JadedJC wrote:
What I find fascinating whenever GrovePath posts one of these real-estate pieces from the Sunday NY Times is the criticism that's sure to follow of the buyer's choice of neighborhood or the price paid, etc. Maybe psychologists can shed light on this, but it seems to me as though people love to criticize these choices as a means to rationalize their own housing decisions. That suggests to me a certain level of insecurity about the the choice one has made in what arguably is life's biggest financial decision. In the end, finding fault with other people's real-estate choices is pointless, because each buyer has a different set of financial and personal circumstances. What's right for one person may be completely wrong for another. Or maybe all the criticism is plain and simple envy - that someone got a fantastic deal or can afford a more expensive place....

kster wrote:
07310 wrote:

"So your warning should be don't be cheap feed the meter and pay attention, read the signs?"

Um, yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying.

Thanks for pointing out the obvious there, troll.

kster wrote:
I was in a metered spot, but I didn't feed the meter - that was my big mistake.

Still, a fine of 152 dollars, plus cab fare, etc. doesn't that seem excessive to you?

Shouldn't others be warned?

kster wrote:
Yeah, but since this was the first time I had ever been there I didn't know that they validated parking - I didn't see any signs to that effect.

Of course I didn't see the towing sign either...

vanitasboy wrote:
I agree that there are people in goverment who get it, who understand that they are the face of govt. and go to work everyday with the attitude of "what can I do today to help my city". Unfortunately, it seems that those people are always squirled away somewhere so they are invisable. It is almost as though they "put a bad face" on the lazy people in are so pervasive in govt. In the private sector, you want to put the "can do" people out front. But in the govt. sector, those people are kept in the background because they cause to much work to be done. I almost think that a govt. should be run as a "for profit" organization.

scooter wrote:
Not much can beat the warm fuzzy JCPA feelings you get when you have to personally go to muni court to clear a parking ticket gotten by the guys who stole your car - 5 days after you reported it stolen... (so it slips through their fingers, and then you can't even clear it up by phone or mail - way to respect the crime victim/citizen, JC...)

ok that's the last time I harp on that.

latteart wrote:
I just moved to Newport. I am wondering what kind of internet services are available in this area. So far I only found Comcast high speed internet for $44 a month since I do not have a land phone. Do I have other choices or I have to accept the Comcast monopoly price?

NNJR wrote:
where is the free parking garage?

shane612 wrote:
LeFrak cleaned up in Jersey City. As true as it is that those abandoned railroad yards were replaced by his towers, it's that true that he's profitted mightily. My question is did he give back? Anything to the school system? Nope, not a penny. To York St. Project, Boy/Girls Club, JC Recreation, anything to enrich the city that helped him see his profits.

Greatness should be judged not on how much a person takes but by what he/she gives back.

jennymayla wrote:
Why bother hating on people who are different from you? What do you care? They live in a building that you will never live in, plus they hang out in the city half the week, apparently. So what damage do they do to your life here? I don't get it. Would you want to be surrounded by people exactly like you for the rest of your life?

For as nice as it is to see JC real estate get coverage in the press, I sort of moan every time since I know there will be some trash talk here.

It's really disheartening to hear (well, read) the negativity around this issue all the time. Every time. Never fails.

creativeconquests wrote:
I may have seen this on another thread - if so, feel free to move this post to the right location...

But is there not something very illegal and unethical about first time violators getting a $110 boot and a $42 ticket? I parked out front of my home but as I've said before some weird complication with my leased vehicle shows the address as the leased address etc. and so I have not been able to change my vehicle registration address to prove my car is mine.

So I don't park for more than 2 hours in front of my house. Drove to Target, parked around the corner and of course, same zone - I walk out and see them putting the boot on.

I get the code and still have to DRIVE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PARKING AUTHORITY ON CENTRAL AVE. to drop it off.

I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE EXPERIENCED A MORE DEFUNCT, STUPID, INEFFICIENT, INCOMPETENT SYSTEM IN MY LIFE. A FIRST ticket is $152.00????????

That is unbelievable. We are NOT criminals here - we are just trapped in a system that is complicated. Can't we, as citizens of JC argue this in some way?

linky wrote:
Please tell me where it is exactly. And is it affiliated with Wegmans? Hope so...........Wegman's is a great store.

CANKICKER wrote:
Yeah, but the hotel chains are soon catching up on this side
of the river.

Anyone check out the rates in JC ??? wow ???one may as well stay in NYC, I don't see too much of a savings ???


CK

TheVillage wrote:
Is anyone in favor of taking an hour out one evening or weekend to get together as a group and bring these carts back to BJ's. Have lets say 1 or 2 people on Brunswick and 9th, 1 or 2 at Brunswick and 8th (and so on), walk directly towards Marin Blvd. Any shopping carts we come across bring with us to BJ's. If we all do this together I am sure we would easily gather about 10 carts and drop them off at the store in Jersey. It would send a clear unified message to them that this issue is a sore point with the neighborhood.

Best possible results: BJ's will take notice of our concerns and address the issue more seriously.

Worst possible results: The carts may be off our streets for a few weeks at least.

yesfan wrote:
if all these condos like canco and the beacon would just lower there sales prices buy 15 - 20%,they would probably sell more units and faster.its better to sell 200 units at slightly less money,then sell 60 units and have more then half the place empty.

HankJ2C2 wrote:
Has anyone else seen the possibly homeless guy on the path trains to 33rd st from JSQ? He asks for money and says "Thank God" or soemthing. Everytime I have taken the train around 7:30 pm, he is on it.

Does anyone know his story? I feel bad, but I don't want to give him money untill I know what his story is.

creativeconquests wrote:
I am so happy all those other blank faces on the PATH train are thinking the same things I am. It gets me less down about living in an urban setting where often I feel very anonymous.

I once was on the train with friend and we went towards two seats together and a man from the other entrance came racing, head down, towards the seats to 'win' one. So I rudely said, "well, looks like he won" and my friend and I sat apart somewhere else (there was no loss of seats on the train). He looked up and I think my 'outing' him had him offer the seats. I look at him and I KNEW HIM! It was like driving in a car and fingering an obnoxious driver then realizing it was your bosses wife. AWKWARD.

I once was bustling through the turnstiles and there was a rather 'healthy', okay I'll say it, large woman going through the one next to me, evidently having trouble putting her card through. I have no idea what happened but I'm guessing she backed out of that turnstile to come to mine but I was already on my way. Then I hear her say "that bitch BUTTED IN FRONT OF ME AND hit me with her purse!". I turn around to look not realizing she was pointing at me. I'm like WHAT THE F*CK? She starts slewing profanities as she walks to get her card more money on it.

So I decide, forget this bitch. You lied. So I say to her "i'm sorry if my purse hit you in some way, i had absolutely no idea, it's a big purse and i'm very, very, sorry - it was completely unintentional". She was so shocked I spoke to her or apologized (even though I had absolutely no idea what she was talking about) she didn't know what to do with herself. I continue to say, "Look I'm sorry, I didn't know". And she's like, "back off bitch, whatever".

It's amazing that her evident fatness to the point she spilled over to my turnstile, her aggravation her card wouldn't go through and her frustration to have to get more money from her card was forwarded to someone who didn't do anything intentionally wrong. Little did she know when I saw her I thought, I should just let her through on my MTA card........nope!

caps wrote:
there are other people living in the condos, i think there are 3 or 4 others but the inpection report was pretty bleak and it looks as if whoever renovated it did so without permits so it looks like a whole other headache. i think i'm going to bail out......

Justiceiro wrote:
We are supposed to live on some sort of reservation, I suppose, and dress up like gangbangers and pretend to mug each other when busloads of tourists arrive. Shows at 9 and 11. Be sure to pick up some hand made sneakers and traditional tribal spinning rims at the rez shop.

Thanks in advance.

crushthedemoniac wrote:
Hey Nafco FYI I dont live in JC anymore, and havnt for quite sometime, just kinda sad to see it being tunred into another "cut out" generic gentrified city(well just downtown). So if this place opens retail space and say a few bars open up, what do you think these bars will caiter to? Chances are it will be some wine and cheese bars or something of that nature. My appoligize for not liking that kinda stuff. I forgot it was wrong to have an opinion.

Garyg wrote:
Any news on Fios downtown?