Great for the JC tax base since we’ve had it so easy these past years

Mini of Ramsey here as well. Great buying process Ruby King. Easy as it gets. Straight forward no nonsense. Bought CPO during very early Covid

If talking about Enos Jones park. It’s very safe. Living right on the park you will hear slow moving freight train that squeals for about ten mins long. Quite annoying. Other than that. The area and park itself are very safe

Yea not surprised to hear that about Ziggys. That guy crushes it

Ziggys downtown

I’ve lived downtown JC for 11 years now. Personally never had anything happen to me. Haven’t witnessed any significant crime or anything during my time here. I spend about half my life walking the streets with my dogs. I’ve seen a lot of weird shit, but never witnessed rampant crime per se. So yea. I’d say it’s pretty darn safe.

Intentional. That section of building extends further out from top and bottom of the building.

Just had this done with my 4 year old dog at Veterinaire. Reason so expensive is they have to sedate the dog entirely for the procedure. I can’t fully remember but I believe ours was around $800

A&M auto on 8th street next to car wash can take care of that for you. Ask for Al. He’s honest and easy to deal with. Only problem is they are usually busy with a lot of work

Terrible soil that doesn’t drain, just pools water, high season (summer) grass is under massive canopy from trees which results in thin weak rooted grass and high foot traffic.

Hurricanes/Sandy = $$$$$$$ for decades

Whole Foods

I walk by this every single morning. Always wondered how long an abandoned property can remain in such a state in this city. Seems as if there is no recourse. As a resident you just have to deal with it

The Kitchen Step

You nailed it. Perfectly said

Tacoria

Sell

Roth IRA contributions are after tax. Therefore, they will not lower your taxable income

Name the place!

Home Depot. No question

Downtown JC. No question about it for what you are looking for. Closest you can get to NYC, least car dependent part of NJ (heights, weehawken etc no go), and chill vibe to do whatever you want. Very friendly and diverse

Fulops executive order only applies to future abatements. Hence my comments about us paying the price for years (decades really) of financial mismanagement. For school tax revenues that is. Not the municipal budget which receives the PILOT revenues

And if you use PILOT program for pretty much any other development other than residential multi family properties, offices, industrial or retail tax revenues not going to school budget really has no impact since they aren’t creating additional costs by sending kids to the school like Multifamily properties. That’s unless you fall for ever developers pitch that no kids live in apartment buildings and they are just millennials wanting studio apartments

Wrong. PILOT payment is generally lower than the property tax amounts, helping to improve the net operating income of the developer and, in turn, encouraging them to enhance the property and raise its fair value. The municipalities also benefit as these payments received go directly to the municipality and do not have to be shared with other local taxes (school, local, etc.), although 5% of the payments received go directly to the county budgets. You’ve diverted tax dollars away from school tax revenues. And lower payment as a whole.

Yes. PILOT program and tax abatements of the past have screwed us for the future. Of course elections matter but Unfortunatley no matter who you vote in, you can’t undue past mistakes that will plague this city for many years