pavement123 wrote:
Would anyone buy a basement/1st floor brownstone in a flood zone if it was $150k under market value?? The property had 6 feet of water during sandy but has been 100% gutted and redone

fraulein wrote:
I've posted enough of our flooding hardships and OP, you and I spoke this afternoon. PathH8Ter's words could have been my own.... People definitely need to be prepared for some work, money and problem solving living in downtown JC.

That being said, I absolutely love it here, floating basement furniture and all. I can't imagine being anywhere else, and for those reasons, we suck it up every time and spend more time, money and emotion cleaning up and mitigating water problems.

And when I read stories like Oklahoma and the tornado, I feel less and less right to bitch :)

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kencares wrote:
Refer to the actual flooding map for the best info:

http://project.wnyc.org/flooding-sandy-new/#15.00/40.7208/-74.0446

Anything in the blue is going to be wet. There are several hill islands that are safer, but anything in downtown is at risk.

I wish I knew where this inaccurate data is coming from. I can't speak for anywhere else, but 7th & Coles did not have street flooding. Sewer, sure. But it didn't rise into the streets.

I know there's a way to mashup googlemaps with an online poll to outline an actual floodmap on an intersection by intersection basis, but I'm not techie enough for it. But this bad data will most likely have very bad repercussions for us.

TheDopeness wrote:
YES ITS OUR CORKING FEE UP TO 4 PEOPLE!!

moobycow wrote:
There are parts of DT that don't flood and there are brownstones with unfinished basements that give you a lot more cushion when it floods, so there are options, but it's not easy to find a place where flooding is not a constant worry.

formalforce wrote:
Thanks. How bad was the flooding in your area during Irene and Sandy, or any other rainstorms? Can you prevent damage by actively taking certain measures?

The house is to the west of Monmouth and currently it does not have a sump pump in place and the first floor is hardwood. My realtor said this might be a good indicator - that they did not need one. We actually had the viewing on May 9, the day after the rainstorm and everything was fine; however we walked by yesterday when it rained and saw sand bags outside of the house near the crawl space.

I just would like to assess if it is the kind of risk that can be mitigated by installing a sump pump, a back-up sump pump, ect. We really like the home, but if the whole street would get flooded during heavy rain or storms, then sump pumps may not help at all? If the situation cannot be remedied by us making efforts to prevent flooding,we want out.

tommyc_37 wrote:
Post-Sandy, the Path was an absolute joke. But outside of that month or so, which was very frustrating, I can count on one hand the number of times I have been really, really screwed over the past 10 years. Compared to other systems, that's pretty good.

Major cities like Boston and DC, among many others, have subway systems that stop running at like 1am. How many 24/7 systems even exist in the US? It's really nice to have 24 hour service, and that shouldn't be taken for granted.

I suspect that people like Corybraiterman and Pathh8tr do a lot of complaining in their lives. Of course everybody is entitled to an opinion and everybody has the right to complain, but after a while the negativity and cynical attitude is just plain annoying.

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PathH8Tr wrote:
Jeepers, JClist lives up to its name. POSITIVES: it takes me from New Jersey to New York. Done.

Hey listen, I have bitched plenty about the Path myself. But performance-wise, it compares pretty favorably when compared with similar systems. So yes, there are things to bitch about, but that is not unique to this transit system. Which other systems have you taken that are better/cleaner/more reliable? Maybe you are just not a mass transit type of person. They ALL have a lot of negatives.

Zippy1808 wrote:
Disclosure: I am a JC resident (longtime reader of this site) who also works for a major NYC media outlet. We are investigating the reason for the change.

geniusofthecrowd wrote:
My GF and I think they actually have some of the best bar food in town. The burgers and sandwiches are tasty and they have one of the few salads I actually like, so that counts for something.
I of course like the beer selection, but I do wish they offered cheaper goto drafts like Sam Adams or something for 5 bucks.
I think they only offer PBR and Guinness in that price range.
The beer is what knocks up my check price everytime, but hey I am glad I was able to check out a beer like Dogfish Head Positive Contact there.

LAM1959 wrote:
Just a heads up there was a mugging around 1145pm last night on Warren St in Paulus Hook. I know it feels like a very safe neighborhood (and it mostly is), but a woman's bag was grabbed. No weapon, but still pretty awful. So I guess the message is be careful and be super-aware of your surroundings.

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What other stoner greek food options is there in JC? oops, forget the stoner part of this comment.

IGTM was horrible. The only other Greek place is here in Greenville, over on MLK called "Crazy Greek" but it wont do anyone downtown any good because their hours are awful. They close at 2PM right after lunch, but they are the real deal when comes to good food at a great value.

brewster wrote:
I tried their $8 gyro....once. It was OK, but an appetizer portion for dinner price as far as I was concerned. Seems like others agreed. Unfortunately for me as well as them, I learned to love gyro in Astoria. Nothing measures up.

dmark526 wrote:
Wasn't trying to bring it up as a political discussion. Was actually surprised when I found out his campaign was resorting to it and was wondering where it was going on in other parts of the city.

Vigilante wrote:
Again and again I tell people who don't live here that living in Jersey City is like being in one of those Sidney Lumet films of the 1970's and 80's. The corrupt politicians, the cops, some good, some terrible. The lack of response to public inquiry. The "Don't worry about it" attitudes. The lax city services and no-show jobs. And of course, the bags of money being passed off in crappy parking lots by odd-shaped cronies in ill-fitting shirts and ties.

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Background checks don't always determine "mad man". I've worked with a crazy stalking thief and they had a stellar background. Think the same may be true with Sandusky.

This guy has now been a burglar and violent -- I doubt he just started on this path. A person's history is the best indication of their future conduct. "Mad man" is just a term that OP came up with... it is meaningless really.

Again we wish Omar the best -- and please stop trying to make this a false political football!

BeatrixKiddo wrote:
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GrovePath wrote:

So this has nothing to do with the area -- they just hired the wrong guy. Owners really do need to do thorough background checks on everyone they hire.

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Good god, you are such an asshole.

tommyc_37 wrote:
Don't you live near a Path or light rail station? It never pays, in time or finances, to drive to the Newport Mall unless you don't live close to a station.

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Stringer wrote:
Jersey City candidate Fulop says threat of lawsuit won't stop use of Healy-Dwek-Beldini video

By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal
April 23, 2013 at 10:59 AM

The re-election campaign of Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy has sent a “cease and desist” letter to the campaign of his leading rival over campaign ads featuring video and photographs of Healy meeting in 2009 with disgraced developer Solomon Dwek.

The ads, produced by the mayoral campaign of Ward E City Councilman Steve Fulop, should be pulled immediately or else Healy may pursue legal action, reads the April 19 letter from Healy attorney William W. Northgrave.

The campaign material is “defamatory,” Northgrave’s letter reads.

A statement from the Fulop campaign said the councilman has no intention of pulling the ads and ends with a link to watch the commercial.

The ad shows Healy thanking Dwek for providing cash for the mayor’s 2009 campaign, and it ends with the words “Mayor Healy got away with it” on the screen.

“Our ad speaks for itself,” said Fulop campaign spokesman Bruno Tedeschi. “Healy is at the center of the biggest political corruption scandal in New Jersey’s history. From the selling of body parts of the dead in morgues to payoffs to politicians, it became a source of national embarrassment.”

The surveillance video featured in both the television ad and several campaign fliers shows Healy meeting with Dwek, former Healy campaign treasurer Leona Beldini and others at a diner.

Dwek was acting as a confidential informant for the FBI, posing as a corrupt developer offering envelopes of cash in exchange for assurances that officials would help his project.

Beldini, at the time a deputy mayor, was found guilty of accepting $20,000 in cash and funneling it to Healy’s campaign. She is serving a three-year federal prison sentence.

Healy campaign spokesman Joshua Henne said Fulop’s campaign ads are “outright lies.”

Healy was never charged in the corruption sweep.

http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index ... y_candidate_fulop_sa.html

I guess Healy should sue the FBI because they released the tapes. While he's at it he should sue Dwek for forcing him to take the campaign money.

user1111 wrote:
I always ask them to use the meter, I was once told 25 bucks from exchange place to gv. I told him that's bullshit, and took his hack # and demanded he use the meter. At first he refused, then when I took a photo of him he agreed. The meter fare was $11.75. It's the law in here, they must use the meter.

HippieShowgirl wrote:
Average of 12-16 bucks, Hoboken Path to the village section of DTJC. I do it all the time coming home after late-night rehearsals.