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Everyone involved will pay the price for that dumbness for the rest of their lives.

No "rest of life" for the instructor. But maybe a Darwin Award. Commentary on NYTimes.com last week said the Uzi is well known for pulling up and to the left.

Lots of unsafe things are fun, doesn't make them smart. Smart is choosing the right balance of risk/reward. My altime favorite sport is whitewater kayaking, where choosing poorly can be fatal. It takes insight and experience to gain such judgement, something a child is not capable of, and certainly some adults. But at least a river is not DESIGNED to kill!

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As a long time resident, senior citizen and someone covered by ADA, the changes are making it better for people like myself to age in place. In my case I haven't driven in a long time - all my doctors (happily only 3) have offices near the PATH. Need new clothes or shoes - LLB, BB and J Crew are alternatives that deliver to my door. I know that Allen Edmonds 9.5 C fit perfectly. Food options within walking distance keep increasing, and WF Tribeca is 10 minutes and $1.00 away (yeah senior citizen fares). Between GVan Vorst, Amazon and the library I'm never short of reading material. And now I have this nice wide pedestrian street where I can walk off my dinner or eat my dinner outside. I would complain about the 2 or 3 cars that go down my street blasting radios (but never too late at night) but than I'd be exhibiting a symptom of OFS - old fart syndrome - the illness I am most frightened of.

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In any case, since we are not talking a mother with 8 children on welfare and are talking about middle class americans, why again do I not have the right to enjoy amenities at a reduced price that I cannot afford? Give me a discount on Kim Kardashian's helicopter or private jet so I can afford it. That will better my life too...

Vindication15 that's very naive.

For the same reason as it is unfair to sell a Mercedes Benz to someone for the price of a Corolla because they cannot afford it. Life doesn't work on handouts. There is a price set for certain goods/services and if I can afford it, I will. If I cannot, I will buy what I can afford. Luxury goods/services are not a basic necessity.

I am one of the "middle class" people. I have a job and I work very hard. I don't expect someone to give me something because I don't make enough money. I don't make enough money because of the choices I made for my career. If I had chosen to become an investment banker and made $4 million a year I would have the money to rent the Kardashian's private jet. Since I did not make those choices, I will live within my means. And I don't expect anyone to give me any handouts or discounts.

It's funny how many of the JClisters talk about Bayonne the way Hoboken residents talk about JC!

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I have little reason to venture outside of DT. Most my friends live in DTJC, Hoboken, NYC, or the Jersey burbs. I knew someone that lived in Society Hill and used to visit from time to time but I'm sure that is considered fake JC.

I don't really like Indian food much so I don't see a reason to go to JSQ.

I used to get my car serviced on 440 and really liked Jollibee. I also have been to the Marshall's, Old Navy and Applebees on 440.

I have walked around the Heights a little. I didn't really find anything too appealing to me.

I wouldn't really venture into BL or Greenville outside of my car. Ocean Ave or MLK are not safe places. They just aren't.

It is way easier than getting on the PATH to walk to the myriad of things in DTJC and Hoboken that I find useful.

This board is littered with posts of people who think anything that appeals to people under 35 with money is terrible and should be stopped at all costs. There is a fear of "Hobokenization" or "Brooklynization" which is a total crock as both have areas filled with old timers paying rents too low to be logical, eating at old timey places, etc.

Are people in live in Manhattan snobs or elitists or judgmental if they don't hang out on Staten Island or in the Bronx? Or are they just realistic about what is close and convenient?

I agree with 07310. I root for the rest of the city. It will help my property value and taxes.

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Correction: August 25, 2014
An earlier version of this article misquoted Angela Putman when she described her new neighborhood, Bayonne. She said, ?It is really cute,? not ?It is really hick.?
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This is one of the funniest NYTimes corrections I've seen in a long, long time!

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Have you been to County Plaza, dtjcview, the former Block Property? The building in underutilized. Some people have offices that are over 1,000 square feet. The building is too large. It has plenty of parking, we should be using that site. It is near Montgomery St. which means it is also close to the bus system.

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I agreed that JC benefits greatly due to it's proximity to NYC but I'm not sure that it, "Owes it everything". You sound like you should move it NYC, then you can say that Brooklyn owes everything to Manhattan. Or better yet you can move to Iraq and say the the world owes everything to Mesopotamia.


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Still doesn't make it the 6th boro, and it's still not cool to call it the 6th boro. You will still sound dumb if you call it that.

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Actually if NYC wasn't there JC would probably be MORE substantial. The only reason that it seems insignificant is because Manhattan dwarfs everything around it. If Manhattan was gone, JC would be a serious mid-sized city - bigger than Boulder, Orlando, Richmond, etc.

hahahahaha. If JC wasn't right next to NYC with 24/7 access then it wouldn't be the second largest city in NJ, there would be no luxury condos, there would be no restaurant row, there would be any luxury at all actually. Minus well just rename Jersey City Greenville.

Just look at all the new buildings, restaurants, food trucks, and population growth - all of that is happening in the area right next to NYC - DTJC.

You people are fooling yourselves.

I don't think it's the sixth boro. All I know is that JC owes everything to Manhattan. Please find me one article about JC without the words affordable or NYC or Manhattan in them. Even the recently published top places for soccer moms has those words...

I can't afford luxury condo living in NYC so I'm living in the next best area..a luxury condo in dtjc, just like 90% of everyone else living in a luxury condo in dtjc and working in Manhattan. I'm just honest enough to admit it to everyone and not claim that I'm in JC because of I don't even know..what do people say makes JC unique...barcade, word cafe? lol