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Re: Goldman Sachs on Jersey City waterfront 'tense' after negative remarks by departing executive

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the guy who resigned was the equivalent of a middle manager at the firm. Corzine was the CEO of the entire firm

Posted on: 2012/3/17 4:59

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Re: Taqueria

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it's the thread that keeps on giving

Posted on: 2012/3/15 23:06

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Re: Paulus Hook/Grove St

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vindication15 wrote:
5% down of 400k is 20k which is less than a year of what you would spend at 2600 a month for 12 months.

Of course the math has to work out for you and you have to stay in the general area....I'm just saying buying should be considered when you're losing 31,200 in rent a year at 2600/month.

Why so much hate against buyers?

no hate, but where is someone supposed to get 20k if they don't have it saved up already? they can't just live on the street for a year until they get the 20k for a down payment.

Posted on: 2012/3/7 2:43

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Re: Paulus Hook/Grove St

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vindication15 wrote:
I'm just saying paying 2600 for a 1br rental is pretty high. They should consider buying and if they move, they could always rent depending on the location...

where are you going to get the 20% down payment on a 400k downtown condo? or 10%? or even 5%? just because someone can afford to pay $2600/mo doesn't mean they have piles of cash lying around

Posted on: 2012/3/7 1:10

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Re: What downtown restaurants can do a private dinner for 50?

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i was also going to recommend the Hyatt, although as of a few years ago, it was significantly more expensive than Liberty House (prices might have changed though, so verify). Great views though

Posted on: 2012/3/6 17:35

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Re: Inappropriate use of Jersey City Police at Hoboken's Lepri-con Bar Crawl

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heights wrote:
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rbnyfan wrote:
- Hoboken paid for them, not the taxpayers
- as I understand, they were off duty / getting paid overtime

Why would it be over-time working in another town ? Is over-time always in effect when working in uniform after you have worked you standard work week ?

i saw a JCPD friend of mine who was working that day and that's what he told me

Posted on: 2012/3/5 17:19

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Re: Inappropriate use of Jersey City Police at Hoboken's Lepri-con Bar Crawl

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- Hoboken paid for them, not the taxpayers
- as I understand, they were off duty / getting paid overtime

Posted on: 2012/3/5 3:00

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Re: Jersey City swears in 27-year-old lobbyist as new deputy mayor

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healy appointed him to his position at the JCHA...why wouldnt he donate to his reelection campaign?

Posted on: 2012/3/3 7:16

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Re: Jersey City Heights man tells police men wearing 'FBI' and 'DEA' shirts beat and robbed him of $1,00

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The article clearly states "cash and property". It could have been $100 cash, $500 watch and $400 phone for all we know.

The area is not particularly known as being a "hot" spot. It's close to Franklin/Palisade, which years ago was pretty bad with drug deals, although it's been toned down in recent years as far as I can tell.

Posted on: 2012/3/2 22:01

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Re: 'Jersey Shore' Spin-Off in Jersey City

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PJ Ryans...I thought they were going to film inside but they just filmed them walking out of the bar

Posted on: 2012/3/2 18:57

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Re: 'Jersey Shore' Spin-Off in Jersey City

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bumped into the rest of their crew tonight (Pauly D, Vinny, et al) in downtown JC. I guess they were in town partying it up. Mothers lock up your daughters!

Posted on: 2012/3/2 7:24

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Re: HSBC shutdown their JSQ branch?!

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I'm pretty happy with Capital One. They reimburse you the ATM fees if you use another bank's ATMs (up to 6 per month), and I'm pretty sure they also have a free checking account option

Posted on: 2012/3/1 0:25

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Re: Jersey City has big plans for 100 acres on West Side along Hackensack River

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My cousin lived in a similar complex in Lyndhurst, right by the Medieval Times. The complexes were brand new and had a ton of amenities, including a really nice pool / courtyard area, lounge, gym, etc.

The view there was of the surrounding swampland - not exactly Manhattan Skyline - but as far as I know, the development wasn't a failure. I think the West Side development has at least as much potential, if not more, since it's actually closer to NYC than the Lyndhurst one

Posted on: 2012/2/29 18:39

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Re: 'Jersey Shore' Spin-Off in Jersey City

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Quote:

whiteboy19 wrote:
snook dog is not italian shes ecuadorian believe it or not

she's Chilean

Posted on: 2012/2/29 17:33

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Re: 'Jersey Shore' Spin-Off in Jersey City

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Vigilante wrote:
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rbnyfan wrote:
from the same article:

In an interview with US Weekly, Snooki dished about the new series, claiming that her spin-off will not be the same kind of action as her original show. The show, she said, will be a different side of her, after only seeing her "party side" at the shore.

"We want it to be different than Jersey Shore, so it's not always going to the club, drinking and partying," she said. "It's the first time I'm going to be on my own for real. You've only seen the party side of us."

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Well, shit.

"I'm going to be on my own for real...."

Oh, except I'll also have an audience watching my every move. That's real right?

I'm guessing your obvious avoidance of the point of my post is a sign that you are conceding the point - namely that the morality police of JC List (MPJC) was up in arms for no reason about the "bad image" that these two will propagate with their show in our righteous small town.

Posted on: 2012/2/29 7:18

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Re: 'Jersey Shore' Spin-Off in Jersey City

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from the same article:

In an interview with US Weekly, Snooki dished about the new series, claiming that her spin-off will not be the same kind of action as her original show. The show, she said, will be a different side of her, after only seeing her "party side" at the shore.

"We want it to be different than Jersey Shore, so it's not always going to the club, drinking and partying," she said. "It's the first time I'm going to be on my own for real. You've only seen the party side of us."

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Well, shit.

Posted on: 2012/2/29 6:41

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Re: Two men shot in Jersey City... What else is new?

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This morning, students were shot and one was killed at a suburban high school in Ohio. Sure enough, when interviewed, local residents said "that sort of stuff doesn't happen here". The sad truth is that violence can occur anywhere, and I'd almost prefer the callous "What else is new" sentiment than the "this can not / should not happen here" view.

Posted on: 2012/2/27 18:25

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Re: 'Jersey Shore' Spin-Off in Jersey City

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cbg wrote:
Wow! You've really drawn the curtain back.

I for one did not know that reality TV wasn't 1000% authentic. That's it, I'm going back to watching pro wrestling

Posted on: 2012/2/25 21:00

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Re: 'Jersey Shore' Spin-Off in Jersey City

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conversely, can we put "welcome snooki!" ads on the top of jclist? Maybe that will keep the moral police off this forum so that the rest of us can engage in a higher standard of conversation than "SNOOKI SMUSH - SNOOKI BAD!"

Posted on: 2012/2/24 15:34

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Re: Is the Village section safe?

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the only village I've ever heard of in JC is Country Village (lived in JC all my life until recently)

If you want to get fancy and tout your JC roots, why not just call it the Horseshoe?

Posted on: 2012/2/22 4:56

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Re: 'Jersey Shore' Spin-Off in Jersey City

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i'm sure the show will go on just fine without the stunning, world class locales known as LITM and skinners loft in their presence. I've been to funerals that had more liveliness than those places.

barcade? eh, take it or leave it. i would imagine these chicks would be spending more time at the newport bars than newark ave anyway.

Posted on: 2012/2/14 7:37

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Re: 'Jersey Shore' Spin-Off in Jersey City

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a lot of people have been using strawman arguments such as cost of security either on the star ledger comments section or on other sites.

Posted on: 2012/2/11 12:56

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Re: 'Jersey Shore' Spin-Off in Jersey City

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Annod wrote:
Jersey City clears 'Jersey Shore' spinoff

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) ? Jersey City taxpayers won't be footing the bill for police assigned to security for the women of "Jersey Shore" and all the attention that comes with them.

New Jersey's second largest city has issued a permit to producers to film a spinoff of the reality series, featuring Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWoww" Farley. Filming is expected to begin later this month in the city's Grove Street Path neighborhood.

Police spokesman Edgar Martinez said Thursday the production company in charge of the show will pay for off-duty police officers to provide security and will pay for any additional officers if they are needed. In addition, he said, the production crew won't be taking parking spots from residents but will use pay lots.

hahaha i love this. it makes every single poster here seem like an uninformed, mouth breathing outsider neanderthal. go ahead, try and defend your positions now, all you faux jersey city insiders / BnR people.

Posted on: 2012/2/11 7:34

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Re: 'Jersey Shore' Spin-Off in Jersey City

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vindication15 wrote:
True, you know those sleazy stripper clubs which the NYC mayor got rid of? Let's bring them here!

Good for business!

What happened to those Tonnelle Prostitutes? They were good for business too!

Let's also have those legal pot shops in CA - good for business.
What else is good for business that is depraved, dirty, and considered the dregs of society? Let's show them how "friendly" we are.

There is a reason the Hoboken mayor denied them permits. It's because she knew the short term gain - boost in income in whatever restaurants they visit - will not outweigh the long term negative aspect of this...

Just think to yourself - When you think of a clean family beach to go to, how many beaches pop into your mind before Seaside Heights? Yeah..I thought so. Use your brains for a second...

The Rick Santorum caucus is that way. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Posted on: 2012/2/9 21:42

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Re: Jersey Shore coming to Jersey City?

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because it consistently gets high ratings and because the characters do a good job staying in the public eye

I really hope this comes to fruition...it'd be fun

Posted on: 2012/1/17 17:14

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Re: Greenville: Spat over TV turns violent

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maybe the fracas happened in the hallway outside the home (as opposed to inside the apartment itself).

also, keep in mind that "assault" does not have to be physical force. if the 3rd floor bf started making gestures or verbal threats towards the 4th floor residents, they could still be charged with assault.

Posted on: 2011/12/6 6:08

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Re: Stock Market: OWS has it right - You don't have a chance

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the original post was littered with inconsistencies, but i'll attack just a few of the basic ones

- the bid/ask spread is not nearly this high for the vast majority of stocks you'll ever buy. stocks maintain high liquidity (a very large number of people buying/selling at any given time). the only time you see large bid ask spreads are when there is an absence of liquidity

- companies just don't sell stocks with warrants like that all the time since it negatively impacts shareholders (especially the CEO and executives, who usually have large stock positions). they'll only do this if they really have to

- when athletes train, they hire trainers and nutrition experts to make sure they are stronger and faster than their opponents. some take illegal drugs to boost their performance even more.

this is similar to the finance industry; they hire the smartest grads, from prestigious colleges and MBA programs, and pay them large salaries so that they can have a competitive edge. sometimes, they engage in illicit activities (like insider trading), but most of what they do is legitimate. a big part of what they do is scouring the web and the newspapers looking for information that will impact stock prices TOMORROW, and acting on it TODAY in order to make a profit.

- finally, the original poster laments the fact that everyone doesn't have access to derivatives trading, swaps, etc. After watching the housing market collapse because people too stupid to be able to tie their shoes, let alone own a house, defaulted on their loans, do we REALLY want these people trading exotic derivatives? come on man

Posted on: 2011/12/3 0:39

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Re: Secret cool spots downtown?

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not downtown, but probably the coolest spot in JC is the Reservoir at Pershing Field in the Heights.

http://new.jcreservoir.org/

I think it is generally closed to the public, but there is a small gate near the corner of Summit Ave and Reservoir Ave that is unattended

google map image here

Posted on: 2011/11/28 19:15

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Re: Alternate (non-PATH) ways of travel between NYC and JC

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vagabond79 wrote:
Commuter vans sound interesting. Are these jitneys you are talking about? Or is it more organized ? Any websites to look at for schedules, routes, etc ?

Yeah the jitneys. I don't know of a website with the routes, but at night I believe they only run from NYC -> union city -> paterson. Late nights they line up outside on 42nd street between 8th and 9th aves.

During other times, you can catch them at Gate 51, and they cross the Lincoln Tunnel, go to Union City, then turn left and go down JFK Blvd and end at Journal Square. There are other routes as well that I'm not 100% sure of

Posted on: 2011/11/17 4:20

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Re: Alternate (non-PATH) ways of travel between NYC and JC

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The commuter vans run 24 hours from Port Authority to Union City (~32nd street and Bergenline). You can get off there and call a cab to go the rest of the way. One way fare for the commuter van is $2.50 I believe, plus whatever the cab from Union City to Jersey City would be (I'd guess around $20).

What I've done in the past is just park my car on Bergenline (free metered parking at night), then walk the block or so to the bus stop, take the commuter van into Manhattan, then take the commuter van back to Union City and just drive home.

Posted on: 2011/11/15 5:18

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