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Kalebxtentacion t1_j3v2jw2 wrote

Reply to comment by Newarkguy1836 in One of the city of Newarks problem by ReadProfessional5944

Yes

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DrixxYBoat t1_j3y8uck wrote

Annex as in Hillside, Elizabeth, Irvington, etc. should all be boroughs within Newark similar to how Brooklyn is a borough within NYC.

Cities like Chicago and Cleveland have similar landmass as if Newark stretched from here to Piscataway.

That's also why Chicago can have so much gun violence on one side, but be completely elitist on the other.

Imagine if Irvington was the gun violence capital of the world, but you live all the way out in Piscataway, so you don't really see it.

The only difference is that in Chicago, both of these places are still named Chicago.

Anyways yeah, Newark ought to annex other cities. The only "losers" would be the city council candidates who would find themselves out of a job.

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lilsmurf8019 t1_j49onyj wrote

Politicians losing there jobs is the main reason it will never happen.

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RationalMellow t1_j4a5sea wrote

What happened in New Jersey’s history is much different from that. There was annexation but a lot towns did break away from much larger ones and formed their own “townships,” boroughs, and villages. I’d also say they don’t take mass transit to Newark because there’s simply nothing else (besides the arena at this point) that would bring people in to the city for the purpose of mass transit use.

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