skoomski t1_jdyu494 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:38 AM

Reply to comment by WastedPotenti4I in NJ takes over Paterson police after crisis worker's shooting by drkgodess

I moved in about 7 years ago and the common thing I noticed is empty ruins of factories and rundown docks too in the case of Newark. These use to be decent jobs but they been gone for a while and I don’t think they are coming back to be honest. Similar to Philly. That my antidotal opinion anyhow.

WastedPotenti4I t1_jdyukyy wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:43 AM

Yeah. In the past few years some of those old factories have been updated and turned into art installations/galleries. Not viable for the entire city area but doing something with the space nonetheless. What they’ll do with the rest of the abandoned buildings is beyond me.

[deleted] t1_je0ehwi wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:50 PM

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___deleted- t1_je14m2t wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:36 PM

Some of the ruins are hazmat sites.

They were renovating one factory for housing and discovered it was once a thermometer factory and was totally contaminated by mercury.