RUinHamiltonPark wrote:
Which NJ cities aside from Hoboken (which we have easy access to) have more nightlife? Morristown, New Brunswick, Atlantic City...that's about it.

And outside of Manhattan in the boroughs? Perhaps Astoria and Williamsburg. You think Bed-Stuy or Bushwick or Crown Heights have nightlife?

GrovePath wrote:
I think the old Domino Sugar Plant by the Williamsburg Bridge is getting condos any day.

Funny -- Baltimore has both a sister powerhouse to ours and a matching Domino Factory to Williamsburg's (though Baltimore's Domino factory did blow up a few years back)

Realy cute video -- click
http://vimeo.com/61254689

RUinHamiltonPark wrote:
Which NJ cities aside from Hoboken (which we have easy access to) have more nightlife? Morristown, New Brunswick, Atlantic City...that's about it.

And outside of Manhattan in the boroughs? Perhaps Astoria and Williamsburg. You think Bed-Stuy or Bushwick or Crown Heights have nightlife?

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GrovePath wrote:
Sort of on topic...


?Gut Renovation? is a documentary that tells a familiar tale. It chronicles buildings torn down, communities elbowed out, and new residents ushered in as a tidal wave of gentrification swept through Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

http://nyti.ms/13PVqIf

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/nyr ... burgs-transformation.html

I actually suggest everyone watch that video because that woman is an example of everything wrong with a person who claims to care about her neighborhood.

Here is the ONE SENTENCE that can summarize why she is a menace to neighborhoods, said beautifully by her:

(Talking about the neighborhood before gentrification) "Fields with tall weeds and junkies would hang out in them..but I don't care, I can just go hangout and read a book and think and ugh, look at the water, so um some people didn't think it was so great but I personally loved it." Su Friedrich

Anyone who loves junkies, abandoned buildings, empty lots of fields should gtfo the way because they are the detriment to their own neighborhood getting better.

Oh you can't stand your neighborhood's property values are higher now than before? You can't stand not being robbed and having to worry about crime? You can't stand that there are organic facials versus 99 cent stores? Oh, you are now too poor and want subsidized rent? gtfo and cry me a river

vindication15 wrote:
Saying JC has nightlife is like saying your crazy uncle who is able to pull coins out of kids' ears is a magician.

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vindication15 wrote:
Saying JC has nightlife is like saying your crazy uncle who is able to pull coins out of kids' ears is a magician.

LOL +1

Highly subjective as to what makes good nightlife. But whatever it is, not many would say JC has it.

GrovePath wrote:
Sort of on topic...


?Gut Renovation? is a documentary that tells a familiar tale. It chronicles buildings torn down, communities elbowed out, and new residents ushered in as a tidal wave of gentrification swept through Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

http://nyti.ms/13PVqIf

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/nyr ... burgs-transformation.html

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OneSkirt wrote:
. One person said it perfectly. DTJC doesn't have the upscale amenities to merit the steep rent increases. Big reason I left DTJC after 15 years for other parts of JC. The cost didn't merit it any longer.

Yep, I agree. I was paying 14k in taxes living down there, I sold and got the fuk out. It was not worth it anymore. I now pay 4k in taxes with a 2 extra bedrooms and have the same 99 cents stores on Ocean as I did on Newark ave, and my commute is now 33 min door to door to my work oppose to 19 min, but I can live with it.

vindication15 wrote:
Saying JC has nightlife is like saying your crazy uncle who is able to pull coins out of kids' ears is a magician.

HPYC wrote:
Maybe these stores all seemed a bit classier when we called them "dollar parlors." You have to have a certain accent, which I don't, to pronounce that right.

brewster wrote:
Didn't mean to hijack the thread with bike lights!! Just shows the love for the cheap stuff! Forgot to mention they use AA & AAA, rather than expensive coin batteries like the high end ones often do.

Here's the item from an ebay listing



And here's where it's at:http://goo.gl/maps/d1FsB West side of Central north of Griffith.

tern wrote:
Which shop has those bike lights you mentioned Brewster? I'd like a few sets.
From another 99cents shop I got little push button stick on flashing lights, two assorted colours in a pack for 99cents.
99cents shops are like general stores of old, you never know what you'll find, the most useful and most interesting shops to browse in Jersey City. Robin.

brewster wrote:
Boy, this is such a hoot, people insisting that what's right for them should be right for everybody!

OneSkirt wrote:
. One person said it perfectly. DTJC doesn't have the upscale amenities to merit the steep rent increases. Big reason I left DTJC after 15 years for other parts of JC. The cost didn't merit it any longer.

OneSkirt wrote:
I love how some of the newer people - who knew the sort of retail we have downtown BEFORE they CHOSE to move here - now think they are entitled to say all those places should leave. WOW. How about you GTFO with your nasty, entitled attitude?

Do I think there is room for growth of different types of new businesses? Absolutely. Do I think one should expect things to suddenly "gentrify" or "gentrify more" simply because they move in and pay a high rent? Hellz no. You knew what you were signing up for when you signed your lease/mortgage. If this place wasn't up to snuff for you already, why move here and poison it with your bad attitude?

My comment about what I think rents should be (and of course I know its market driven, but I can dream) was gotten by some folks - it has to do with the relation to amenities in the neighborhood. One person said it perfectly. DTJC doesn't have the upscale amenities to merit the steep rent increases. Big reason I left DTJC after 15 years for other parts of JC. The cost didn't merit it any longer.

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tommyc_37 wrote:
The discrepancy in rents (very high) versus the quality of current retail choices on Newark Ave (very low) is almost absurd at this point. When decent 1-bedrooms were in the $1100-1300 range, you accepted Sleep Cheap and 99 Cent Dreams, now it's like an insult.

HA!!! Exactly my point.

Whenever I walk by those establishments, I make sure to give my "you're not welcome in this neighborhood" look to the store owners and the people who frequent those establishments

CdeCoincy wrote:
I think it's really sweet that someone's 'friends' tell them the reason they won't visit with them is because they have 99 cent stores in their neighborhood.

MikeyTBC wrote:
Out of curiosity, I google mapped .99 stores.
google map of .99 stores

(give it a second to load)
All those tiny red dots...I wonder if everyone in BK is as pissed as DTJC is about them.