Italian Cheeseburgers (Newark, Irvington, Union: home, restaurant, moving to) - Page 7 - City-Data Forum

EB2 · 01-13-2009, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mike0421

WTF?? An arson? Were you and your mom the only victims, or did other adjacent dwellings suffer comparable damage?

Well, my side didn't burn - but we have severe smoke/water damage as a result of the fire and water from the firefighters (took 18 firefighters 15 minutes to contain the fire on my neighbors side - her side is completely wrecked and charred. Even her ceiling fan melted. The fire started in her closet. She [neighbor] said she had tried to put a light bulb in a few days prior, and the bulb exploded in her hand - she didn't try again. My landlord also installed a hot water heater [her side], because he didn't want to pay the plumber the 2k that they wanted. Landlord had an "electrician" [I wasn't home] come and "update" the circuits, but it's hard to say if the electrician was certified, so my landlord may not even have permits to pull. Plus, according to someone I spoke to, he was supposed to have some sort of electrician/inspector come in and check the job that the previous electrician did, to make sure the house wasn't overloaded. If it's electric, my landlord is in a tub full of trouble.)

ImCurlybelle · 01-13-2009, 02:44 PM

Never heard of it, but the pictures are nasty.

EB2 · 01-13-2009, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by njmike

I can see her point. That's why my mother moved from NJ to Arizona--the weather got to her.

Yeah...it's 57 today, and she's bundled up, and I have the door open [separate room] - because I'm hot.

Mom is considering a move out of the state in the near future, though.

njmike · 01-13-2009, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by EB2

Yeah...it's 57 today, and she's bundled up, and I have the door open [separate room] - because I'm hot.

Mom is considering a move out of the state in the near future, though.

My mother also wanted to get away from her ragweed related hayfever but now she's alergic to the olive trees on her property.

If the damage is the landlord's fault, hopefully you'll have some recourse.

mike0421 · 01-13-2009, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by EB2

I've asked her before. I'm 99% positive she'd love NJ (she had a negative outlook on it, like most, until I showed her how gorgeous much of the state is - through my own pictures, and others pictures, and came back with stories of people [like the owner of the hotel, as well as one of her staff members, pretty much taking me under their wings as if I were their own child]) - but, unfortunately, absolutely hates the cold/snow (whereas I'm completely opposite). That's part of the reason we left Michigan, actually.

I can see her point as well. Probably the single greatest deterrent for me to ever move back to NJ is the weather, enduring it from October to the end of March. I find it to be a pointless exercise.

EB2 · 01-13-2009, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by njmike

My mother also wanted to get away from her ragweed related hayfever but now she's alergic to the olive trees on her property.

If the damage is the landlord's fault, hopefully you'll have some recourse.

My mom's growing tired of the brutal summers, the "FL" way of life, a lot of the people (whoever said New Jerseyans were rude obviously hasn't spent much time in FL - when you get away from all of the touristy people, there are some major shisters here - such as landlords not wanting to fix anything at all - and being able to get away with it, amongst other things [out of the 2 landlords we've had since we've lived here, both have been horrible. This past landlord, is a really nice guy. Landlord wise? Not so much]). I think if NJ didn't get cold, she'd move with me in a heartbeat.

EB2 · 01-13-2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by mike0421

I can see her point as well. Probably the single greatest deterrent for me to ever move back to NJ is the weather, enduring it from October to the end of March. I find it to be a pointless exercise.

A lot of people just can't do it.

STrapani1105 · 01-13-2009, 03:16 PM

you know what's really good? french fries on pizza

Nauticadon · 01-13-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jerseyt719

I know where you are. I lived in Early Branch and on Lady's Island for a bit. Charleston is nice. I liked to go there.

But you're right, you will NOT find any pizza there. I never did.

There's plenty of pizza here..............if you consider Papa John's and Dominoes as pizza.

Nauticadon · 01-13-2009, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by zas

Maybe it is a Newark (vailsburg) thing. I went to Sacred Heart went to the same pizza place that Nauticadon on S. Orange Ave after school... a pizza burger is a burger with pizza toppings and a Italian cheeseburger is a cheeseburger with alot of fries and alot of ketup on top.... the best...

All this time I thought it was a Jersey thing when really it was just a local thing.