JSleeze wrote:
Whites are minorities in California - are Malibu and Newport Beach ghettos? Newport (JC) is overwhelmingly Asian - do they suffer from "such pressures"? You certainly wouldn't get away with calling the Orthodox and Hassidic communities in Brooklyn "ghettos" and they don't face "such pressures".

It's just lazy to throw a demographic map up and say "look, pockets of ethnic people. Ghettos!"

MattSchapiro wrote:
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by Monroe on 2016/6/21 20:22:31
...and seeing Newark and JC get $1.5 billion dollar/year with abysmal graduation rates (while spending way over the state average as well per student).

As a caveat, I am much more familiar with JC than Newark but it is foolish to equate the two school systems.

The Jersey City Public Schools have the benefit of an outstanding Superintendent and a flourishing population, both of which has dramatically improved student outcomes in our public schools.

Newark has a waning population and a fleet of half-empty public schools. Their trajectory is nowhere near as optimistic as ours.

Do the JC district schools still need improvement? Of course they do. But we are on the right track and don't let anybody paint all urban schools with the same broad, nasty brush.

Parents across the city of all backgrounds are seeing their children succeed here.

Yvonne wrote:
The Medical Center is located downtown, this is definitely poor planning. What if there was an emergency? Perhaps there was but we don't know about it yet.

victoriamh wrote:
I'm wondering if there are any Jersey City Public School teachers that can give me insight on how teaching here compares to New York City.
I moved to JC last summer but held onto my job teaching in the Bronx. It makes sense to teach in Jersey City but I haven't heard great things about the school system.
Anyone have experience teaching in both NYC and JC that can compare the two?

mfadam wrote:
A huge part of the problem in JC is the fact that traffic lights and crosswalk signals are not coordinated. Every other city I know of has them automatically synced. It is pathetic that JC can't get this right. As it is pedestrians don't get a crosswalk signal unless they push the button.

The problem is too many dumb drivers see there is no crosswalk signal and wrongly assume they have the right of way. This is very dangerous. Pedestrians in crosswalks always have the right of way as long as they are going with the traffic light.

It boggles the mind that pedestrians have to push a button to cross major roads like Columbus or Marin. When is there ever not a group waiting at intersections to cross these streets.

JC needs to move beyond its antiquated focus on cars only...

Poncho11 wrote:
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jc_dweller wrote:
Points for punchinig or kicking a car? I do it every now and then when a car barrels through a crosswalk that I am in, so close to me that I can reach out and touch it (which I do as loudly as possible).

You must know you can handle the driver , because I think you will get your ass handed to you in a second.

heights wrote:
I will have to research this but I believe because this is an act of nature it may be legal in the state of N.J. to excuse yourself when necessary. Just not sure where though.