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Not so fast. You claimed the description is useless specifically because it omitted race?that race is ?the most important detail??not because it was otherwise vague. The issue is your conspicuous fixation with race and your use of racist speech.
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I neither implied nor believe any such thing, and by trying to project disingenuous ideals that you?re rightly uncomfortable claiming as your own on to somebody else, you?re being even less rational.
Posted on: 2015/5/22 15:03
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Tenuous grasp on statistics indeed?the numbers you?re using to justify your perception of reality aren?t even close to being relevant for our city. Again, if you think one more common adjective is the difference between a useless description and a useful one, it?s because you are not being rational.
Posted on: 2015/5/22 14:11
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More information obviously helps form a more comprehensive picture, but if you think one more common adjective would make this particular description so much less vague that it would spell the difference between useless and useful or between sanitized and raw, it?s because you?re assigning your own conspicuously exaggerated, irrational emphasis to it.
Posted on: 2015/5/22 13:21
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Re: Jersey City councilman wants private entity to 'take over' Liberty State Park
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Environmental conditions that are less than ideal for large trees aren?t necessarily dangerous to our health. The contamination we all talk about comes from the construction fill that was originally used to build rail beds out of brackish marshland, and then a century of messy train and rail yard operation. A layer of sand and topsoil was added to create the public areas of LSP, so exposure to the material below is probably minimal and may not be much of a factor. However, while I don?t have any expertise in soil or trees, I would be surprised if mature hardwood trees would have been able to thrive in a recently added layer of soil, even if the money existed to buy and plant them. As far as the interior portions of the site go, there?s more information than any of us would want to know in a dissertation written by Francis Gallagher in 2008: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/24382/pdf/1/
Posted on: 2015/5/21 13:20
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Re: Gargantuan Tower Proposed for Barrow and Christopher Columbus
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It?s unfortunate how much anonymous flak Aaron M takes because he dared to publically voice opposition to the operation of a mobile food court in very close proximity to restaurants, but that?s not the argument. I suspect most people who are aware of their environment can recognize that tall buildings integrate very poorly with a low-rise architectural landscape and the communities that surround them?it?s a simple argument. Getting back K-Lo?s comment, I would think that political leaders and the city?s coffers don?t stand much to lose by interfering with large national retail stores in a small section of town. Developers on the other hand, make offers and form alliances that are difficult to resist for reasons we can all understand. Unfortunately, tall buildings are the future for a great deal of Jersey City. Last call was an hour ago, and the lights are on; we?re not hot enough to be picky, and we don?t have enough cab fare to get home by ourselves.
Posted on: 2015/5/15 15:23
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Who spends more money on government and has closer relationships with political leaders?national retailers or developers?
Posted on: 2015/5/15 13:21
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I think you're right, but a politician fulfilling the stereotype may not be a good enough reason to give him or her a free pass.
Posted on: 2015/5/14 17:04
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True... but I didn't ask a true or false question.
Posted on: 2015/5/14 17:01
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?Not true,? isn?t an answer to a question. Of course development is financially beneficial to many people, myself included since I work in design and construction, but when the Mayor says that he ?couldn?t be more proud of? of job creation in Jersey City in process of glad-handing a developer, I have to wonder where the hyperbole is coming from. After all, reports of the initial proposal indicated that this ~$140 million project will directly create twenty permanent jobs.
Posted on: 2015/5/14 15:23
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I can appreciate that large scale residential projects benefit developers, investors, financiers, planners, designers, contractors, and equipment/material manufacturers and vendors?a lot of people who already have jobs, very few of which are based in Jersey City?but can anyone help me understand what permanent, local jobs that are worthy of so much pride are created by them?
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Wow?blue crab on the menu?now there?s something to look forward to later in the season! Bring on the newspaper.
Posted on: 2015/5/13 13:30
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Absolutely. It?s a fantastic counterpoint to the constant background noise often dismal aesthetics of our urban environment. I would have moved years ago if it wasn?t for the park and its greenery. Thank you!
Posted on: 2015/5/13 13:12
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Watch those panties, bodhipooh. I was speaking strictly of occupational health and safety, which in the case of nail salons is obviously related to the prolonged exposure to solvents and other potentially toxic chemicals. We are not experts, nor do we possess the time, resources, authority, or inclination to investigate, assess, or enforce remedies for workplace safety concerns. That?s precisely why there are government agencies tasked with those responsibilities.
Posted on: 2015/5/11 18:03
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It?s still the job of the government to mandate and enforce occupational health and safety regulations. It?s certainly admirable and wise to care about others, but it?s not our place to insure that all people whose work we benefit from are afforded the protections to which they?re entitled. There?s already a mechanism in place for that.
Posted on: 2015/5/11 16:26
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I was being a smart ass about the tax, and of course Eataly is also selling an image, but it follows through with a uniquely high level of care and effort that goes well beyond the appeal of trendiness.
Posted on: 2015/5/11 15:11
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They?re selling a trendy image of Italian food culture as much as the products in the cases, so perhaps that makes everything taxable.
Posted on: 2015/5/11 14:07
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Owners? I thought the inmates were running that asylum.
Posted on: 2015/5/8 13:51
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Re: Christie torches bill to require all new homes have sprinklers
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Sprinkler systems are useless like seat belts and motorcycle helmets are useless. Well-designed sprinkler systems WORK, and have prevented thousands of building fires from rapidly burning out of control, and have saved many thousands of lives. The governor?s statement is based on the reality that we have to maintain a ?balance between safety and cost,? but that doesn?t remotely imply that sprinklers for single and two-family homes are useless. Similarly, the number of automobile injuries and fatalities would drop like a stone if our vehicles conformed to the same safety standards as race cars, but those cars would be prohibitively expensive. That's the spirit of the argument--it's not about whether sprinklers work.
Posted on: 2015/5/8 13:46
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If that?s true, the Mayor poking at it with his finger may not have been a ?best practice? for dealing with the cleanup. Perhaps this unfortunate development may have been avoided through diplomacy.
Posted on: 2015/5/6 21:16
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If it helps, I promise this will be my last word on the subject: sigh.
Posted on: 2015/5/1 20:38
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Good heavens boris, if you're unable to understand what's wrong with an increasingly large segment of the population being exploited by methods that negatively affect their ability to participate in a consumer-based ecomonic system that depends on their participation, there's nothing more worth explaining to you.
You were already off by an entire order of magnitude in the elevator discussion because of your inability or refusal to objectively comprehend the scope of the problem, so it's no surprise that the trend continues.
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People like me?? I can?t possibly know what you mean by that, so I?m going with objective? and since you?re being so generous, let?s throw in tall and good looking?you flatterer, you! Ultimately, it?s objectivity that?s my reason for finding fault with the particular way that Uber uses independent contractors to reduce operating costs?which in turn allows them to maintain profits while simultaneously reducing the costs to consumers. A company cannot facilitate what Uber does at Uber-rate prices while playing by the same rules as a taxi company, paying the same taxes and licensing fees, and providing equitable treatment to the drivers who do all the work. That?s basically the entire point I?m making. You can disagree if you want, but there?s no point in thoroughly misunderstanding it the way you have. Reducing costs to retain or increase profit is a proven, common-sense method for competing in the market. I do it as an engineer, and I?m sure you do it as whatever you are. However, cost cutting can turn to means that are not sustainable for our consumer-based economy, and that?s where those practices become?oh no not again?a race to the bottom. If the consulting firm I work for required that I supplied virtually everything that permits me do my job, I would be working for a crazy bunch of pricks?but I don?t?I work for a company whose business practices are mutually beneficial, and which allow me to participate in and help stimulate our consumer-based economy. Companies like Uber and Amazon on the other hand, deliberately tilt the deck heavily in their favor which reduces their contractors? and workers? ability to do the same. It?s not about having a personal beef with these companies, it?s simply about them being poor corporate citizens and taking more from our economy than they give back. (Oh, but the low low prices, how tempting!) Finally, and since you brought up the put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is thing, how?s your $200,000 Grove St. elevator project coming?
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The influence of architecture and the environment on the human psyche is inescapable, so it?s no surprise that there?s plenty of research demonstrating the positive and negative effects of high rise living on development, socialization, and mental health. It?s interesting reading. There's probably a good chance you're more aware of those effects than the average person.
Posted on: 2015/4/30 17:23
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The most telling aspect of this discussion is the willingness among many of you to defend an extremely wealthy and extraordinarily fast-growing corporation that employs a disproportionately small number of people worldwide. Their great wealth and meteoric growth isn?t simply due to a revolutionary method for hiring a car?in fact it?s more closely tied to the unfortunate trend of poor corporate citizenship. Simply put, Uber would not be able to concentrate such a tremendous amount of wealth in the hands of so very few if it didn?t offset much of the cost of doing business on to the shoulders of independent contractors who receive absolutely no benefits, labor protections, or profit sharing for their efforts. This growing practice among many companies is certainly profitable for a small number of people at the very top, but it is not the way to a healthy, sustainable economy.
Have a wonderful day, everyone!
Posted on: 2015/4/30 12:19
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I?m all for a bit of name calling, jackass, but at least try to throw a few ideas in there. Others are making good points?can you?
Posted on: 2015/4/29 21:14
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What insane regulations are forcing the hired car business to turn to a model like Uber?s in order to survive? In fact, what?s preventing Uber from getting into the transportation business and competing on equal terms themselves? They?ve already developed a brilliant software application for hiring cars, all they need is a fleet of vehicles and people to operate it. There are two forms of innovation at work here?the software and what it's able to do, and then the clever ways that Uber puts the screws to labor and absolves itself from the commitment of a large capital investment. One of those is indeed progress, the other is just fuel for the race to the bottom. Yes, that?s what I?m calling it because it?s not sustainable. As millions of people become less and less able to participate in the consumer-based economy that ideally benefits us all, the effects will eventually catch up to us as well. Also, who decided that driving a car was never intended to be full time work? I?m certain that driving a taxi is indeed full time work for people all over the world, most likely in numbers that exceed those employed in my field and yours combined.
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?Jersey City, Jersey City, Jersey City, Jersey City, Jersey City, Jersey City, Jersey City?? Did you miss where I agree that taxis in JC suck, but how that it still doesn?t negate the consequences of certain business practices? Consider the argument that companies like Uber?that reduce would-be employees to benefit-free private contractors who are now responsible for nearly all the costs of doing business?fit the definition of ?race to the bottom? very well. Uber isn?t the only company taking advantage of the world?s labor force in this manner, but they?re a good example. Jcdevilsadvocate might call it ?efficiency,? but he might also lack empathy considering that he doesn?t even come close to addressing what the practice ultimately means for laborers. Think beyond Jersey City and your own taxi rides. Think of the wider world and the ease at which we are sold on bad ideas by appealing to our selfish motives. Or not.
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I admit that I have not read a single legal document related to Uber?s insurance agreement, but I wouldn?t expect to find that Uber is liable for damages related to problems with the vehicles nor errors on the drivers? part. Uber doesn?t operate any vehicles nor employ any drivers so it would be absurd for them to take on so much liability. But again, I have reading to do so I could be wrong. Now, if you want to play devil?s advocate and ask why should you care? Well, you?re effectively asking why you should care about supporting a practice that is helping your nation race to the bottom, so you figure it out.
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