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user1111 wrote:
DTJC does not represent the entire city, GV for example has not had any growth in the last 10 years the number of people moving in are always replaced with the people moving out.

No reason why for the lack of growth right user? No, let me guess, it's cause people are racist...

user1111 wrote:
DTJC does not represent the entire city, GV for example has not had any growth in the last 10 years the number of people moving in are always replaced with the people moving out.

Yvonne wrote:
To vindication 15: Some of the cities you listed have a city sales tax or city income tax or both, so the local municipalities benefits from visitors. I saw an article recently about Liberty State Park; the host said nearly 6 million visit every year. I don?t know if that number is accurate but unlike some of the cities you mentioned, JC paves the roads for visitors but receive no income. I had to argue with former Mayor Schundler because he did not want to tax hotels; luckily this happened when he left office. When events happen in JC, it places a burden on public safety that taxpayers must shoulder. Just recently, we bonded $9.5 million, mostly retiring police, for terminal leave. This might enhance the mayor?s imagine, but it will cause overtime for police, one of the most costly departments in the city.

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Yvonne wrote:
How is your water and tax bills, va2015? Jersey City is worth less today on paper than in was in 1988. It is the reason Fulop cancelled the revaluation. He didn?t want to face angry homeowners with $20,000 plus tax bills while he is promoting the city. So live in your happy world until the courts force the revaluation and you will see million dollar homes in bankruptcy.

Finally something we can agree on, this is why I sold because the reality was my apt was not worth what I sold it for, but someone was willing to pay for it. I hate the fact that Fulop just wont do this already.

Yvonne wrote:
How is your water and tax bills, va2015? Jersey City is worth less today on paper than in was in 1988. It is the reason Fulop cancelled the revaluation. He didn?t want to face angry homeowners with $20,000 plus tax bills while he is promoting the city. So live in your happy world until the courts force the revaluation and you will see million dollar homes in bankruptcy.

Yvonne wrote:
People in Greenville and other parts of the city take the bus to Journal Square or Grove Street and experience the same horrors on the PATH as downtown folks. .

Yvonne wrote:
The only people who are doing well in JC are the developers who received their tax abatements. But the quality of life for the average citizen has diminished.

Yvonne wrote:
The only people who are doing well in JC are the developers who received their tax abatements. But the quality of life for the average citizen has diminished. They are spending more time in traffic or circling blocks to find an empty parking space. The parks are over used. Have you seen Van Vorst Park lately? The schools are crowded. You really don't want me to start talking about the PATH, do you? JC is 14.7 square miles while Newark is 24.1 square miles. If we have more people than Newark, then we will be called the Bombay City on the East Coast. We have reached the saturation point a long time ago.

Yvonne wrote:
The only people who are doing well in JC are the developers who received their tax abatements. But the quality of life for the average citizen has diminished. They are spending more time in traffic or circling blocks to find an empty parking space. The parks are over used. Have you seen Van Vorst Park lately? The schools are crowded. You really don't want me to start talking about the PATH, do you? JC is 14.7 square miles while Newark is 24.1 square miles. If we have more people than Newark, then we will be called the Bombay City on the East Coast. We have reached the saturation point a long time ago.

Yvonne wrote:
When JC was at its peak, it had fewer households because families had 6 to 12 children. Now there are more households composed of 1 to 2 people with cars, sometimes two cars in the family. In the past, people walked, took the trolley, or bus to work. Most worked at local factories such as Emerson Radio, Colgate or American Can. There were not thousands of people daily taking the PATH to work in Manhattan. JC was designed for horse and carriage and later adapted to the trolley system. We are destroying JC with overdevelopment.

Yvonne wrote:
The only thing that is growing in JC is its debt, as far as Liberty State Park, it was railroad, meaning it had a different assessment. The city is not balancing its budget and that is a serious red flag. If the city is not careful, can we spell Detroit?

moobycow wrote:
Yvonne,

Cities are either growing or they are shrinking, they don't get preserved in amber. Give me the problems associated with growth any day over the problems associated with a shrinking population.

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TheBigGuy wrote:
Have to agree with this comment, between all the political glad handing photo ops / Huff Po /TV spots/national travel... every little thing being done appears to be resume building for some other job and does not seem like a sincere attempt at being the mayor hoped for when he was elected. Riding in snowplows doesn't change my impression.

I'd rather see Mayor Fulop doing these things which raises JC's image. Would you prefer to see photos of another half naked drunk mayor sitting on on his front steps on the Huff Po?
I don't have a problem with someone wanting to advance in their career. Ultimately he will have to stand on his record as mayor of JC if he wants to move into higher office. This can only benefit JC and it's residents.

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VA2015 wrote:
The city is spending $600K on this with a matching investment from the private sector. Honestly 600K is not going to fix the public school system or any other large scale issue. If they were spending, say, $3M or more I'd object. But the return on investment for this could actually be pretty decent.

Bingo. Not so difficult to comprehend.

Yvonne wrote:
I think people live in a dream world where more development leads to a better quality of life. It doesn?t, it leads to congestion and not enough parking spaces.

Yvonne wrote:
I do not agree, we are past the point for development. The new high rises in Journal Square will only lead to more congestion for PATH riders downtown. The sewers, streets, and PATH are at the saturation point already. My neighbor, who travels to NY by car due to her disability, told me the trip was faster on the Manhattan side than the Jersey side. It was bumper to bumper traffic from the Holland Tunnel to Van Vorst Park. I think people live in a dream world where more development leads to a better quality of life. It doesn?t, it leads to congestion and not enough parking spaces.

nyrgravey9 wrote:
All of these public branding efforts by Steve, regardless if they're good or bad for JC, say one thing to me: brought to you by the Steve Fulop reelection/senate/congress/governor campaign. I think he will outdo someone like Chuck Schumer in the contest of biggest media whore.

Yvonne wrote:
For those who think this is a good idea, where do we put these new people? If you haven't notice traffic does not move in JC, especially downtown. I lived on Van Vorst Park, close to Jersey Avenue and sold after 40 years partially to the traffic congestion that I faced every day. Several days ago, I was on Jersey Avenue, near the Library, it took 10 minutes to travel 2 blocks. Unfortunately, it was around 3:00 PM when schools (there are 4 in that area) dismissed. Other parts of the city also have their jams but Jersey Ave, Newark Avenue, and other parts of downtown comes to a screeching halt. There is too much development in Jersey City.