marybarr wrote:
Okay I thought we were going to start a separate thread for religion but really wibbit if you're a Buddhist.......never mind. I'll try to tell the truth with compassion.

This from Narada Thera
is Buddhism a religion?
It is neither a religion in the sense in which that word is commonly understood, for it is not "a system of faith and worship owing any allegiance to a supernatural being."
An understanding Buddhist gains inspiration from his noble personality and breathes deep his boundless compassion. He tries to follow the Buddha's noble example.

jennymayla wrote:
sheesh, wibbit. not very buddha-like of you.

marybarr wrote:
And before anyone brings up Buddhism that is a philosophy, they do NOT worship Buddha they try to emulate him.

Xerxes wrote:
Luxury????


Cars jumbled up so you cannot get by with your shopping....last walk by looked like a used car lot with cars on the sidewalk and people unloading in the STREET, Washington Boulevard....4 cars overloads the unloading area.
Class hotel, my ass.


And yes, building to the sidewalk is ugly, tacky and would never be allowed in a real city...just some backroom operation like Jersey City. Has nothing to do with hating Jersey City, just the morons on what would pass as a zoning board IF we have one.


It's a MESS built on a lot too small for the place...and what are the two behemoths going accross the street in the parking lot of the Doubltree, another couple stupid, useless one star hotels..."But Mrs. Slocombe, there ARE no NO STAR hotels?"

An unplanned nightmare where developers can put up whatever stupid nightmare they had the night before, wherever they wish!
Architectural students will be studying this mess called DOWNTOWN for years as an example of why we need urban planning and what horrors can result without any knowledgable input.

mwa7368 wrote:
Don't forget Hamilton Park.

regulator wrote:

you lost her after this part. it's a lost cause for most of these posters. i think the problem is their distorted view of what jersey city and downtown are. to them, downtown means specifically their neighborhood. now if you live in newport or paulus hook - then of course, youd be proud to call downtown your own. but to suggest that anything near the turnpike (even if it's on the correct side) is 'downtown' is preposterous.. that CANT be downtown. only the good stuff is downtown, and everything that isn't downtown is bad.

well you know what? there are bad areas of downtown too, whether you like it or not (wayne and barrow? most of newark ave at night?) if you want to stay on your high horse, then talk about your individual neighborhood. im sure it's very nice. but just as you have nice neighborhoods in downtown, other portions of the city have nice parts in theirs (heights - western slope; greenville - country village; bergen lafayette, etc.).

if you lived in any of these places, youd find relatively little crime, good transportation and a high quality of life. yet, you'd be hard pressed to find any of the residents of these areas screaming for a wall to isolate the rest of the (heights/bergen/greenville) from their neighborhood. why do you think that is?

instead of clamoring for safer streets because you pay more, take some time to realize that there are other sections of jc as well, and we're all committed to seeing the city improve.

T-Bird wrote:
Laughable. If Healy (or any mayor) did to Jersey City what Giulaini did to NY, he'd be shot. Wow - Rudy cleaned up Times Square and various rougher sections of Manhattan and essentially moved it to Queens and Brooklyn. Can you imagine the posts on this site if a JC mayor forced any undesirable activity out of downtown and it all showed up a short while later in the Heights?

Look it up Wibbit - crime went down nationally and if you look at NYC as a whole and not just the disneyfied midtown/times square area, the story wasn't unusual relative to the rest of the nation.

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wibbit wrote:
This is just flat out false. Guiliani's (and his police heads) success in cleaning up nyc is undeniable, nyc will not be what it is today without his action. For all his faults and the shameful 9/11 plugs in the 08 election, Guiliani's contribution to cleanup nyc is historical, even more amazing is the fast pace it is accomplished.

ianmac47 wrote:

In retrospect, Guiliani's success was less about anything he did and a lot more about national trends, a roaring economic expansion

NewHeights wrote:
Wibbit maybe I wasn't clear. My point is if a lawbiding individual really feels threatened because they cant afford to live in a gated community or his/her line of work puts them in harms way, they should have the right to make the same choice as the citizens in 42 other states have. Are those other states like Iraq?

If you read my post I also mention the fact that the criminals know that New Jersey's law biding citizens are unarmed. Maybe if they had to guess they wouldnt be so brazen.

it should be mandatory that anyone that carries takes extensive self defense courses, phychiatric tests and maintains gun insurance.

In states where right to carry was passed less than 1 percent of the residents actually went to get carry permits.
It shows that govt doesnt need to make these decisions for us. Most people I know wouldnt get a carry permit if NJ allowed it. It should be an individual choice.

It must frustrate you that we pay taxes to feed and house these dirt bags whether they are in the projects or in jail. We also pay to school their children and pay for a police force to protect us from them meanwhile they carry guns any way (although illegally).

Shouldnt the tax payer have the right to protect themselves?

T-Bird wrote:
Not at all - just tired of listening to the half-assed drivel. Nothing you said was anything but warmed-over jargon. On top of that, it was entirely out of context - which leaves one with the impression that you probably not only don't understand the markets, but perhaps the english language as well. The whole point of the thread is Goldman's very unique position within the markets and its perhaps too close relationship with the government.

JCList is not exactly the first place I go to for investment advice, nor is CNBC. But CNBC is one of those places that gets all juiced up about "technicals".... Just sayin'

T-Bird wrote:
Wibbit -by "technicals" do you mean head and shoulder and other "the trend is your friend nonsense"? If you are going to throw around jargon, make sure it at least sounds knowledgeable.

Stick to hitting up people in every condo development for every piece of info you can scrounge so you can make your "informed decision". (Are you really buying or just talking?)

NewHeights wrote:
marybarr- thats why so many of us are for gun rights. a 90 lb woman trained and armed is more powerful than two vicious 18 yr old male thugs. these thugs have no fear because they know law biding citizens are unarmed and defenseless.

In the meantime im all for extensive studies as to what provokes these behaviors and how we can remedy these situations.
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1. govt handouts create a system of irresponsibilty and often destroys the family structure. Afterall it encourages parenting out of wedlock etc. there are countless studies that support this. (get rid of welfare/section 8)

2. I'd be pissed too if I knew my mother had me just to get more food stamps.

In the meantime we should be able to defend ourselves.

Jeebus wrote: Less layoffs is good but the uncertainty remains for all but the most Pollyannaish and rents are going down. Neither would make someone eager to buy a $500K+ condo in JC. I'm not sure which post you are referring to but if it's the one that claimed supply is going down in downtown JC, my pointing to the huge new expensive construction either unsold (plus shadow space owned by speculators) or about to come online refuted this. The twin towers at the foot of Grand alone must be the biggest residential building in JC and they have just started coming to market. Perhaps you know something about Wall Street that I (and most who work there) don't or you have some undisclosed knowledge about JC real estate. If so please lets us know, otherwise I'll take my knowledge of the situation over your condescending advice to (re)read your previous posts.

billc wrote:
No, we have double pane windows that are pretty sound proof

JRL wrote:
Healy Administration, Comey...when the HELL are they going to get serious about ridding the bad element out of Jersey City. They need to address crime, attack it, take whatever means necessary get a handle on crime situation. Healy has run both times on platforms with a campaign promise of safer streets, more policing.

His Administration is too concerned with giving developers abatement's rather addressing a deep rooted issue such as crime.

Let's see city council meeting on the crime issue...People perhaps we need a march on City Hall...Let's call this administration out on crime...Make them provide a serious plan to address the bad element.

If I had my way, I say let's roll through Jersey City in Tanks and equipment for War and go after the bad element...Yes a War on Crime...round them up, do whatever it takes to show the criminasl and the bad element, that they are not welcome in Jersey City and take their business elsewhere.

Jeebus wrote:
The Wall Street job market has only gone from huge amounts of layoffs to no new hiring. I don't see that as a positive for the number of people who will buy $500K+ condos.

To the original poster, what are you smoking? and where can i get some. The full effect of the subprime implosion hasnt started to trickle down and felt by the average home seller/buyer yet. But they sure will in the near future (~6months), that's a fact. Most people really dont understand the gravity of the situation in the subprime mortgage fallout. Yes i am sure you read the news and saw mortgage firms lined up to file for bankruptcy protection and all the investment banks rushing for the door to hedge against their exposures. But what it really means for the buyer(even those with good credit) is a large percentage of them will not be able to get the mortgage they currently can, actually far from it. For example, before with 650 rating you can qualify for a 250k loan, now you can only get a 200k or 150k loan etc. On top of that, the market is very nervous about the current mortgage approval process (which is a joke), they will tighten that up significantly as well, you will actually required to have the income you wrote down on the application, imagine that! All of this translates to a much more difficult mortgage approval = less people able to buy real estate. For sellers, it's even worse as the <5 yr arms are now due, the estimated default/foreclosure rate is 20% for the next few years on those loans. That's 1 in every 5! The market will be flooded with supply, on top of reduced demand mentioned above. It doesnt take a genius to figure out what will happen to the price.. it may not crash, but you sure will find some very nice deals by next year. http://jclist.com/modules/newbb/viewt ... id=101317#forumpost101317