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It is planned to go up this year again because of state aid for schools being phased out. I'm pretty sure this is the last year of it.

If your in JC and take public transport then go to Manhattan…. Like 5 of the best hospitals in the nation are a few miles away. New York Presbyterian is like 24 mins by path and is like #6 or #7 in the country.

in 2022 the council didn't pass a budget until October, so you've got some time to wait in suspense.

Is demanding a source supposed to deflect from you being a moron?

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Most people would rather have the homes in their neighborhood occupied by the owner instead of a revolving door of renters. When you buy a property with no plans to actually live there you’re just sucking up the housing supply simply to profit while making it more difficult for buyers who want to own a home to live in. Blatant greed can make people a little grumpy.

Also not for nothing but your post history shows you saying you moved here from India for work and you live in a downtown apartment rent free? Seems like you’re trying to imply you were born and raised here by referencing your family being here for 40 years which is pretty disingenuous.

Source please on low voter turnout? Also, hating downtown is not a personality

I'm joining the zoom meeting tonight

You're welcome. I hadn't until I got an email about it yesterday.

10 miles of hard road.

Keep wondering why a community full of transient renters results in poor voter turn out. You’ll figure it out eventually (don’t hurt yourself thinking too hard)

Thanks for posting... hadn't heard about this. Will try to make the workshop on 3/2.

Talking about mom and pop investors, not the luxury builders, no idea about their economics

In general it’s pretty tough to make a good rate of return on strictly investment properties in Jersey city. Especially in this interest rate environment

Have you been to the Englewood one recently? I've been hearing not the best about it in more recent times but never been there. I appreciate you sharing your experience with the two hospitals.

But will they take the time to register to vote in JC? Then show up for elections?

Broken bones are pretty easy fix, can be serious but I'm just saying. I 100% know what you mean tho. I'm trying to find specialist to go to instead of the hospital but the wait for some of them is crazy. I'm glad your son got treated fast & you found a solution.

Makes sense. It sucks cause if they had maybe bigger hospital and more staff they would be amazing

Sorry for your loss! Another thing to keep in mind OP is getting a good doctor. Experience and bedside manner counts. My primary and my specialist(for the cancer scare) listened to my concerns and pushed when necessary when I was stubborn and scared. Also, both weren't quick to push meds on me...which too many doctors do.

Makes no sense; even folks in luxury housing want a functional 911 call center, but keep grinding that axe

Sorry to see you get so many downvotes on your reply to my question. I know you're a regular in this sub & hope you can get some useful intel.

I don't have any specific advice about rents / math to make that kind of investment work, or not.

I've lived a few blocks north of Communipaw near West Side for many years. My little pocket of the neighborhood has always felt very safe. I'm not on the streets south of Communipaw every day, but my take is it's more block-by-block: some good spots with folks looking out for each other; some spots with drug deals & shady stuff going on.

My guess is that over the next 10+ years there will be more investment in properties within walking distance of the West Side light rail station. The place you're looking to buy isn't super close to Bayfront - but businesses all along Westside should get a boost from that development.

This is just one personal anecdote, but my son broke his wrist last spring running around in the park after dark. At first he insisted he was fine, so we didn't end up going to the JCMC emergency room until after midnight. Being late, it wasn't too crowded, but they also didn't seem to be all that well-staffed. And someone came in with a gunshot wound and someone else came into the waiting room in labor, so we weren't the priority.

At 4AM I decided my kid needed some sleep, so we went home and went to urgent care in the morning. They wrapped him up and sent him to an orthopedist in the suburbs who put him in a cast, all in less time than we sat in the waiting room at JCMC.

So, moral of the story is less that JCMC is bad, and more that, don't go to the emergency room unless it's life-and-death. Odds are you're going to get better care and faster from urgent care.

Maybe things have changed in the past few years, but Christ was always chronically understaffed. I had to take my kid there for a severe flu, and while the nurses gave him an IV to hydrate him, he was there for two days and nights and we saw a doctor for maybe a grand total of fifteen minutes. They had one pediatrician who was stretched between pediatrics, maternity, and the ER. Which meant if he was delivering a baby, the emergency room would have to wait and vice versa.

Yeah we could all tell you don’t live down there