Recent comments in /f/jerseycity

Direct_Ad18 t1_j9329xp wrote

You seriously have a 50 row spreadsheet of buildings? I really think you're overthinking this. Just pick one. You're moving into a luxury building in a premium neighborhood and spending over $5k per month, how bad do you think it will be? Plus that's the beauty of renting. If you don't like it, you can move in a year.

Also, someone may love a building, and you pick it and then might just have bad luck. I've dealt with really loud neighbors, a gym upgrade closing the gym in my building for 4 months, and multiple fire alarms in one month due to a "system malfunction" in otherwise what I'd call a great apartment.

I've dealt with all of these all things in all different apartment buildings downtown, some of which are mentioned here. That is sort of par for the course with apartment living.... I wouldn't rely on someone's individual experience because shit can happen anytime. I would just pick the one you like the most and stop overthinking.

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Jctexan OP t1_j92t46w wrote

Yeah, you might be right…it’s entirely possible, but it’s not the case from what I understood. The councilman (elected by the constituents who live in the area) voted against it based on community input and had been attempting to negotiate with the developer but got outvoted by other wards’ councilpersons.

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Loganite2dot0 OP t1_j92rqpl wrote

yup, exactly...because I read SO many posts and comments before posting, I tried to do what most commenters complained was missing. But there's no pleasing the internet.

I know its Reddit...but sheesh people just have to comment, don't they? I tried to make it abundantly clear I was just looking for building names that come to mind quickly and nothing else and no extra effort on anyone's part. I also tried to make it very easy to ignore and move on with my intro...oh well.

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Loganite2dot0 OP t1_j92r8t5 wrote

Yea we've looked into a good amount (honestly too many to list here or I would've) but I'm at the point where I'm looking to understand and avoid the things you can't find online or a tour.

e.g., elevators down more than up, noise between units, general vibe of common spaces (e.g., actually kid-friendly or not).

I've read plenty of reviews but complaints surface in reviews way more than volunteered positive info. So I figured I'd see if anyone here would volunteer a positive review that they might not have thought or cared to do on google, etc.

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