|
Re: Home values in JC up 9% last year?
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
 
|
Quote:
I've lived in the Heights for 4+ years, and I stand by my observations - again, my criticism for this thread was to answer another person's question as to why it doesn't seem like property values in the Heights are rising along with the rest of JC. And if voicing that makes me a 'miserable whiner' - well, I don't sugar-coat my comments. Assuming other people feel as I do - that moving to a neighborhood is not a "take it or leave it" proposition - I will invite other posters to offer-up suggestions for what needs to be done to deal with the 'less attractive' aspects of the Heights, in part (but not only for that reason) to enhance our equity in our property.
Posted on: 2013/2/1 19:27
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: The futility of gun control
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
So not only is gun control futile, it would appear from this thread (despite the fact there are some really good, compelling posts) trying to discuss it is futile, too.
I think its worth stepping back to remind ourselves of just how the right to bear arms came about - http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_bor.html - clearly it was part of a conversation (knock-down, drag-out fight?) then, just as now. Perhaps the REAL discussion should be whether or not the Constitution needs to be amended, again, to deal with guns in a 21st Century fashion? I for one don't know where I stand. Would it be better to sacrifice one "right" - the right to bear arms - for another - the "right" of the mentally ill, and un-educated inner-city young men who lack any impulse control, to their "freedom" to live their lives without any regard for the public well being?
Posted on: 2013/2/1 16:56
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Home values in JC up 9% last year?
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
Actually, I consider my area - Sherman Avenue north of Franklin Street - to be one of the nicer streets, with a mix of attractively adapted factory buildings, some lovely wood frame rowhouses, and of course the historic synagogue. That said, I'm less interested in the experiences of renters than I am hearing input about how to make a positive impact on the neighborhood, and would be curious what real stakeholders in the neighborhood have to say - for instance, the upcoming mayoral election, or the Planning Board vote next week on proposed zoning changes http://riverviewneighborhood.org/plan ... nts-critical-to-our-area/ etc. @bunny22, its all well and good to be smug about your tiny corner of the neighborhood, but the point of my original post is how the larger Heights neighborhood's issues impact our property values and what can (needs?) be done to change that.
Posted on: 2013/2/1 15:50
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Michael Yun for Council - Heights Ward D
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Any thoughts on Mr. Yun's qualifications, as compared to Fulup's candidate Sean Connors?
Posted on: 2013/1/23 18:48
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Street sweeping program to end in Jersey City Heights on Jan. 28
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
LOL. I've lived in the Heights for 4 years, and wouldn't have believed it IF YOU PAID ME that anyone cleaned the streets, ever. It truly looks like the third world around here, except for Ogden Avenue (which also single-handedly support the over-priced Farmers Market) and oddly enough the on restaurant on the NW corner of Franklin Avenue and New York Avenue.
Posted on: 2013/1/23 18:47
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Home values in JC up 9% last year?
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
I've been watching the 'Zillow' estimate for my condo in the Heights continue its downhill slide during this time... Does anyone have a recommendation for a better way to get a since for the value of property in the Heights? An appraiser? Speak to a local realtor? There was an intersting conversation a few weeks after Superstorm Sandy, as to whether property values in the Heights would rise. I was - and still am - of the opinion that they won't. To HeightsBrat's question - I don't think you can separate local (NJ) property values from from people's perception of of the neighborhood relative to Manhattan/Hoboken/Downtown JC. On all accounts, the Heights has nothing similar in terms of urban quality of life/surrougate borough of NYC aspect. Unless you are commuting in to midtown for work exclusively, transit is a bust (between the #87 bus and PATH it eaily takes me 1 hour to get to work in Manhattan Civic Center - 7 miles!!); the Heights has no amenities or attractions to cause people to want to live with the general squalor and ghetto-ness of the nabe. Perhaps when Gaughan and the other corrupt dinosarus are out of office things will change...
Posted on: 2013/1/23 18:34
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Property values in the Heights (post Sandy)
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
That someone would have slapped me upside the head 4 years ago when I stated I was moving to Jersey City Heights? LOL, wistful thinking. But to your point, Kitten, about this being "post Sandy" - this thread started with someone wondering if property values in the Heights would increase once everyone saw the "advantages" of living here, as opposed to downtown JC or Hoboken. I stand by my comments - Sandy has revealed the depth of the incompetency, lack of planning, lack of forward thinking, etc., of so many levels of the government and within the infrastructure management that connects the Heights to the regional economic/cultural engine. The Heights is just to feebly connected to NYC to ever benefit from people's thinking about the impact of this storm.
Posted on: 2012/12/10 1:59
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Property values in the Heights (post Sandy)
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
Not if you live in the Heights!!! It's either the PATH, of NJ Transit to/from the Port Authority. Tonight, I went to take the 12:15 #123 bus to Christ Hospital, which filled up by the time 1/2 the people lined up could get on. The driver, "Carlos", helpfully told us to wait for the next (1:45am) bus... God bless you if you live in other neighborhoods. I am SO DAM@ED SORRY I moved to the Heights. It is a slum, will remain a slum, with substandard transportation to the bigger world, nothing to do, nowhere to shop except for 99 cent stores, filthy streets, a Neanderthal of a Ward Councilperson (Goughan). If Sandy has shown us anything it is that you should SPEND THE MONEY TO LIVE SOMEPLACE CIVILIZED, and not move someplace hoping for better...
Posted on: 2012/12/8 6:31
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: How do I get from Manhattan to Jersey City after 10:00?
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
GOOD LUCK!!! I tried to get the 12:25 #123 bus from the Porth Authority to Christ Church tonight - it filled up with about 1/2 of the people waiting to get on, and the d-bag of a driver telling us to wait an hour for the 1:15 (or 1:45am?).
PATH and NJ Transit are seriously mis-managed and corrupt. I learned I should simply plan to be home before dark, like I live in some 3rd world hell-hole. Which in most aspects, Jersey City Heights is. They are running extra #126 buses to Hoboken - a fast ride, if you don't mind the 20 minute walk home to the Heights. Good luck, everyone. I look forward to seeing you all in Brooklyn or Queens when we can all finally bail on this poor excuse for a city and get someplace that is actually connected to the real urban center of gravity in a meaningful way!!
Posted on: 2012/12/8 6:23
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Bus Pass?
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
There are - two machines, on the side of the elevator bank that faces the doors to the "Kiss & Ride". I use them all the time, you can get single trip as well as monthly passes for any of the busses that go from JSQ.
Posted on: 2012/12/6 18:41
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Property values in the Heights (post Sandy)
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
The chatter on the PATH from JSQ to WTC this morning was along the lines of "if I'm stuck with an hour commute I would rather live (fill in the blank, someplace nice...)" OK, IF you go ONLY into midtown va bus or van, you are probably OK staying in the Heights. But the reason the"ass end" of Brooklyn prospers over other places is that alternative neighborhoods rise or fall based on the availibility of multi-modal transporation in and out of Manhattan. JC, like Hoboken, is never going to be a stand-alone city in the same way as other smaller cities, owing to NYC being th ecenter of gravity. PATH is in full meltdown mode, with no end in sight, and getting in and out of Manhattan is going to be torture for the forseeable future. If this is the result of Sandy, I see NO future for the Heights other than to remain where it is, until mass transit in and out of NYC is improved drastically.
Posted on: 2012/12/6 18:36
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Massive PATH and Hudson River Crossings Toll Increase
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
I understand the court sided with the PA, anyone have any updates on whether the AAA plans to appeal or what the next step may be?
Posted on: 2012/12/6 18:23
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Property values in the Heights (post Sandy)
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
A friend of mine, who owns a house up the street from my condo, had just this discussion as we were enjoying a drink and watching CNN post-Sandy (his block didn't loose power, while mine did). Unfortunately, I doubt property values will every take off commensurate with Hoboken/Downtown JC; although I suppose it depends on who you are expecting to move here. If you are thinking "gentrification" in the same vein as DTJC - younger/better off/professional/culturally engaged, the demographic that drove the renewal of Hoboken DTJC - I doubt it will happen. The impact of Sandy on transit aside, unless you are RIGHT ON TOP OF the light-rail, or under a 10-15 minute walk to PATH, the mass transit options are terrible (think 87 bus which knows no schedule, no busses from Midtown after midnight...) and there are NO amenities for those seeking the urban ambience moving to Hoboken or DTJC offers. And except for Ogden Avenue, the Heights is UGLY - vinyl siding, trash galore and every scrap of grass paved over for more parking.
Will immigrant families drive an increase in property values, I mean comparable to other demographics who move somewhere for quality of life vs. space? @ BROSJCH - what degree of increase are you talking about?
Posted on: 2012/11/26 16:18
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Jersey City announces plan to spend $5.8 million to resurface 57 streets
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
I'm thinking properly paved streets will make things safer overall for us bicylists - some of the rough spots on Newark Avenue and Ravine Roads are enough to nearly knock me off my bike, if not swerve into traffic to avoid them. Do we get any input as to which roads get repaved?
Posted on: 2012/10/19 17:44
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Environmental Investigation: Shua Group
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
I saw yesterday's performance, and it was terrific! The audience met the director on Jersey Avenue, and were 'escorted' to the stage - which as the concrete slab of a now demolished structure, where the "seats" were overturned construction buckets and cinderblocks, really felt, smelled, sounded like an industrial wasteland! A few kids had turned it into an inpromptu skate park.
The dancers performed mostly in silence, and the piece was almost magical, or ritualistic, in its simplicity - I may not have gotten the angle about gentrification, but I found myself thinking these were woodland nymphs surveying our desecration of the natural landscape, and trying and failing fix it. Everyone - and it was a pretty big, diverse audience, kids too - seemed to really enjoy it (well, except for someone's dog, who started growling at the end, I guess I was not the only one sensing righteously angry woodland spirits...) I would recommend seeing it if they do it again.
Posted on: 2012/10/15 18:07
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Is it really possible? Does the PATH really lose $400 million per year?
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
$23/hour is $47,840 per year. And this is a "good job", as my parents would say, with benefits, and the satisfaction of working for a good, secure, outfit. But it's an insanely low salary, could even a SINGLE person afford to live anywhere near a PATH station or terminus on it? @bill - So who should have children? I make 2/3 again as much as the aforementioned "train maintainer", and can't envision supporting a family on that (and I'm 50, running out of time here...). Are only those who make $250,000 mature enough to start families?
Posted on: 2012/10/15 17:51
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Is it really possible? Does the PATH really lose $400 million per year?
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
The issue is NOT that PATH "looses" money per ride (although, it is arguable that the Port Authority wastes money on politically motivated moneypits such as the WTC site) - the question should be how much of the cost-per-ride is covered by the 'farebox'. The national average is 35%: http://www.slate.com/articles/busines ... ways_paved_with_gold.html What is harder to suss out is information on how much of the average car ride is subsidized - some on-line information suggests as little as 8%, based solely on data for local funds for roads. Others argue it is significantly higher, when you factor in other things we all have to pay for, such as the mortgage deduction (subsidizes car-centric suburban development), various wars in the Gulf to protect oil sources.
Posted on: 2012/10/15 17:40
|
|||
|
||||
|
Why can't JC manage traffic/street repairs so buses can run?!
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
The trip on the 87 bus from the Heights to JSQ - what is scheduled to be a 10 minute ride, or a 20-25 minute walk - seems to regularly take 1/2 hour these days. Most days, the buses are late or come bunched up due to traffic on south of JSQ or in Hoboken according to the drivers, but it seems there has been never ending street and utility repair on Newark and Hoboken Avenues near Journal Square, causing traffic to be re-routed. Is it just me, frustrated because I'm late for work again, or does it seem like Jersey City has NO masterplan for managing street repairs, or NO traffic management strategy? The latter, in my mind, being a more serious issue since Jersey City - along with most of NJ - seems to have abandoned ANY pretense of enhancing mass transit.
Do we have a Department of Transportation, as NYC does? NYC's Commissioner Sadik-Khan always is being proactive about traffic planning issues! What do we need, people, to affect something similar here in JC?
Posted on: 2012/10/2 17:03
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: PATH (pathetic attempt at transporting humans)
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
As a "two fare" type (I take the 87 bus from JSQ or Hoboken home to the Heights) I'm reluctant to criticize PATH, it being the most reliable part of my commute. For my rant about taking the bus in JC, see my other post - it feels like I can touch the new WTC tower from my neighborhood, yet it invariably takes an hour to commute into lower Manhattan, mainly because the buses are late, stuck in traffic due to never-ending street repairs, etc. That said, we need to try to take things back, people. The MTA is so inept, so completely beholden to - who? Manhattan real-estate interests? Do we need an Occupy PATH or agitprop campaign? Thoughts?
Posted on: 2012/10/2 16:54
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Embankment- Update Thread
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
Matty - thanks so much for this post! I think for all of us who have hopes for the JC Embankment, you sum it up - and point out how we, as concerned citizens need to engage the JC government more to do the right thing for the city in the long run! Are you involved with the Embankment Preservation project? I'm thinking of it, to bring another voice. Now, having said that... Quote:
I am all for the Embankment, but we can't discount corybraiterman and stillinjc's concerns. One thing that also bears repeating is that we have to be careful about comparing it to the Highline - think about how the Highline gets its funding http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/nyr ... ft-to-high-line-park.html I don't think even if everyone who support the Embankment donated generously, we would hold a candle to this. We have to frame the argument in realistic, local terms.
Posted on: 2012/2/9 18:41
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Embankment- Update Thread
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
$75 million per 1/2 mile of park; 1 1/2 miles completed so far. Operating costs are around $3 million per year. Everyone should read the WSJ article as well as the link below, which goes into detail about how High Line Park was funded, and what it contributes to NYC in terms of economic development that otherwise may not have happended. Now I have to say I am an ardent preservationist, and agree 100% that this is an important project for Jersey City - protecting and enhancing historic resources, open space, ennvironmentally sustainable development all contribute to making someplace one of those places everyone aspires to live, like... Chelsea! But I have to concur with the nay-sayers this needs to be thought through differently for Jersey City. NYC has SO many people with SO MUCH money - it can afford to realize projects like the High Line, which really does benefit everyone. JC will need a different model, since there is no coherent plan for development. Without that, it may not be feasible to take the chance on the High Line. http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article ... plutocrats-who-pays-parks
Posted on: 2012/2/8 18:54
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Rally Against Crime City Hall Chambers Council Meeting February 8th @ 6PM
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
What trends, or recent events, are driving this? I've lived in Jersey City for 4 years (the Heights, off Franklin Street between Palisade and Central Avenues) and have always felt entirely safe. It probably helps I am not a late night person, but my area of the Heights seems pretty peaceful most of the time. Still, I'm always interested in getting involved, so to focus would appreciate hearing other people's opinions.
Posted on: 2012/1/31 19:30
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: New Heights Spot- Trolley House Bar and Grill
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
So - have folks been? What is the crowd like, how is the food, etc.
Posted on: 2012/1/8 14:25
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: New Heights Spot- Trolley House Bar and Grill
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
@kitten - I started a walking tour on my Facebook page shortly after moving here 3 years ago, having discovered many of the streets you described. Thanks for reminding me of them! We should figure out how to create a photo album here on JCList. @tommyc_37 - I work for the Landmarks Commission in NYC, and by-and-large preservation in general is a thing of the affluent, and community mindedness. The Heights seems to be about transience, not caring about one's environment, etc. Should all that change we may see what is happening in the Greenpoint Historic District in Brooklyn, NYC, which was ALL aluminum siding 20 years ago, and now that more affluent people are moving in is slowly being restored to its 19th century shingled glory!
Posted on: 2012/1/8 14:23
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Gay Jersey City couple fight mother for custody of twin 5-year-old girls
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
I'm running the risk of having too many anti-PC points on my Gay Card but... LMFAO! OK - clearly its time to stop grieving for the idea that we gay people were going to lead by example, and chip away at society's hetero-normativity; but aren't there too many children out there no-one seems to care about? Do you really need to churn out more? Let me know the next time a gay couple is having a hard time adopting, I'll join you on the barricades.
Posted on: 2011/12/23 18:02
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: 5-year old girl mauled by unleashed pit bull -- did not respond to owner's commands
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
I don't have a dog, and know nothing about dogs, however, if - as althea and moobycow attest - the public well being depends on this, we are in serious trouble! Living in the Heights, un-spayed pit-bulls seem to be the dog of choice. I often see them off-leash, or being teased by their owners to jump up and grab their leashes in their mouths and shake the hell out of it. How this fits into training them I don't know, I suspect its more to burnish the owners 'street cred'... I'll ask the pit-bull afficianados what do you recommend (kevlar leg-warmers?) we start wearing, to protect us from the 99% of pit-bull owners who don't appear to be remotely responsible?
Posted on: 2011/12/23 17:43
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Stock Market: OWS has it right - You don't have a chance
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Wow. Thanks, I think... I wonder if my NYC Government Pension or 457K invests in these funds? I doubt it, since they seem to be loosing value slowly and steadily LOL. Seriously, I appreciate the background, but should I go out an join OWS, as opposed to just support it, as I do? Here is a question for you:
Quote:
Is this inherently bad/problematic/etc. for the larger economy, or should the 99.9% of us be trying to put our investments into these types of funds? P.S. - you sound like you know your stuff! What are you doing in JC, instead of living in Greenwich Village with the rest of hedgefund set? LOL
Posted on: 2011/12/2 17:16
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: PATH Suspension between 33rd Street and Journal Square and Hoboken due to police activity
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
Yet another opportunity to point out the ineptness of the Port Authority and their inability to keep us advised of what's happening on PATH - I work for a NYC government agency, and we got a text/e-mail advisory of this around 4:30(?) pm, LONG before the PATH e-mail alert went out. And the PATH e-mail "advisory" didn't say anything about the service suspension, just that PATH tickets were being cross-honored. Can the Port Authority possibly suck more?
Posted on: 2011/12/2 15:12
|
|||
|
||||
|
Re: Heights: Blood splattered throughout apartment after man stabs two roommates for no apparent reason
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
Quote:
The latter would be more awful... is that how they all ended up living together - a supportive housing situation? Unless they were all friends to begin with - the only advantage to living in JC that I can see is that you can get your own place. Any updates on how the two roommates are doing?
Posted on: 2011/11/23 16:15
|
|||
|
||||
|
Renters in a Condo - are too many a bad thing?
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Just can't stay away
|
I'm on the board of my Condo Association - we are a 50 unit building in the Heights.
Recently, it seems more and more owners have moved out and rented their units, and we are experiencing a rise in 'quality of life' problems - the renters being less responsive to complaints about noise, lack of carpeting, people not separating their recycling etc. In addition to the quality of life aspect, there is the BIG issue of FHA conforming mortgages. We happen to be looking to replace our managing agent, but in addition to suggestions from them are seeking feedback, advice, etc., from others like you who may have been in the same situation. Can the absentee landlord/owners be compelled to accept changes that benefit resident owners? How does this happen - would the association need to vote? Would a competent managing agent be on top of this, or is up to the Board?
Posted on: 2011/11/23 16:08
|
|||
|
||||