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But you know, you can just use the JC library system.

Last time I did it Parking Authority gave me a phone number to call (I think you just call Parking Authority? Can't remember for sure). So if that happens just call them, they'll try to contact the owner of the vehicle to move it and/or ticket them.

To be fair I had no problems with this, people either avoided parking there or they just kind of idled temporarily before the moving truck came by.

Yeah I was going to say the same thing. I cross 12th/14th most weekdays so I purposely cross on the side where cars stop (so in your example the west side of Grove St when crossing 12th St).

Even then it's not perfect, on rush hour days when NJ drivers can't figure out how to stop their car behind the light pedestrians still end up playing real life frogger just to cross. In those cases I just walk in the middle of the street & try to keep myself visible in the sea of traffic. Usually the north/south bound cars can't move much anyway since they're being blocked by other cars.

The other thing I do is always cross in front of cars, never behind them. Better chance that drivers at least see you in front of them. Too many idiots will randomly start backing up when they stopped their car past the light & don't look for pedestrians behind them.

> Its an older apartement building though, i dont know if it makes the work harder

Depends on the building but it might make it easier depending on the door and lock.

Funny enough, years back when I lived in an older rent stabilized building in Queens my roommate locked herself out & everyone else was out of town. So she called a locksmith (paid something like $175 upfront) - Apparently the locksmith used a plastic bottle & opened the door in a few seconds. I never got around to practicing that trick but if you google around there's lots of youtube videos on that. Depending on the type of door you have that could be worth a try.

> Did you leave it dripping?

That same thread you linked has multiple people pointing out that dripping the the faucet will still lead to frozen pipes.

Sounds like that would help with preventing the pipes from bursting but hopefully OP does not have that issue (I guess they'll know one the water isn't frozen anymore).

Yeah you're right, after I commented I remembered the work seems to be moving along the entire street downtown. I think I only really started paying attention when the work approached Jersey Ave.

Earlier this AM saw Spiniello tearing up more of York Street I think towards Marin Blvd & putting up fresh No Parking signs in that area.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding their work but it definitely feels like relining pipes like they're doing takes way way longer vs just replacing entirely. And they dig up the street either way.

If it is Spiniello be prepared for close to a year's worth of street work. Basically what York Street has been going through for the last ~9 months or so. I think Erie St & 2nd St has had the same thing going on.

Yes of course it'll go up again this year.

On the upside the 2023-2024 school year might be the last year that NJ cuts state aid to JC? According to https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/03/685-million-slashed-from-jersey-city-state-school-aid-while-bayonne-sees-12-million-boost.html

> Jersey City at its peak received $418.7 million in state aid for the 2016-2017 school year, but a seven-years state austerity plan that put the onus on city taxpayers to fully fund their schools began with an $8.4 million cut in aid for the 2017-2018 school year.

So if that's accurate there won't be a state cut in school aid for the 2024-2025 school year. Of course this is the JC BOE we're talking about, they'll just raise spending anyway & increase taxes in the process.

Not sure if it's the "best" but you can try Hotpads, I've seen room rentals on there.

It's been like this pretty much every day this week. Usually this type of gridlock doesn't happen every day so I'm assuming at least some of this is holiday traffic related.

I don't drive or own a car, fortunately/unfortunately I'm the lucky pedestrian that has to walk through the gridlock of NJ drivers that can't be bothered to stop behind crosswalks. At least I don't have to sit & wait in traffic but wow, NJ drivers are terrible.

AFAIK there are still clothing drop offs behind the St Lucy's shelter on 16th St & Grove St.

Also for whoever keeps dumping their crap by the old Salvation Army on Erie St & 14th St: SALVATION ARMY IS CLOSED PERMANENTLY For real that area has become a strange dumping ground for people that can't figure out that Salvation Army is gone.

I regularly walk on 16th street past the shelter & rarely see any cats towards there. If there's a colony it must be mainly on that Grove St block closer to 15th St, or maybe they just try to avoid all the truck traffic on 16th St / 14th St.

Never had that happen at Grove St, or the various Manhattan PATH stations. Might be JSQ specific? Or you somehow have a bad Smartlink card?

I do keep a pay-per-ride Metrocard on me but it's rare that I use it on PATH. Most recent experience was one time I went to tap my Smartlink Card & it somehow slipped out & flew across the turnstile into the PATH station LOL. Ended up swiping in with the Metrocard that night.

Is the job no longer attractive once you factor in the car/parking costs? You're also talking about insurance, gas, maintenance, etc. That's the math you should be doing, if the job is still attractive after all that then you're free & clear to use the nearest garage.

Years back while I was in Manhattan I juggled with a job opportunity in Long Island & would have needed to buy/park a car for a reverse commute. But after doing the math it seemed more like a pay cut vs then current no-car-required job so I didn't go for it.

Just something to think about.

EDIT: If you're curious in the Van Vorst area most/all of the street parking is already taken by the time I get back home from work. Plus you're also going against all the work from home types that only need to move their car for street cleaning.. ironically you probably have an easier time with street parking if you're work from home.

20% seems high unless the LL is also trying to account for the next tax hike in 2023. But school & city taxes did indeed go up (school in Q3, city in Q4), you can check the taxes site.

My own rental looks like around 11% overall tax increase. I'm expecting to be priced out & move in the next 1-2 years. (I'm not in any sort of "luxury" building, those renters probably have higher increases)

ACME / Shoprite / Stop & Shop have Coinstar machines.

You could try the covid test site in the ACME parking lot on Marin Blvd. They seem to advertise covid tests for travel so maybe it'll work (obvs won't be free). I've never needed to use them myself so can't say how well it works out.

Depends where you are. I'd say the further south of JSQ area & away from light rail the more likely that you'll want a car.

Personally I'm used to walking everywhere & never owned a car in JC or NYC.

Just leave your car parked wherever you're staying in Jersey City, then take the PATH train to 33rd St in New York.

If you're staying somewhere else in New Jersey then better for /r/NewJersey, most likely you can just drive to your nearest NJ Transit station & take the train to Penn Station.

Well.. lots of the footage in the movie is in Jersey City so you've got to give them that. The first 20-30 seconds alone is all shot in Jersey City.

But yes, technically the movie is in Tromaville haha.

> Do i need to get two different ones for path and then the subway in nyc

Yes.

https://www.pathsmartlinkcard.com/fares.html

https://new.mta.info/fares

> but i have no clue what to do for my first week atleast!

If you just need a stopgap, e.g. don't want to buy unlimited passes just yet, you could instead opt to buy a pay-per-ride MTA metrocard. Those work on both PATH and MTA NYC subway, each system just deducts their fare from the card. Currently they each charge $2.75 per ride so I guess you'd need to load at least $11 for a round trip using both PATH/subway for a day.

Haven't needed to do this in a while but normally I'd just find the nearest dry cleaner & get pants hemmed there. Pretty much any dry cleaner does that sort of work.