Only if I get to be like a normal dude, fuck starfleet. Overachievers. Replicate me some beer and let me do fuck all.

He had the choice of a living wage with healthcare and stable housing? You sure about that?

Because median household income in Newark is $41k, or about $20 an hour. Median per capita income is $22k. Most people are making minimum wage ($14/hour) and you know that doesn't include health coverage. And half of people make less than that.

So yeah, I can completely understand why and how people get into situations where they make bad decisions. When the choice is being evicted, starving, dying without insulin, and robbing someone, I see why that last choice can seem like the only option.

But hey, YOU are doing great in life, so fuck him I guess.

What good does a temp agency do when you are diabetic? He needs health insurance, not a minimum wage call center job.

I guarantee if he had the choice of a stable job with a living wage, healthcare, and housing vs. stealing he would do the former.

So instead of committing crime, he should commit crime. Got it.

What was he supposed to do instead? Let me guess, "get a job"? Which would be so easy for him given his record.

It's almost as if the system was not designed to rehabilitate people but just to punish them. Dude needed money, has a medical condition, and a felony record. What the hell was he supposed to do?

Logan dies and chooses skarsgaard instead of his kids? Somewhat predictable but logan will never transfer power while he is alive.

Mistimed lights make it worse because drivers run red lights more often and block intersections. If you've ever driven in the city the lights are timed on the avenues to keep you going 30mph. Going faster means you run into a red light so there is no reason to go faster. If there isn't a ton of volume you can easily ride green lights for 20-30 blocks if not more.

Last I heard, which admittedly was a while ago, is that a South St station is pretty much a no go because there isn't enough room for a platform given that 21 is a county road and not owned by the city.

This is very optimistic in my opinion. Waiting for bags is gonna kill it. I'd personally just plan on taking my time and shooting for the next bus rather than stressing and rushing around.

He didn't say charge them rent. He said give them housing. This works and is cheaper to society than leaving them on the street.

Most homeless are temporarily homeless. It is very hard to get a job without an address, clean clothes, and a shower every day.

I would love it too but ideally it would be under Market Street, which is likely way too expensive.

> The lady who is upset is a planning lawyer who makes her living working for the township of Wayne. Probably owns property nearby and is upset that she won’t be able to find parking as easily. Talk about fair and balanced perspectives in reporting.

She does but she doesn't care about parking. I don't think she offers many good solutions, but there are very legitimate arguments that the city gives in too much to developers. For example 55 Union is not contributing anything to improve infrastructure in the direct neighborhood (which floods easily). They were granted variances on setbacks and their building goes practically right up to the street. They have a tax abatement so will not be contributing to the schools their kids will be going to.

And say what you will but she attends city meetings and makes her voice heard. Do you?

If you have small children they will enjoy it most likely. Everyone drives at like 2mph so they can be unbuckled and jump around the car looking at things.

Maybe I am cynical but if you are an adult only group make sure you bring a good attitude and are ready to act silly because it's not exactly the most impressive thing in the world..

They line up so they are first in and can be up against the barricade.

It would have to get more local there as there is obviously a lot of non-residential/industrial land in the ironbound that will bring the measure down.

Downtown Newark doesn't have that excuse though, it's just parking lots.

Average population density is not a good measure. You need to look at it by zip code really. Downtown Newark is ~11k. Downtown Jersey City is almost 21k (twice as much). Philadelphia city center is ~30k.

For reference, the UES has zip codes of 100k+ people.

If the owners of that 7-11 consistently bothered the Newark PD to handle it, they likely would. They didn't want to.

Bottom line is that is a shitty spot for a 7-11. Would be better for a third wave coffee shop that actually cares about quality food.

The waterfront is cutoff by highways (21) or major roads (raymond) with heavy truck traffic. I don't see this city becoming pedestrian friendly in my lifetime.

Shaq 2 was built practically right up to the road with no setback. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled it's happening, but Newark and NJ in general prioritizes car traffic over everything else.

Either way, we are very far from the required density for the city to feel alive.

The same 2-3 people own all the empty lots and are land banking them until they hit some unknown level of value.

It is more often than not more expensive to restore an old structure like that. Plus they can make it bigger.

To put it simply, no. Maybe if you had 6 hours.

It doesn't, but the commute to midtown and definitely downtown faster from the ironbound than from above 125th st. Depends where you are going though obv.

On buses people would stand during rush hour pre-pandemic as well, both in to and out of the city.

Because 2100 vs 2400 is relatively competitive with each other? The buildings have different locations and amenities, prices will vary.

In a year there will be almost a thousand new apartments basically across the street from Penn Station in Newark. If you can last till then I'd suggest it.

Rents will be competitive with the Hahnes building, 1180, and One Theater Square, which look to have studios at around 2,100/month.