You bring up a good point! Red Bank, Atlantic Highlands, Jersey City all come to mind.

Do you know what those other states are by chance? Just curious

My great granddaughter will soon be finishing up her first year of public school in a Bergen County school district that has zero tolerance for bad behavior. Multi language monthly notices are sent home and emailed detailing the district’s strict policy, procedures and penalties. My eldest child is a high school principal and his district has expelled repeat student offenders. The evidence has been cell phone videos taken by other students. Student cell phone videos have also been used as evidence to suspend and to start the lengthy teacher termination process.

I’m originally from westchester, I personally think the schools are better but maybe I’m biased my husband is from here this happened in central NJ

Yeah that was always frustrating. Especially because you really don’t know what you owe until they weigh and ring you up, so I always had to take out way more cash than I usually would have lol

Yeah, I’ve been hearing individual stories like this from all over. I have friends in NYC/westchester area that are both parents and teachers describing similar problems in affluent districts. I haven’t heard much from Jersey folks, so I wondered if the state is a bit more immune to these problems.

Which district were your friends in? We moved from the SOMA district and I still wonder how things are going there.

Yep definitely a possibility. Stabilize your rent, add intention to socializing and if that doesn't work, do something more drastic.

I'm in Bloomfield, what are your hobbies?

I was confused for a moment trying to figure out when it became a riverside mall

I love blue hour. As a photographer/videographer, I always tell people this is the best time of day. It's better than Golden Hour.

Parking lots and sunsets/morning sun appearances are the essence of NJ.

Or a mothership landing platform?

I have a friend who pulled their kid out of a very affluent school district in NJ because their kid was being hit by another child the school did nothing about it and they wound up moving

Yeah lol, I have a problem with paying $2k+ rent to live in Newark

I live in 2 Willow South on Bloomfield. Candidly, was a mistake to move into a corporate owned "luxury" complex.

This is true and I'm hesitant to leave a more comfortable life in New Jersey on the assumption that geography will make most of the difference.

NJ has a lot of towns from before cars. They're pretty walkable. Lambertville is the classic example.

I live in East Rutherford down the street from this shot. It's actually really walkable. Bus and train are both walking distance from most of the town. When I want to go to American Dream I can take a bus to get there. It's pretty great these days TBH

I love this too. Thanks for sharing.

He's V. Roche in Whitehouse Station.

Bishop's supermarket started as a butcher shop. Their butchers are pretty good.

Edit: I started going to Roche because a farmer I buy beef from sends her cows to him. When I want lamb, I'll tell him and he'll call me a few weeks later when it's ready. I can be waiting a while if I'm asking for something out of season.

Looks like a river with that sheen. If you squint it's a painting of the Delaware or something.

This reminds me a space port before (or maybe after) an invasion. Or a deleted scene fro BladeRunner 2049

Ironically NJ probably has more walkable communities than almost every other state. There are maybe 5 states that have any cities that are actually walkable at all.

Monmouth Meats in Red Bank, Palmers Quality Meats in Neptune.

They couldn’t put in a tree? What a waste of space

Moody vibes. Great snap.

Hind and fore in bridgewater and Monmouth meats

Abomination of real estate