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Sure they are...considering that most of the retail is catered toward the low dollar figure crowd, middle-class retail is exactly what Newark needs.
Newark doesn't need the elites right away. What it needs is a larger middle class (which makes for a much more stable tax base). After that's established it is then, that the city can start wooing elite types.
I don't want Newark to turn into the Next Elite City. I'll settle for a Low Class / Middle Class city. The People who really work and not the fake elite snobs. Thats why we have Hoboken & Jersey City. They can use some chain stores , but they should be located on the side streets. They need to clean up some of there schools , but for the most part i think Newark is doing a great job. That Strip Mall on 21 is almost full and i believe there planning to build some more.
Oh boy, here we go. So people in Hoboken and Jersey City do not "really work" ? That is the funniest thing I have ever heard. Hypothetically, if somebody were to do a serious research poll, I'd be willing to bet a TON of money (thousands of dollars) that the people in Hoboken and Downtown Jersey City, on average, work more hours per week than in any other zip codes in the State of NJ.
Drive through Newark on a weekday afternoon, and you'll see plenty of people "really working" right? As in, sitting on their stoops with a big bottle o' something?
See how many people you see sitting on their stoops during a weekday afternoon in Hoboken or Downtown Jersey City. No really, that should be your next photo series.
Nexis, I appreciate your passion, but your post was WAY off.
Oh boy, here we go. So people in Hoboken and Jersey City do not "really work" ? That is the funniest thing I have ever heard. Hypothetically, if somebody were to do a serious research poll, I'd be willing to bet a TON of money (thousands of dollars) that the people in Hoboken and Downtown Jersey City, on average, work more hours per week than in any other zip codes in the State of NJ.
Drive through Newark on a weekday afternoon, and you'll see plenty of people "really working" right? As in, sitting on their stoops with a big bottle o' something?
See how many people you see sitting on their stoops during a weekday afternoon in Hoboken or Downtown Jersey City. No really, that should be your next photo series.
Nexis, I appreciate your passion, but your post was WAY off.
What i mean't by that was people come off as harder workers , ive been to the NJ Gold Coast elite and middle class sections. They don't seem to put that much work into it. + The Middle Class / Elites in Hoboken & Downtown Jersey act like the biggest snobs in NJ. Very rude have almost no time for you. I'm not saying Newark doesn't have that problem either. But it comes off different in Newark. I go to Jersey City / Hoboken alot more then Newark. Jersey City is the Modern version of Newark or future version.
Drive through Newark on a weekday afternoon, and you'll see plenty of people "really working" right? As in, sitting on their stoops with a big bottle o' something?
I don't see how it's obnoxious. It is true, though.
The same could be said for parts of JC. In the end...what does it mean anyway? (meaning: just getting back at nex4jersey for his remark, or actually believing what you posted. There is a colossal difference)
I don't see how it's obnoxious. It is true, though.
Dude, just say it. You're talking about the thugs who don't have a job and have nothing else better to do than to sit on the porch all day, looking at every single car pass by and make the neighborhood look like crap and leave the impression that is what every single person in the city is like.
And the people in Hoboken and JC are rude. I don't care how many hours they work, and in order to live there you have to work hard, they're still rude. And Hoboken and downtown JC isn't cheap. Unless you're making some real money, you can't afford to live there. I don't want Newark to be totally like that.
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Dude, just say it. You're talking about the thugs who don't have a job and have nothing else better to do than to sit on the porch all day, looking at every single car pass by and make the neighborhood look like crap and leave the impression that is what every single person in the city is like.
And the people in Hoboken and JC are rude. I don't care how many hours they work, and in order to live there you have to work hard, they're still rude. And Hoboken and downtown JC isn't cheap. Unless you're making some real money, you can't afford to live there. I don't want Newark to be totally like that.
Everybody in Hoboken and Downtown JC is rude?? Wow, I haven't noticed that, and I've lived here for quite a few years. I'm surrounded by some pretty damn nice and friendly people in my neighborhood.
Everybody in Hoboken and Downtown JC is rude?? Wow, I haven't noticed that, and I've lived here for quite a few years. I'm surrounded by some pretty damn nice and friendly people in my neighborhood.
They have no emotion, always on there tech gadgets. In Newark you didn't see alot of this. It remember me of my visit to Allentown,PA same stuff , no emotion. People in Newark aren't as spoiled , as the are in Downtown Jersey City / Hoboken. Of course your not going to admit that , but its just what most of us see when we visit the 2.
Leaving Newark
Newark Penn Station
North Jersey Coast line Train Eastbound to NYC
LOL , i didn't come out as I expected , you got a shot of my head .....LOL i had an itch as the train came.
Tell you the truth, downtown jersey city is a ghost town when I go down there. The built it up to much and now cannot rent out any of the retail space. 1180 Raymond was around 80% rented by the first year.
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