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I.e. Internet keyboard warriors circlejerking about Fireman.

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> worked with developers to build thousands of units of new housing around the PATH as NYC rents continue to skyrocket.

Dunno if you've paid any attention, but Jersey City rents in those buildings aren't any lower than they are in Manhattan.

Wow. How plausible.

There are solutions. Build a higher bridge or ban boat traffic that high.

Neither are exceptionally desirable solutions, but they are solutions.

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You do realize "Eminent Domain" isn't stealing, the state would have to pay market price for that land? That's why we don't have parks in every privately owned vacant lot. Money.

>The land portion of a property tax is impossible to pass down to renters because the supply of land is fixed. Only the building portion gets passed down.

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. You can charge whatever the market will bear on unregulated housing. You can also structure it however you want. I found including free heat and laundry in the rent was hurting me in the search algorithms, so I broke it out into a fixed surcharge and lowered the rent. Separate water charges are common in some areas of the country. I don't see a legal reason a landlord can't simply break out the tenant portion of the tax and call it a separate charge if they like, and lower the 'rent' charge.

>I wonder what the median value of a property in this metro is?

You seem oddly helpless for an admirer of a numbers wonk.

https://www.redfin.com/graphs/image/regional-housing-market/home_prices/9168/6/All/0/1

The B team? Try the Z team.

It was where dreams go to die. Who wants to stand on a black top parking lot in 100 degree weather to eat overpriced grease and hang by yourself. No atmosphere. Ever.

Give us more of the inside scoop Jahooodie. What else do you know?

Yes.

Yea not going to lie. Housing and infrastructure are issues that NJ can win BIG on. Those are his big strengths and he has a proven track record there. Sure, he’s not perfect. But given the NJ political scene, I may have resigned myself to politicians that have their vices.

Gotta be honest… don’t care.

Not sure if we got the B-team but the lines were insane and the cost was astronomical.

You're right this will never happen but the petition isn't about feasibility. It's about two things: 1) showing that there is diverse community resistance to Fireman's plans to privatize LSP; and 2) if he really wanted to build a resource for the community, he could do so overnight on his own land.

He's a billionaire with immeasurable wealth and vast real estate holdings. Instead, he devotes his time and energy trying to take away land from the people of NJ. I can't think of a better fight to fight, even if it is quixotic tilting at windmills.

You say that as if there’s a solution lmao

I posted in the main NJ subreddit but feel free to share far and wide, especially on social media.

Excellent news on this front. You really do feel the lack of parks up there, especially when you have small children.

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We all do a lot of dumb things in our 20s that we don't repeat in our 30s. The best thing to come out of any Smorgasbar is the Corn Kid.

> Almost certainly not. Pretty sure the Lutze was named after the grandfather of the CEO of Mack-Cali, who was forced out by a new board and is no longer the CEO.

Ah, that certainly won't happen then, but they could call it "shitty place to have a drink" and I would still go every nice night in the summer. In fact, I hope they re-name it to that so people who don't know stay away.

Excellent news!! Journal Square really needs this green space.

You should share this in the NJ subreddit and other local towns’ subreddits! It would be such poetic justice if this happened.

Paul Fireman: We need active recreation! So let’s use eminent domain to give me part of LSP so I can expand my members-only golf course!

New Jersey: Hmm, if you care so much about recreation for the general public, then why don’t we just eminent domain your golf course and add it to LSP? If you really mean what you say about being so passionate about it, we’re sure you won’t mind!

Paul Fireman: * surprised Pikachu facial expression *

I mean, yeah, it crosses over a river with active barge traffic.

Surely there’s a better action to put energy into than something that would never happen. This is an easy way for opposition to Fireman to lose credibility.

Didn’t the owner get appointed to the bench in the District of NJ or something?