As big advocates for legalization, and I'm sure with plans to be a pillar of that economic activity going forward, it makes sense for him to do this and play the game as the state has laid it out.

It's more lip service nonsense. Sounds touchy Feely and nice in theory, in reality it's more inept corrupt and slow government bureaucracy.

they are really missing that revenue from pot arrests

This is so fucking stupid. All the crap going on and he puts his energy into this silly shit.

The people putting up all these new units would rather them sit empty and wait for the right clientele than bring down rent. I don’t think this is just a problem in this area either.

Agreed

Its both. You used to be able to get high quality food at affordable prices. Now you can get still get high quality food, but at MUCH higher prices. Also, lower quality places are matching the price increases. Before I used to tell people to come to Newark all the time for food. Now theyre better off going to NYC. Theyll pay the same but have much more choices and its less of a gamble that the place wont be closed at 7pm randomly

Also, why shouldn't small shops be allowed to sell some weed? They can sell cigarettes, and in some states they can sell liquor

I’m confused if we are talking about quality or price b/c everyone is jumping around. The chefs and service in Fornos is unreal and worth every penny few times as year. Otherwise go to McDonald’s dollar menu like a pleb idk what to tell you

Can we stop calling him the "Hip Hop Councilman" in every headline? He is just a councilman now.

What a joke. Speed up the licensing process if you're concerned about shops doing this.

Yeah the average sticker price takes into the crazy outliers prices in NYC. You can find cheaper apartments uptown or downtown manhattan.

Do you not see the issue with that? I noted that i'll more likely than not be okay due to my income but I am above the median.

>75 percent of Newark are renters.

That is too high, owning a home is biggest wealth tool for americans. Newarkers effectively cannot build wealth with homes. What else can they do?

That is what I am saying! I know I was not clear but I am scared. The city is 75% renters, this is scary, people do not build equity into their homes which is the best wealth builder.

Yup mcwhorter was 7 dollars for like at least ten years and then in the last two years it’s shot up to 10 dollars while the portions and quality of everything has dipped.

If you browse the photos on google maps, it crazy to see the change in prices in 5 years. You used to get a half chicken and the full bag of fries for under $10

Yup and what is available is overpriced and usually served with half a plate of frozen french fries lol. Such an overrated dining neighborhood

Youre absolutely right. My gf is vegetarian and in all the ironbound theres like 2 places we can go to lol. Zero diversity of food.

For real it looks like a run down hotel

It looks better than the previous design and the same size as the previous design so hopefully this time they get going and do it. It holds the street wall and wraps the corner very well.

But it never looks better

Man you have not eaten in the heights, Chinatown, hell I can even point you to places in ritzy areas of Manhattan with great food at affordable prices. You gotta get out more.

I don’t think there’s a legal definition of a chicken shack but if you have one available you’d like to share please do. I refer to chicken shacks as hole in the wall places that sell a lot of…chicken. Therefore mcwhorter fits the bill.

I said excepting chicken shacks (mcwhorter) and burger places (Krugs) and then you then named a place with barely any options under twenty dollars and bluebird which I’ll concede was a good call. My point being there isn’t much in the ironbound that isn’t a chicken shack or burger place that has decent food for under 20 dollars, even places like mcwhorter are like 75 percent frozen fries and rice. Not exactly something I want to eat on a regular basis.

>I can throw a rock in any direction in Manhattan (especially lower and upper manhattan) and find quality restaurants that are priced well below 20 dollars. Why is 20 unreasonable? Costs here are certainly lower than Manhattan so what’s with the upcharging here?

Because the places that have the absolute rock bottom prices for food, fast food, are still charging something close to $10 for a meal. Real restaurants pay considerably more for food and put more effort into it. That's why you only find cheap food at places that can apply economy of scale.

>Why don’t most people at mcwhorters order the pork chops then? Why do they grill whole chickens endlessly all day?

Because that's what they like and what's cheap? Do you know what a chicken shack is? It's not a place that happens to sell a lot of chicken.

>You asked me what I consider to be not overpriced, I’m not moving the goal posts I’m just pointing out the exception here certainly proves the rule.

No, you asked for me places. I provided places. You then bitched about there only being provided four during a workday when you never mentioned a number.

I was really hoping that pathmark would turn onto a ShopRite but alas ; I was disappointed.