1 NEW ( your living guide to jersey city )

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3 GO gourmet organic

4 Beachwood caf?

5 Madame Claude cafe

6 Life clothing store

7 Cooke contemporary

8 The water front

In no particular order:

1 - My rent - a similar brownstone apartment near a park in NYC would cost me at least twice as much.

2 - That parking isn't so bad

3- Taqueria's pork tacos and flan and byob sangria

4- That Simple, Hamilton Park Ale House, White Star Bar, Isabella's and Basic are all within steps of my place.

5- Drinking is cheaper here than in NYC

6- That I can live without a car if I needed to

7- The PATH - I find it cleaner and faster and more reliable than when I had to use the subway daily

8- Dorrian's Pu Pu Platter and Red Ale

9- That I can be in nice suburban towns like Montclair in 15-20 minutes.

10- That JC is in New Jersey, which is on a state level much more progressive than NY State is on many levels.

11- The Waterfront and walkway

12- The Powerhouse - it's beautiful, while it lasts

13- Marco & Pepe's brunch

14- Having Newport Mall so close

15- The historical buildings

1. The Grove Street Crew that I hang with.
2. The MAJESTIK and the ridiculous alcohol consumption therein.
3. Chillin' on the stoop with the Fil-Mex guys.
4. My Dominican neighbors and their legendary BBQ skillz.
5. Rey Rey, the guy on my street who can fix any vehicle known to man.
6. Oscar at La Isla Nueva and his empanadas.
7. Van Vorst Park
8. No Car.
9. Hudson Camera
10. The Grove Street Pimp
11. Ibby's Falafel
12. My ridiculously hot wife who refuses to live in the suburbs.

Hmm.

No particular order:

35 minute commute door to door (though I admit I wish people on PATH had a better understanding of personal space)

My beautiful apartment kicks a$$ and I'd be in a much smaller, not as nice space in Hoboken or the city

My room-mate. OK, so she'll never see this but whatever.

Good takeout/delivery options

Proximity to LSP

Proximity to EWR

Waterfront

Random fireworks shows that set off every car alarm in PH.

$1.00/month parking

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Two posters have mentioned the Majestic, myself included. I love the Majestic, I only wish I didn't ring up an $80+ tab every time I go there.

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A-effin-men.

i can't stop...


(sorry to all who mentioned majestic before me)

Ibby's (yum)
Van Vorst Park on a summer's eve at dusk
the van vorst players (they crack me up)
and we're less than 20 minutes away from Newark airport

bad form, lostgirl. you picked the wrong time and place to complain.

things i loooove about jersey city, downtown or otherwise:

1. Majestic (why hasn't anyone mentioned this yet?!)
2. all the development (along the water and otherwise)
3. newport mall (yes, i do)
4. the fact that i walk to work every morning at Exchange Place
5. you can still find some cheap rents, big apartments
6. M & P's
7. biking/walking along the waterfront
8. it's not hoboken!
9. the wings at barrow street pub
10. come on, would any other mayor provide this much entertainment?
11. the cultural diversity!
12. and down-to-earth attitudes of most people
13. on a friday night i can party right here or I could be in downtown Manhattan in 15 minutes
14. less than an away from jersey shore beaches
12. Steve Fulop (he's so cute!) ha ha ha ha ha ha

1. Diversity

2. Big windows and tree lined streets. The feeling of being in a 'neighborhood'

3. Affordable (relative to NYC) historic brownstones in close proximity to NYC

4. PATH and my 30min. commute

5. Not having to own a car

6. Light Rail

7. Waterfront

8. Easy access to/fro points South/West

9. Quiet

10. Being a part of shaping a city

Coffee and Cookies ice cream at Torico's

Brunch at Ria's

My 30 minute, door to door commute to Newark while so many of my co-workers travel hours.

Getting a drink at the Ale House

Having options as to where I want to run (waterfront, parks, LSP)

Access to very good, very strong cafe con leches.

Galleries

walking around downtown
quick commute on the PATH train
glimpses of the Statue of Liberty from the light rail
interesting, diverse neighbors
affordable housing (relative to NYC)
Madame Claude
the downtown artists studio tour
Hamilton and VV parks
the Jersey City Museum
JC List

Positively Thinking...

* Actually being able to afford a lovely old house, right plunk across the river from New York City.

* The beauty of the Loew's Jersey, and the classic film shows offered there.

* Incredibly cool neighbors, who actually look out for one another.

* Parmigiana House, and their unbelievably tasty marinara sauce.

* The kooky mix of disappointment and staunch pride that the old-timers have for this city and the way it's run.

* My own backyard, with no neighborhood association to tell me what to do with it.

* The Light Rail - yessir, it's wonderful.

* The PATH system - it ain't so bad, either. Much cleaner and more efficient than a good deal of of the NYC subway.

WFMU!

(how did i forget?)

Positive things I Like about Jersey City!!

1. seeing people more pathetic than me. YEAH I am a winner!

2.seeing the homeless people around the PATH trains (especially Randy and John) still ask me for money the day after I gave you a 20!!! nice memory dude!!!!

3. ALMOST getting shot, ALMOST!

4. NOT running for a seat on the Journal Square Path train to NYC like those NEWARK animals.....

5. Knowing NOT to Acknowledge ANYONE in the Journal Square area umm or Jersey City Area, keep your head down!! hahahahaha!!!

I like that my next door neighbor doesn't blow up his house to get back at his wife.

Sometimes you don't know how much you miss things until you no longer have them. Here's my list

1. Bragging that the Statue of Liberty is in Jersey City.

2. Lincoln Park and it's amazing fountain.

3. The diversity of the people and cultures.

4. Not having to drive unless I want to.

5. Good friends.

6. Proximity to Manhattan and the Village.

7. The Merchant.

8. Rita and Joes (yum!!)

9. Unbelievably, the traffic (seriously these folks here can't drive).

10. The political scene is better than any telenovela on Univision!!

11. Mulu Baltena.

12. Lee Sims Chocolates.

These are in no particular order.

oh yeah, how could i forget

the ass end of the colgate clock :)

1. ferry/water taxi (i wish this ran all week, all day every day!)

2. being able to walk to anywhere i need to go (even though i am a driving to work commuter)

3. great parks i can walk to like morris canal park (affectionately called the peninsula) and lsp

4. pet friendly, generally laid back atmosphere

5. taqueria

6. brownstone

7. all of those little "outta the way" places i want to check out, like the record store on brunswick, the fabric store on bergen and montgomery, white manna (yeah, even a diehard weird NJer like me hasn't been)

8. my patio

9. the powerhouse

10. diversity. i had been missing it since i moved from yonkers to the mountains :)

11. la rustique (the most life affirming margherita pie, if you desire such a thing)

12. lee's continental produce

13. the path

these are in no particular order :)

Jersey City is stunningly beautiful, there are tons of cool restaurants, the people (including people from radically different demographic slices) are usually friendly, and I can walk everywhere. My real reaction to the car window smashing problem is, "Why would people who live downtown even own cars? Why don't you just join Zipcar?"

If all the Paulus Hook and Newport people who use their cars less than twice a month joined Zipcar, Zipcar could probably put 100 cars here and we could eliminate a few thousand giant paperweights from Jersey City parking garages.

1. the lightrail - its very cute.

2. diversity - i had to go to williamsburg this weekend and almost threw up from all the trustofarians.

3. my commute. the path may have its issues - but atleast i dont have to hear 'this f train will be going local' on a weekend and think 'omg thats 14 stops... i'm f'ed'

4. my mortgage - pay less that what i did in rent and got more squarefootage than anywhere else in the same proximity to nyc.

5. my neighbors - maybe a little ruff around the edges, but we all know eachother and say hi eachother. i like that.

6. a yard - ok so i share it with other people in the building... but its a big yard!

1. my neighbors- some of the best people i've ever met
2. everything i want and need is within walking distance
3. cultural diversity
4. jc restaurants
5. being so close to lower manhattan

great thread

i'll play...

1. bubby's burritos

2. jc tae kwon do

3. my cheap rent

4. sitting by the river @ liberty state and enjoying the view on a nice day

5. my commute to downtown ny

6. majestic

7. some of the architecture

8. the diversity

What are people's positive things they like about JC

Here are some I like:

1. The Light Rail - clean and regular

2. Seeing proud parents pushing strollers

3. Breakfast with the family at a local shop on Sunday

4. Less people traffic then NYC

5. The Liberty Harbor Marina and Liberty Park - the view and open space
6. Bike riding to Hoboken from Paulus Hook along the Hudson River
7. Multicutural aspect of meeting people who have arrived to yes, support family back home - just imagine leaving your country and family to arrive where english was your second language.

8. Watching progress being made as buildings slowly grow.

9. Easy commute on the ferries

10. Walking through downtown JC and feeling like it's the 60's (all the stores could do with a face lift)

11. Some of the architecture