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trambone wrote:
3. I hope they're as family friendly as Hooters and have a "kids eat free night"

Take your kids to Applebee's. Please let there be SOME place in the Hoboken/JC area that isn't overrun by offspring, and the parents who think said crotch-fruit can do no wrong.

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snowflake20 wrote:
Yikes! They do realize how family oriented this area is? Sorry but I'm not bringing my kids to some place where the women are dressed like scottish tarts. I thought they were opening another melting pot in that location...I guess not.

Well, it's not as if it's a strip club.

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Lafayette wrote:
Especially off Communipaw because its a speedway between Newark and here.

So what exactly does this mean? The only carjackers come from Newark? Please tell me I'm wrong. Also to the OP , glad you came out ok after this ordeal.

Not the carjackers but that's where all the chop shops are.

Lafayette wrote:
Especially off Communipaw because its a speedway between Newark and here.

melbyron wrote:
The only problem I had was a stolen car but as far as commuting to work and the proximity it was the best!

GFD wrote:
That's my car he hit:(

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srg1 wrote:

Do you send your kids to the local public schools?

yes--the public charter school. And I have friends who have their kids in the local public school. Would I have done that if the lottery didn't work out? Maybe. But there's a very good and reasonably priced private school on Bergen (gasp!!), that I would have had no problem enrolling my kids into.

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crushthedemoniac wrote:

I know that area of Jersey City and many more areas, for many more years than you have.

Whoopee, so you're older than me. Question is, do you live here currently. No, you don't. So once again, your response is based on here say or the simple notion that because you were born and raised somewhere in jersey city, you are the end all and be all of what neighborhood is decent.

worm wrote:
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srg1 wrote:

Do you send your kids to the local public schools?

yes--the public charter school. And I have friends who have their kids in the local public school. Would I have done that if the lottery didn't work out? Maybe. But there's a very good and reasonably priced private school on Bergen (gasp!!), that I would have had no problem enrolling my kids into.

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crushthedemoniac wrote:

I know that area of Jersey City and many more areas, for many more years than you have.

Whoopee, so you're older than me. Question is, do you live here currently. No, you don't. So once again, your response is based on here say or the simple notion that because you were born and raised somewhere in jersey city, you are the end all and be all of what neighborhood is decent.

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So your gettin at that whole" it could happen any where"bs huh? Yea well guess what your odds are a lot higher in the Duncan/Bergen area.

And let me guess, you don't live anywhere near here.
Here we go again. Really, the only reason I check this site is to make sure that if anyone posts anything about this part of town, that they are getting an honest portrayal of the area, based on people who actually live here and not people who base everything they know from what they read in the jersey journal, here say, or from what they remember from the eighties.
I live here, I own here, and I am raising two happy young kids with my husband here. I grew up in a small wealthy town in north jersey, and I hated it. There was absolutely no diversity, both economically and culturally, and no sense of community. My kids will have a healthy understanding of the world they live in. There are plenty of decent people here, with money and without.
We have great neighbors, the kind that watch your property, help with house stuff and our kids are all very close to each other. I don't live in a bubble. I live knowing that I live in a city that has it's crime, and while I long for a good coffee shop/restaurant, I have all my basic necessities met, without having to drive everywhere. I walk/ride my bike to the path for work, so I am lucky enough to take advantage of what NYC has that JC does not. In the eleven years I've lived here, I have not been broken into, have not had my car stolen, have not been mugged, have not feared for my life. I am a small female and walk/bike home from the train in the evenings everyday. When it is late, I take a cab. Hope this helps.

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crushthedemoniac wrote:
Ummmm Duncan between JFK and Bergen is about 200 ft from where the officer was shot and killed in a shootout on Reed and Bergen. This is nice to you? In that case the op should look into all of greenville too, throw in every bad area of Newark while we're at it too.

Google "paulus hook murder". This is nice to you?

TheCoach wrote:
I've lived in the heights for 4 years and counting.

parkman wrote:
I really didn?t want to get into this, but our non-profit are the ones that deal with this on a daily basis. You don?t clean up the human waste on the playground equipment, have to shovel sh.t out of the gardens that the children are allowed to play in, collect all the empty liquor bottles every day, and find empty packets of drugs and needles throughout the park.

I?ve asked our 5 regulars to please throw their bottles in the trash, not to sleep on the picnic table benches (because it prevents others from using them), not leave their cardboard boxes in the gardens or in the gazebo, and did not call the police once until the last week when numerous parents expressed concern over the broken bottles and human waste around the park (and no, it?s not from dogs).

I first called social services, who came out to talk to most of our homeless and none were willing to accept help. Unless they are a threat to themselves or others, they can?t be forced off the streets. The last resort has been to call the police and have them removed from the park. This is not a lack of empathy; we have been polite, caring, and tried to be helpful, but it?s gotten to the point that the quality of life for the vast majority of park users has been impacted.

What we need is a system to help these people who are in a very bad place in their lives?this is not class warfare or elitism, we have been working to improve the quality of life for those in our community and the city needs to find a way to help these individuals too.

TheCoach wrote:
Stick it out. If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. See what you can do to change some of the things you don't like. Downtown JC wasn't always what it is today and neither was Hoboken. People moved in, stayed and improved it.

ExUWSguy wrote:
I've lived in the Heights for a little over 3 years, and am increasingly discouraged (the end of 10/99S service from NYC being the final straw) with inaccesibility, dirty streets, boarded up buildings, and what seems to be an increasing influx of really low-class 'elements'. I would love to try to move downtown JC or Hoboken, but I'm a first time homeowner and am not sure how to approach selling my condo in Heights. How do I realistically assess what its worth, how to market it, etc.?

Or does renting it make more sense? I LOVE the place - a small loft with high ceilings, quiet, lots of light, but no true BR - sadly a bad match for the typical Heights demographic.

Ideas or suggestions?

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7thstreeter wrote:
I'm thinking of taking the path out to Newark on a weekend night for some Portuguese food. Any recommendations?

Is the Ironbound area walkable from the path station or should I expect to take a cab for distance/safety reasons?

Estrela Da ponderosa
85 Niagara St
Newark, NJ 07105
(973) 344-4484

Off the beaten path in the Ironbound area. Authentic food. Not the greatest looking place, but excellent prices, great paella, and the waiter, Nelson, is amazing. He memorizes everyone's order and has never faltered in the dozen or so times that I've been there.

A short taxi ride from the PATH.

Rorschach wrote:
There was never any significant riots in Jersey City in those days.

jcgurl wrote:
just taxpaying citizens who have something to say.

colleen wrote: Except for the hot guy - blue shirt, dark blue shorts, prolly married.

Vigilante wrote:
Too many parents think the world revolves around their kids and thus are raising a generation of entitled brats.