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I was at the ride. It was fun. Wish there had been more water avilable on the way to linkin park.

Is it normal for people to crash or was it made worse by potholes? I saw 3 accidents where people just face planted. On grove street I went into a huge hole that knocked a screw out of my back storage support. I have a cruiser and I ride down broadway from WTC everyday on a citibike so I'm good at not falling BC of potholes. Hurt my arms and wrists terribly.

Does anyone know if the girl who was face down on grove st by Montgomery was okay? She looked like she was really hurt.

The potholes were terrible!

Several groups I rode with would announce 'hole' loudly when they came upon a sizeable pothole.

As for water, I brought two bottles for the ride and it was plenty. And there were people in Greenville giving out water.

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Still have the TV's...put it this way, I was with my wife and when she saw the TV's, she said we are not going there. Some bars should have TV's and some should not, a cheese and wine bar should not.

Your loss. Less crowd for those with less arbitrary standards to contend with for table space.

(Assuming you're referring to Third and Vine).

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Name a quality restaurant that has failed recently in DTJC.

You're forgetting the famous "OX" and its famous closing.

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With 90K salary, you can easily afford a 400k home (assuming you have a 20% 80k cash down). With a 320k 30yr @ 4% fixed, you are looking at $1500 monthly payment, plus $1000 property tax/fees. That's $2500 a month net debt. Net income is $7500 - 40% income tax = $4500. Leaving you $2000 a month for discretionary spending/savings. And with 10% down + pmi, cashflow becomes tighter but still doable depends on how secure your job/income is.

marullos88 wrote:
I wonder what they didnt take into account in that calculation on that article. What about childcare if you have kids? Retirement Savings? Emergency funds? Having money for home repairs? Travel to visit family? How about just plain life enjoyment? ha

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Anyone else uneasy about the institutionalizing and legitimizing of vandalism, especially in a city which I think has a serious graffiti problem?

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dtjcview wrote:
I liked a previous suggestion to write a polite note on the windshield, in butter. I wouldn't recommend reversing out and let them try to sue you for the damage to the side of their vehicle. Well...not unless it was the same persistent jerk.

Don't sign the note though, you may be held liable if there is an accident during a rain storm bluring the visibility due to the smearing of the butter or other foreign substance.

Sometimes a little terrorizing works. Here?s one I did?..

Jerk around the corner would parallel park in his driveway but couldn?t seem to fit his little Toyota there if you parked within 5 feet of the curb cut. He managed to get a few people ticketed & left a curt note on my car. WRONG PERSON. Solution was to drive him crazy. I took his note & had copies of it made on a color printer, perfect copies. Every time he parked in his driveway, I would go out at night & leave a note on his car. How could he explain who left the notes, he had never seen me & the notes were in his writing. Now after having left the note a couple of times I started calling the parking authority & having him ticketed. After about a month he got the permit to park in his driveway & stopped terrorizing people into believing that you couldn?t park anywhere near his driveway.

I'm confused on that one. Why would you need a permit to park in your own driveway? Unless you mean "in front of" his own driveway?

Sorry caj11, I thought it was understood that this joker was in front of his own driveway.

Monroe wrote:
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Maybe you missed the point, but you seem to be that type. Staten Island also has night life but its not worth mentioning Just like Journal Square, Greenville, The Heights, and other parts of JC they are not worth mentioning because they are not very interesting. No one I know hangs in Hoboken, and DTJC is not interesting enough to make someone want to stay all night to (3 am) when NYC is two stops away and you could hang till 4 am or 9 am if you did after hour parties.

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I think one has to exercise some care when using Uber. I didn't. I took a car from 23rd St. and 6th Ave, NYC to the Lafayette section yesterday, Friday, at 4pm. $126!! I was warned when I made the reservation that there would be a "surge" charge at a rate of $1.75. I had no idea what this meant nor did I have much of an understanding of how the fare works.

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I do believe the FOLs know the theater better than anyone at this point....

Why?

Again, they haven't shown the ability to fund-raise, their programming skills are decidedly unimpressive, and they think they can sue their way into control of the theater. Nothing about their recent track record makes me say "yeah, those guys know how to make the most out of a 3000 seat theater."

This is not to detract from their efforts to save the theater in the first place. I just don't see any evidence that they are the ones to make the most of it.

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I love busting your chops but you know, deep down, that I am right. There is definitely a subculture of weirdos, men mostly, who love to watch animals kill other animals. There is no doubt that they derive some kind of creepy pleasure from it and I wouldn't doubt that it gives some of them wood. It's not unlike the dudes who watch UFC and enjoy watching one animal exert "domination" over other animals. In the wild there are male monkeys that will anally rape other males to exert dominance. I definitely see that in the personalities of those who collect snakes and reptiles and those who watch UFC, boxing etc. Sorry if I hit a nerve.

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Even if you may consider it "douchey", cities that are truly great will appear to a wide demographic. This is why NYC is the way it is. People in a bar on one side of the street would never go to a bar on the other side. There are "douchey" places, hipster places, gay places, ethnic places, happy hour places, etc.

If Jersey City wants to be a truly diverse place it cannot cater to one demographic. Unfortunately right now IMO there are too many hipster places and then the other places have trepidation about defying the stroller set. .

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Terrorist act? Without a doubt, you have jumped the shark. And, booby traps!? Do you actually know, or understand, what a booby trap really is?? Are you advocating that we kill, maim, or otherwise injure, a person illegally tagging a building? I get the frustration, but let's maintain some perspective and be reasonable.

Terrorist yes because I do not know their intent or able to decphier their secret code. So then, you only see murder, maiming, and injuries with booby traps sounds to me you have hidden tricks up your sleeve. Maybe a simple net to apprehend them during their antics would better suffice.

You can't just destroy someone else's property or alter it without the owner's permission. Catch them, jail them. It amazes me the freedom they have to do this continually. I'm frightened to think what their next move is.

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Same as a credit or debit card but without a bank involved. And it's like using cash without the paper or coin part. Just electronic. Surprised it is not catching on especially without it being traced so easily. But anyway thanks for the tip.

heights wrote:
At these high prices/rents some may opt to get a mortgage. I notice many Downtown J.C. residents that have been here for some time -10+ years are buying property in the Bergen Lafyette section where you get a lot of house for the money. Don't over look the Heights as well, a great community up here.