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I saw someone bring something up about race. Please do not go there. In fact, every black person I asked, including a woman whose father lives across the street from where I was considering, told me I was crazy. However, they are from Jersey City and I am as well, so I wanted an "outsider's" opinion as I thought it would be less biased. I grew up in downtown and although I have always loved it, I cannot afford it for starters, but I wanted more space and this place had it and at a price within my budget. I knew it would be a tradeoff, but my safety is ultimately worth more. Thanks again.

You were the one that went there first in the headline of your post... If you don't see that then clearly you are not very observant and need to get that skill worked on before you consider buying a place. Fact is that it is a high crime area in Jersey City. I know that you feel that asking black people in the neighborhood makes you feel like your validated yourself but that just brings race into again by suggesting that the area is safe for black people but not for whites.

I'm quite sure that many of the black people that live there don't want to as evidenced by their comments to you. In any event, if you wanted an honest answer, you could have easily walked yourself over to the West District PD which is on Communipaw and they could give you the crime states for that neighborhood.

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Litter in this city is getting out of control, and a lot has to do with the lack of trash cans.

I feel like any corner in New York will have a trash can on at least one point of the intersection, if not all four. Meanwhile, Jersey City is lucky to have a trash can every three blocks.

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Victory!

(sorry have to say that every time I see Johnny Drama)

I know you passed, but my suggestion is to sit on the lawn. Thats where all the fun is! And I dont just mean the smokable kind, I mean the people are more lax and thats usually where fans can just rock out

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njxbean wrote:
bottom line. there arent that many people that these kids will listen to. Jim Jones is someone that they will listen to. If their goal is to spread HIV awareness, i think they did a great job by selecting Jim Jones. And kudos to Jim Jones for participating. you know its easy to bash and pick apart people. But its rare you hear about the good things that some of these artists do.

The problem is that they will ignore the message about AIDS and instead will think that the life of a rapper is the best thing on earth. I live in Greenville and every kid around here wants to be a rapper, so to be one they adopt the gangster lifestyle which has lead to the deaths of MANY young men. Rap was good when it help young men empower themselves but now it helps young men destroy themselves. It has become garbage and should be thrown in the dump.

Judging by your comment, i can tell you are as ignorant about our inner city youth as you are about hip hop music. Rap is still "good". if you have a problem with the message, talk to the record labels that will only sign an artist or release an album that deal with that destructive subject matter. Many artists with positive lyrics are signed and then are told to change or dumb down their music if they want it released. Talk to the execs at the radio stations who will only play songs(with a few exceptions) that deal with that subject matter. I listen to tons of hip hop that does not deal with any types of destructive subject matter, that is very thought provoking and positive. However, you will never hear it on the radio. Just because you walk by these kids on the street doesn't mean you have a clue about what they are thinking or dealing with. Jim Jones is a great option for getting across a message that desperately needs to be given to these kids. I don't agree with everything Jim Jones says or raps about. But at the end of the day, this message about HIV needs to be delivered. And he is a great option to do it.

Tell me what is good about rap these days? Enlighten me please! Do you know there is a difference between rap and hip hop right? Did you know that Jim Jones promotes drug use by promoting the use of cough medicine as a recreational drug? What kind of message are the kids going to get after they go home and download Jim's song? Tell me who has the good lyrics that you talk about. What are the positive things hip hop has done over the past recent years compare to the negative. If you were wise you would realize that rap is just a gimmick for corporate America to get rich on the expense of young black youth.How many people are going to die in the streets until your ignorant ass realizes that rap is hurting us not helping us?

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bottom line. there arent that many people that these kids will listen to. Jim Jones is someone that they will listen to. If their goal is to spread HIV awareness, i think they did a great job by selecting Jim Jones. And kudos to Jim Jones for participating. you know its easy to bash and pick apart people. But its rare you hear about the good things that some of these artists do.

The problem is that they will ignore the message about AIDS and instead will think that the life of a rapper is the best thing on earth. I live in Greenville and every kid around here wants to be a rapper, so to be one they adopt the gangster lifestyle which has lead to the deaths of MANY young men. Rap was good when it help young men empower themselves but now it helps young men destroy themselves. It has become garbage and should be thrown in the dump.