Yea, but that’s looking at it in a meteorological standpoint as opposed to a climatology standpoint: one cold snap or one snowstorm doesn’t change trends. Meteorology focuses on short term scale versus the latter focusing on a more long term scale and progress. There’s has been a of Trend of warming and we’ll see once La Niña cycles finish up (hopefully) whether we will revert back. If it remains in a more La Niña cycle indefinitely, then there climatological factors at play in other regions that end up affecting us here.

In general, even 10 years ago I remember far snowier winters guided by day drinking in college, building massive snowmen, dinning hall tray sledding, and all that, while now, I mostly see grass or if it snows, it’s gone real quick.

Per person?

Look no farther than Toms River

Yeah it’s not bad, there’s another place nearby in the Morgan section of Sayreville on rt 35, Taco Stop, it’s pretty good too.

> the person that just wants to let everyone else do their own thing if its not hurting anyone

That's why I love

> Middlesex

I think I identify as "Central Jersey" more than anything else. And seeing as some parts of NJ are very different, and that certain people (not in this thread, in other places on the web and in print) have come up with multiple "NJ identities" - none of which I really identify with - I can't say I "identify" as a New Jerseyan, neither on a superficial nor on a personal level...

...at least not more than I identify as an American, which I do, in an idealist sense (y'know, the stuff they taught us in elementary school about freedom and equality and all that). Probably comes from being an immigrant who came here at that age.

I'd try getting a quote from NJ Manufacturers Insurance, or if it's available to you, Navy Federal.

This is.. so right.

I'm cool with most commercial and recreational projects being built on brownfields, but I strongly question any dwellings. Down the way, by where I used to live in Somerville, they also built apartments called Parc View (or something like that) on an old EPA site that used to manufacture airplanes for WWII. When we bought our house near this site, we had the ground tested to be sure.

Where I used to live in Marlboro, another such site (and much bigger) known as Burnt Fly Bog was extremely contaminated, with reports of cancer and other ailments coming from residents of near that site. I wouldn't be surprised to hear in 20-40 years, hearing of an uptick of cancer from select apartments built on or near these sites.

2016 Honda HRV

What are you driving?

I meann it’s now $209 a month and I’m 28M. $1k deductible, Idk how much more minimal I can get

The rate increase for NJ is based on people only carrying the minimal amounts of coverage, so either they're full of shit or you were underinsured anyway.

A year and a half after my last accident (which wasn’t even in Jersey). Even with their big brother app spying on my driving, I’m STILL getting a $40 increase per month on my premium… so much for that 15% bullshit

"Most important?" lol

Unfortunately, Dark City is no longer amongst us, but Kane is an awesome tour and facility to check out.

Your dad was right!

You'll get by. You won't live somewhere nice. You won't eat takeout every night. You won't have much money for going out. But you'll be comfortable. Rent will be paid. Food will be on the table. I lived in Jersey for most of my life on much less than that.

It is interesting for me because most of my friends who grew up in more rural parts of NJ tend to fall in this camp where it is more of a Northeast type pride. While many of my friends who live in parts of the state close to NYC are very prideful of being NJ.

If I’m out of the country I tell people I’m American because most people I’ve encountered from other countries don’t know where NJ is. I usually will follow that question with next to NYC. But as a whole I associate more with NJ or the North East US.

Same. On a walk right now outside. Gorgeous. Expect one tomorrow as well.

have you seen some parts of the US??!? it’s wild out there. definitely NJ!

I hate the winter so this has been fine for me personallu. That being said, I know that this is very concrete evidence of how absolutely fucked the climate is. Do I love that it's 50 degrees in Hudson County today? Yes. Is it evidence that we are so completely fucked? Also yes.

> Is it actually cleaned, or is the whole thing sealed in an impermeable membrane and paved over?

If you read the superfund documents for most sites, it's the latter.

NJ couldn't even get the Passaic River cleanup right. They're dredging about half of the contaminated soil and then dumping some clean soil on top, instead of just removing all of the poisonous muck altogether.

Where do they move the trash from the landfills to?

Thank you