-S capacity for a few blocks, yet on either end of the split there is less N-S capacity. Wouldn?t that just cause a bottleneck? The split basically serves a 6 block by 3 block area to the south and east bounded by water on both sides. I dont understand the purpose, but then again i am not a civil engineer.

*Edit - Just read ianmac47's explanation of the long term goal...makes a little more sense

Posted on: 2010/4/9 15:19

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Re: Downtown: Man stabbed and robbed on First and Brunswick going to bar

#119

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getz011 wrote:
I'm surprised to see the Barge Inn mentioned here. I'm old enough and well traveled enough to know a legendary bar, and the Barge certainly qualifies. From its its owner, John, to its uncontrived decor, this is a place that is a living museum and a treasure of authentic JC history and culture.

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Thanks for this account of the Barge Inn, it sounds interesting, i will be sure to stop in for a couple and check it out.

Posted on: 2010/4/9 15:08

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Re: Woman slams another woman's head into bar at Downtown J.C. restaurant

#120

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I was a bouncer in a dance club throughout my undergrad and grad school years. The things people do when they are drunk can be unreal, it?s like they have an alter ego. The girl fights were always pretty nasty to break up. We had our fill of thugs who perpetrated some horrific acts of violence, but we also had seemingly good people go completely bonkers when they got drunk. We had an engineer who had never been in trouble before smash a bottle over a bouncer?s head, another guy bit my manager so bad he needed to go to the hospital, another guy freaked out, pulled a knife and started swiping at people randomly, another guy urinated on a lot of people...I could go on for a while here. After five or six years I thought I would have seen it all but was regularly surprised by the shenanigans.

Whenever i broke up a particular bad fight i would always ask what caused it. Most of the time the answer was something like "he hit on my girl" or "he bumped into me". In the end it just isnt worth the stitches, plastic surgery, jail, etc. Let your ego take the temporary hit and walk away...

Posted on: 2010/4/8 13:36

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