crujones wrote:
thanks for clarifying they are immigrants. american citizens would never do such a thing.

CapnJon wrote:
love the sensationalism of the article... the odds of it being a "real" grenade are probably less than a zillion to one.

the odds of it being a "grenade" paperweight that could never blow up because it's not an actual grenade... 100%!

user1111 wrote:
LOL have any of you people ever been to BedStuy? Greenville and BL are gems compared to Bedstuy.

Vigilante wrote:
The "Look at Me!!!" culture will certainly bite you in the ass. Shoulda got a nice fuel-efficient mini-van or two. Dopey people "Living the Dream".

owlie wrote:
"Why did they omit the part that it was a white guy, one Asian, and two Indians?"

How do you know that bit of information???

AlexanderHamilton wrote:
I believe that everyone has the right to their own religion ? be you Hindu, Jewish, or Muslim, I believe there are infinite paths to accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior....

heights wrote:
Not being from the area, (Heights guy here); I never even blink an eye. Usually you become complacent to a decedent area when you have lived there for such a long time. It could seem shady under the Turnpike near the ball field but with the new condominiums, it has a residential population to make you feel more comfortable. That area also houses the Second Street Bakery so you will have a turnover of people that will make the area less desolate.

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I have mixed feelings on this. The reasons against it have been stated by everyone else pretty clearly.

With that in mind, I think that one can take a longer term view that the city should be encouraging filming, and if we are going to get all tied up over the content of a particular show, it will be less likely that tv and film crews will want to try to negotiate with Jersey City whenever they want to film here.

It's very possible that the producers, film crews, etc will be involved in other projects, and if Jersey City is a reasonably affordable place to film without too much bureaucratic hassle, maybe they will be back with other projects.

I don't watch too much TV, and never watched "Mercy." But if that show had succeeded, it would have been good for the city to have a regular filming presence. If we have regular film crews, just two or three shows shooting on location for an extended period of time, the local businesses will do better. Maybe some local actors and camera crew will get gigs out of it. A few people involved may like the place and move here.

It's only six weeks. Any "image" problems that come from it dwarf in comparison to the black eye we have from the corruption scandals and the like. I suspect we can live with a few weeks of Snooki and JWoww making fools of themselves and saying unflattering things about the city.

Sorry but I work in film and your post is very naive. Work in film is gotten through a network of people who know you, like you, trust you etc. There is NEVER any consideration as to where a crew member lives. Basically you follow the work. I have worked all over NY and NJ and travelled out of state for work. Most commercial, TV and feature film crews stopped shooting in JC because of the hassle, cost and corruption of our city agencies. Most notably the JCPD. It just wasn't cost effective anymore. You could save money on a location fee but the money paid to the half dozen officers you didn't need was ridiculous. The money paid to local businesses is minimal as most catered food, truck rentals etc, etc are gotten in NYC or elsewhere in NJ. The connection between MTV and the rest of the production world is zero. They hire young, recent grads, call them "Associate Producers" and pay them peanuts. They are interns with a title and are routinely abused and over-worked. These people will shoot all night long without regard. Sorry but that's the truth.

Vigilante wrote: You people who like this crap are a reality TV producers wet-dream. These shows are so f***ing fake and set-up. They're sitcoms for retards.

brian_em wrote:
Go ask the guy holding the hammer for his permit. #crybaby

neverleft wrote:
For once in your newcomer lives why don?t you start thinking on your own and STOP looking to NYC for shi*. You are all freaking copy cats. They have a Whole Foods, you want a Whole Foods. They have an Elevated Park, you want an elevated park. They have a Barcade, you want (and got) a Barcade. What next a floating swimming barge in the Hudson off LSP? How unoriginal of you.

Do you think I am going to pay the millions and millions of dollars to not only construct your elevated park but the millions to maintain it? And the millions to settle the law suits from the parents of kids (and drunken hipsters) who fall off of your elevated park? Connecting bridges over every street..you must be on drugs.

Think out of the box for once and let NYC look to us!

Here is a simple cool idea. I have not read the entire thread and don?t know if anyone else came up with this ingenious (and cheap) idea yet. (but from reading your posts from other threads I doubt it)

Why would we want another outdoor park in JC we have enough of them. Do something called WALKING or RIDING A BIKE over to JC?s many parks. The idea of a quiet out of the way park is NOT an elevated park. What peace would it bring? You are going to hear the city noise 10 fold being elevated. (sound rises like heat) Also do you really want to look across the street over into someone?s 3rd floor bathroom window while they shave their legs or pits? (ok creepy calm down) And how fast do you think you can climb down 2 flights of stairs to go after the punk you see breaking into your car 20 feet below? Those pictures someone posted are so breath taking but guess what you could have taken the pictures at street level and had the same effect. Duh.

Here do this?.for under $500K ..no under $300K.

-put up a BIG sign that says FREE DIRT. (let?s just hope there?s no chromium in it .. maybe a NO RETURNS sign would also help)

-dig all of the dirt out of the embankments leaving the beautiful bare stone walls. Patch them if need be. At least you won?t need a multimillion dollar French drain system in the dirt to protect them.

-make multiple street level mini enclosed parks on each block (who the F wants to climb two flights of stairs to get to an elevated park..with a baby carriage) Cut entrances into the stone walls, put up cool local artist created gates. (with locks..heavy locks!)

-Throw a tennis court in one, a hand ball court (or are you yuppies into bocce ball now) in another. A Jungle Gym for the rug-rat crowd. No hoops though because as you know it always attracts a bad element. (a yuppie with a b-ball is bad news a very ugly sight, especially when they start trying to talk ghetto)

- leave a little dirt in each .. make mini elevated park areas with flowers and trees (I?m talking 3 feet dirt mounds not 20 feet) within the walls. (and NO freakin dog walks) Make one just an adult chill park for relaxing (and picking up chicks) ..maybe have one of those fancy Japanese gardens in it with those cool big orange and white fish. (yeah like they would last one night in JC)

-the possibilities are endless mini golf, small rentable party space(cover half of one with a glass roof) ,gazebos, music shells (can you image the acoustics for summer time concerts?) One more thing NO bathrooms let people shi* for themselves somewhere else or hold it in.

Get the gist of it yet? Enclosed mini parks within the city to SHUT OUT all of the city noise and ugly sights. (not you honey) Not an expensive elevated park that lifts you 20 feet above the city. The same dam city noise and ugly sights just 20 feet higher?no thanks!

Let?s get started. Print up some flier?s announcing a design contest. A fresh design with be picked for each blocks mini-enclosed park space.



(listen to this old-timer...I posted this just 5 minutes ago and look...a new yorker named maybeMoving is already thinking about moving here.)

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Moving Jersey City municipal elections to November could create chaos inside the voting booth, according to City Clerk Robert Byrne.

IT'S ABSOLUTEL MADNESS IN THERE PEOPLE ARE VOTING LEFT AND RIGHT AND OH MY GOODNESS KING HERE COMES MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE WITH A FOLDING CHAIR

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ianmac47 wrote:
Europe isn't bankrupt. Two or three irresponsible countries were issued debt by two or three other countries in an irresponsible way because the banking industry could earn a lot of money selling bonds and other forms of debt without repercussions and knowing that ultimately their industry would lobby the national and unified government to bail them out. But yes, keep telling yourself that its the "free" healthcare.

Not only "free" healthcare, but also generous retirement benefits, government-paid unemployment benefits (like 2 years of almost full pay in France), generous welfare, and other "small" perks.

Even high taxes, 20% VAT and gas prices twice that of the US could not pay for all of that.

That's why every EU country is implementing painful austerity plans right now. Slashing benefits, raising retirement age - because their nanny-state model is unsustainable.

But keep telling yourself that it is "two or three countries" and "big bad bankers" that did Europe in.

To all - sorry for being totally off-topic, but I had to respond.

You and people like you are the great American tragedy, so worried about the government taking money from your wallet you don't bother noticing the fat cats picking your pocket.

The government is the ultimate fat cat.