Eh, a construction site near me put up glass doors and considered the site locked up.

Shockingly people broke said glass doors and stole their shit. That's maybe 10 blocks from this sign

Exactly.

it is part of the canonical american (racist) lore that crime happens in cities and suburbs are safe

There’s not a whole lot to that article:

> I’m new to living in Hudson County, but I must say I’m impressed by the well-greased machine of sleaze they have built here in Jersey City after attending my first meeting of the city council on Wednesday.

> It came one day after Councilwoman Amy DeGise, part of the political royal family here, was found guilty of smashing her SUV into a bicyclist who had passed a red light in July, sending him careening off her windshield and flipping through the air, and fleeing the scene. A video shows that she didn’t even tap the brakes to see if the guy was bleeding from his ears. She sped away while he was still on the ground.

And a CCTV photo just before the collision.

More of a water cooler musing than an article, really

Dangerous or not, I'm more concerned about your commute.

I don't think she was drunk or high, I think she fled for other reasons but by not giving a reason at all Amy opens herself up to conjecture as to why she did it.

This article is paywalled for me but the fact it took her several hours to report it to the police definitely had me wondering about this.

I had to think for a minute whether it should be the other way around lol

Just do like firefighters do in an emergency when there's someone parked directly in front of a hydrant. Smash a window on both sides to get through.

People have the misconception that something expensive = quality / upscale.

They don’t realize that 2,000 a month apartment is just dropped in the repainted hood.

The keyme machines available there did not work for newport keys. So you’ll have better luck doing it at any local locksmith. There are a couple at NYC.

That or she was high

As fuck. Refuse to believe

Someones that stupid

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That or she was high as fuck. Refuse to believe someones that stupid

I think a lot of folks in this sub would say Greenville (Cator Ave's neighborhood) is a "bad area." I'm not in Greenville, but not too far away - and my perception is that it's JC's least-gentrified neighborhood, with some pockets of long-time residents who look after each other and do a nice job maintaining their property, and other pockets that are sketchy with drug / gang activity.

If you and your wife have lived in urban areas before and are comfortable with that kind of mix - yeah, consider it. Otherwise, something in the Heights, Westside, or Bergen-Lafayette might be a better fit.

honestly you shouldn’t be surprised in the suburbs either.

Where are you moving from that you think Greenville is a better option? This is a bad idea, even if you weren't commuting to LIC.

Commuting to LIC makes it an even worse idea. Via public transit it's 3+ methods of transit, when timed perfectly, is over an hour. And driving? Unless you work off hours you are driving through 5 miles of local roads to get to the Holland Tunnel, then sitting through rush hour Holland Tunnel traffic, then driving across Manhattan during rush hour, then taking another bridge.... just... no. This is the worst idea.

That listing history suggests this is a sketchy build. Bought the lot for $260,000. Listing suggests new construction. Listed mid last year for $900k, now < $500k. Investors are either taking a huge loss, or this thing is made of cardboard and a teenagers socks from under the bed.

For real! I don't get how people move here expecting something different then end up hating JC because of their own ineptitude. Not saying it's right but we don't live in a perfect world.

Port Authority cops are glorified mall cops. That is all

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What?

Report it to internal affairs

This is a terrible idea. The commute from JC to LIC is absolutely horrible, you should look on the other side of Manhattan.

Live near the Path trains or the NJ transit trains.