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"We have good public transit..." I guess you did not attend the meeting yesterday in Ward C held in Hudson Catholic High school. People complained that it took 40 minutes to drive a short distance due to the road diet and St. Aedan's Church could not get the hearse near the church due to the city's new configuration of Bergen Avenue. Parents cannot pick up their children from school and senior citizens came screaming about being vulnerable crossing the street since the change of the road. Finally merchants complained no one is shopping due to the road congestion brought on by the road diet.

learning to drive around here has made me a better driver.

- attentive (for morons crossing / biking against the light, for morons who switch lanes without signaling),
- aware (so i'm not cruising at 50 MPH in the left lane, so that i'm not swerving 3 lanes to catch my exit on the turnpike at the last second),
- confident (so i'm not stuck dilly dallying at an heavily trafficked intersection)

I'd argue that driving around here / NYC for a decade has allowed me to learn these skills and has made me a better driver. So maybe JC is the best city to drive?

If you want to have a baby trend jogging stroller then this one is perfect. It offers many great features and due to many great items, it is considered as the preferred selection of parents. It has got a tray which is capable of placing two cups in it. Moreover, it is really easier to move as it is the light weight stroller. Parents can easily carry it wherever they want as it is easy to connect with car seats. Baby Trend EZ Ride 5 Travel System Review

Ooooooo ?bottom 5 for car washes per capita...?

Not surprisingly, the cities at the top of the list are drive-thru obsessed sprawlburbs. Fortunately JC is not that kind of a city. We have good public transit (though of course it has its problems) and we?re a very walkable city. I can live here comfortably without a car, but that wouldn?t be possible in places like Raleigh NC and most of the top half of that list.

With the construction and the road diet for bikes, you cannot move.
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Congrats. You could also have experienced the "3rd week of the month syndrome", where people stop window shopping and have to close a deal.

I was about to try streeteasy and have my wife help me with facebook marketplace. However, someone called Sunday who had seen ad on Trulia (from the posting I did on hotpad) and we signed lease last night with great couple. I learned the lesson that I can't just rely on Craigslist (though I got a few leads this time) most of the calls/visits came from Trulia/hotpads/zillow. Not sure if it was coincidence but once the pictures of the bedrooms were up most of the activity came. I initially held off as the stove was in the bedroom while they were finishing up work in the apartment.

So after a slow start the renting process was wrapped up in a week which I think was a record for me on Romaine. It was also clear that since I last listed this apartment in 2014 that more people priced out of city/downtown are willing to give JSQ area a try. While talking to prospective tenants I also had more area restaurants to mention on the west side of town that did not exist in 2014. On the way home I stopped in the revamped Journal Square Pub/Lounge and had a great pork belly sandwich!

JCFamilies is hosting two exciting events this week: Education Fair and Magicians Face-off on September 28th at Hamilton Park from 10am-2pm.

Education Fair: Only fair in Jersey City where you can get information about & speak to the representatives of major Schools, Day Cares & Activity Centers in & around Jersey City & Hoboken.

Magicians Face-Off: Kids will enjoy three hours of unlimited entertainment with magic shows, music, arts & crafts and so much more.

Don't miss out and spread the word!

I had the stone delivered Friday. On Saturday/Sunday I busted my hump with someone great from taskrabbit digging out a 4 foot wide X 20" deep X 15 feet long pit. We then dug 3 15' sloping trenches from my patio to the pit. Next we put in 4" perforated pipes in the trenches to bring water to the pit which we then filled with the stones that we carried through the house.

I may have about a ton (maybe more) of extra 1 1/2" - 2 1/2" stone in my driveway. If anybody needs any let me know and you can have it.

The contract for this is around $3.8 million. With that payment, why charge residents?

I am not sure you answered my questions but are saying those who pay low taxes live in a crappy area? Do you mean this for NJ or all over the states?

You also believe we have a shortage of transportation options in Jersey City and this is a way for tax dollars going "to good uses"?


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Corrected a typo. We have one of the lowest rate in the state. Not lay lol.

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So you want your city to go to crap? I don't mind paying taxes... as long as they go to good uses. If mobilizing our less fortunate citizens, helping them get to their jobs, is part of our taxes, I'm fine.

Why is that? How can we work on making it the lowest in the state?


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Correction: jersey city residents lay one of the lowest property tax rates in the state.

Don?t confuse what happened in the reval for anything other people paying taxes based on the current market rate of their homes.

Happened to see an NJ.com comment referring to VIA in NYC Yelp. Interesting read... this should be fun to watch. Curious how the NJ Transit Unions feel about this outsourcing of public transportation for $2M.

streeteasy.com also operates in Jersey City - maybe try that?

not sure i understand^^. Shouldn't taxes go for things like mass transit, etc.? Otherwise what else would taxes go towards?

And Jersey city taxpayers are paying for this with a $2 million subsidy when the city already has sky high taxes.

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Huh, that dimensions I read as 73"x 109" in that low rez image because there was no marks indicating ft & in, but some of the others seem to, so I guess you're right. Never mind and good luck. Nice looking place, and I assume you got it cheap if it was a while back.

And yes, CL has gone to hell for getting tenants, there's too many scammers, repeat postings, and deceptive location descriptions. From the renter POV the signal to noise is low.

Last call for Early Bird price: order your $95 tickets by 9/22; price goes up to $120 after 9/22!

Support Nimbus Dance's 15th Anniversary season - serving over 16,000 annually and offering ongoing dance classes to over 4000 Jersey City youth each year. Help Jersey City's acclaimed non-profit dance company move into the state-of-the-art Nimbus Arts Center at the Lively in early 2020!

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(and here's the nj.com piece on it)

Jersey City unveils new on-demand transit system

Updated 2:42 PM; Today 1:59 PM
By Patrick Villanova | The Jersey Journal

Jersey City ushered in a new era of public transportation Thursday with the unveiling of the city?s on-demand transit system.

Through a partnership with the ride-sharing company, Via, the city will offer an on-demand bus system allowing Jersey City residents to access any neighborhood in the city for just $2 a ride.

The system is expected to be operational by the early portion of 2020

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/09/jers ... emand-transit-system.html

Jersey City launching new bus service; mayor says NJ Transit falling short

By RYAN HUTCHINS 09/19/2019 05:02 AM EDT

JERSEY CITY ? New Jersey?s second-largest city is launching its own heavily-subsidized bus system, an effort it says will ameliorate a lack of options in far-flung neighborhoods while filling gaps left by NJ Transit, which has struggled to keep up with the city?s rapidly growing population.

The new service, set to be announced Thursday morning at press conference with Mayor Steven Fulop, will be run in partnership with Via, a transportation company that operates in numerous cities across the country, but may be best known locally for running an on-demand van network that shuttles riders between uptown and downtown Manhattan locations.

In Jersey City, the company will receive $2 million annually from the city ? at least to start ? to establish a network of 14 vehicles that will pick up riders along dynamic routes, moving residents from neighborhoods like Greenville and the Heights to transit hubs or popular downtown locations.

No other city in the state operates such a service.

Fulop said in an interview that has been left dissatisfied by NJ Transit, which has faced years of commuter discontent with both its bus and rail services but has promised a turnaround under Gov. Phil Murphy.

The mayor, a Democrat, said the agency has made some adjustments ? like adding more bus trips on some key routes ? but isn?t reacting quickly enough to the changing city, which is now seen as an alternative to many popular New York neighborhoods.

?I think that we?re frustrated and a lot of people in this state are frustrated. I think we have two choices: Choice one is we continue to complain and bitch to NJ Transit that they?re not fulfilling their obligations,? Fulop said. ?Or option two is we try to find our own solutions while continuing to do that.?

The new service is expected to run 150,000 rider trips per month, carrying several passengers at a time who are all headed in the same direction. Trips will cost $2 each way, with a discounted $1 fare available for low-income residents.

Residents who request a trip using Via?s phone app will be directed to a nearby ?virtual? bus stop within a few blocks of their location and taken to another stop not far from their destination. The idea is increased access to key shopping and business districts, government facilities as well as PATH, ferry and light rail stations.

The service won?t work everywhere in the city. Those requesting a pickup in a busy downtown location and headed to another downtown location will be rejected.

?I think it?s going to be transformational for the city,? Fulop said.

Via, which will buy the vehicles on behalf of the city, runs similar services for other local governments and transit agencies. The company says it has more than 80 current or pending ?deployments of its technology? around the world, and most are through direct partnership like the one with Jersey City.

Those locations include Los Angeles, where it operates first- and last-mile transit for LA Metro. It also operates services Seattle, West Sacramento, Calif., and Arlington, Texas, where the local government has replaced fixed bus routes with the Via service after seeing an increase in ridership.

?Via?s technology is specifically designed to provide efficient shared rides that seamlessly complement and integrate into existing public transit infrastructure,? Alex Lavoie, Via?s U.S. general manager, said in a statement. ?Together with the Jersey City community and Mayor Fulop, our aim is to build a sustainable service that is priced affordably, provides equitable access to all and incorporates electric vehicles from the start.?

Jersey City, whose population is about 265,000, has far more mass transit options than most communities in New Jersey. That includes NJ Transit buses, the agency?s Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and the Port Authority?s PATH train, a subway that connects Newark, Harrison, Hoboken and Jersey City to Manhattan. There are also numerous, privately-operated ?jitney? buses that make stops along several fixed routes.

Fulop says it isn?t enough, and he thinks NJ Transit has been slow to respond to local transportation needs. He says some buses are constantly crowded, despite recent changes, and notes the agency still hasn?t built a light rail stop in a neighborhood that sits between Hoboken and the roads that lead to the Holland Tunnel.

?New Jersey Transit is terrible,? Fulop said. ?We?re going to push them to do what they?re required to do. But it?s really hard to work with them.?

NJ Transit says it?s trying to do better.

In the Heights, a neighborhood in the northern part of the city that overlooks Hoboken, the agency?s No. 119 bus route has struggled to keep up as more and more riders use it to reach the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan. NJ Transit says it has increased service on the route by 117 percent between 2013 and 2019. In June, it added 12 trips to the route.

The agency also made changes to the No. 86 bus route, identifying ?efficiencies in the current route? that have allowed one-seat rides for residents trying to reach a popular senior center.

?Despite significant budget challenges over the last decade, we?ve worked closely with the administration to enhance bus service in response to growing demand,? Nancy Snyder, a spokesperson for NJ Transit, said in a statement. ?We will continue to work closely with the administration, as we do with stakeholders across New Jersey, to maximize the availability of public transportation in Jersey City and cities throughout the state.?

https://www.politico.com/states/new-je ... sit-falling-short-1198003

Thanks for the feedback. I will have to get some pictures of the bedrooms. I re-looked at the drawing and the smaller one was 7'3" X 10' 9" - wouldn't that be more than 70 sq feet or is there a loss factor that is supposed to be calculated?

While I always had a roommate when I lived there and most tenants have also used it as a BR I always wished that it was a little bigger. On the other hand the living room/dining room/kitchen were always great for entertaining. I had some great parties there back in my 20s!

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Good on you for posting the plan of the unit, but just to be a pain I'll point out the front "bedroom" is too small to be a legal bedroom. Min is 70 sq ft, that's 55 according to the drawing.

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you don't have any pictures of the bed rooms. I thought it was a railroad that you were trying to position as a "two bedroom" - could be other viewers are thinking that tool.

Enjoy a ?Magicians? Faceoff? at this year?s JCFamilies Education Fair?19!

We are inviting a group of talented magicians to show off their magical skills to our young audiences!
Get ready to be tricked, inspired and entertained! This is a free event!

http://jcfamilies.com/event/free-magic-shows-in-jersey-city/

I am advertising now an apartment on Romaine Ave for 1st time in 5 years. I had always used Craig's List and got a fair amount of interest and would always get a lease signed with good candidate within a few weeks.

After a kitchen renovation and general upgrade I put it up Sunday at $1,875 and only got a few responses. Not sure if Craig's List is not as effective as it used to be or if price was on high side I just relisted at $1775. I also for 1st time just put on hotpads which seems to connect to Zillow/Trulia. Any constructive criticism let me know. I think I need to get better pictures.

As I remember Thursdays were a good day to put up as people make weekend plans of what they want to check out.

https://newyork.craigslist.org/jsy/apa ... 2br-condo/6981911742.html

I once got a summons for trash cans out front. I live in a brownstone. I asked where else I should put them, noting that the mayor across the street, also has trash can in front. The summons was cancelled.