toughguy375 t1_iqqzo9w wrote
While NYC has hundreds of subway stations, NJ has 7 Path stations. Renting near one of these Path stations is getting more expensive because there's a lot of demand for easy train access into the middle of Manhattan. Obviously NJ should expand the Path, or make NJ Transit service more frequent and cheaper. It will pay for itself in increased property values.
magz__b t1_iqtmeob wrote
i never understood why i had to wait 20-40 minutes for trains on the weekend.
Painter_Ok t1_ir2w2cv wrote
Yeah, its just as bad in the outer boroughs or upper manhattan... it doesn't make sense since the regions urban areas don't really go to bed and have people going between the neighborhoods
ahtasva OP t1_iqt8of3 wrote
Expanding rail access should be top priority. Building the second tunnel to ease the bottleneck for NJT trains is another.
Cobra800089 t1_iqsfvj1 wrote
Aren't you then just exacerbating the issue of high rents and pricing people out of their neighborhoods? There will always be demand for housing with easy access to NYC. I doubt rent prices in JC would go down from expanding the path. Yes it would increase property values but it would further gentrify areas where people of low income rent and would be forced out. The solution is to build more affordable housing skyward so there is a greater supply of units available in the areas that need lower rents.
ahtasva OP t1_ira7vuj wrote
The concept is gentrification is purely performative and ultimately self defeating. It’s primarily a way for we’ll to do liberals to feel good about themselves while perpetuating the kinds of inequities that claim to hate.
There is absolutely nothing anyone can do to stop people from living where they want. If enough people with the means want something the market will find a way to provide it. Case in point is Brooklyn or Hoboken.
Why can’t progressives just say what they want? Affordable housing! If the median household income is an area is X then the median rent in that area needs to be approximately 0.3X. Simple as that. If the private market can provide that good; they can have at it. If not let the public sector take over. A city like Newark should be issuing bonds and building a 5000 units a year to keep up with demand.
Bottom line is there is no political will to house the masses. Keeping people housing insecure is a core to social experiment we are living in. Let people get comfy in decent homes and who know what else they might demand.
Cobra800089 t1_ira85w3 wrote
>Why can’t progressives just say what they want? Affordable housing!
I did say that. I literally said it was the solution.
Painter_Ok t1_ir2vrxx wrote
True, but Newark's land around the penn is still highly underdeveloped, so it can definitely add another 20 to 30k apartments in the area.
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