Most people are convinced that this doesn’t matter anymore.

PSA?

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I live downtown, and work at Rutgers in University Heights, and I don’t go to my office because it’s a pandemic, and I know my employer doesn’t care about me. But that puts me downtown more than usual. But it’s a pandemic so I’m not socializing, and getting takeout doesn’t put you on the street for long.

Correct. I don’t notice a foot traffic difference. Most of the downtown workers always had cafeterias in the buildings and drive in and out and never walk around for lunch.

Prior to remote work being a thing, this was an issue. You saw a good amount outside when the weather was nice, specifically east of Broad and maybe further up Broad by the newer Prudential tower, but for the most part they were in the Gateway, Penn Station or they drove in and out.

Many buildings downtown don't produce foot traffic due to the set up.

To all of the people citing work from home, I would say it wasn’t a whole lot different in 2019. There was barely anyone walking around then either.

IDK about downtown but I will say the area around Newark Penn station parking wise Monday through Friday is as busy as pre COVID. Makes me miss 2020/2021 when I could show up half an hour before my start time and get a parking spot. Now I'm back to playing parking wars

My company’s HQ is in downtown Newark and everyone in my division has been fully remote since the pandemic started, Save an occasional seminar or all hands meeting, and for 1-2 “community days” a month where they encourage people to attend in person and schedule team meetings for.

It’s a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy as well since companies have scaled back their in-person amenities as well since the pandemic started. Our company removed the water coolers and emptied out all supplies and appliances (printers, coffee machines, refrigerators, microwaves, tables/chairs, etc) from our break rooms on each floor, and the onsite IT and facilities teams are a skeleton crew at best with limited hours. Our company cafeteria is also being converted to additional meeting space/facilities.

All of this makes sense since there isn’t nearly enough people onsite to justify a normal coverage presence, but it also makes coming back to the office more frequently a harder sell to people as a result.

I talked to someone that works for Prudential the other week. He said they just have to come in once a week. So I'd imagine Monday and Friday the office is damn near empty, and Tue-Thu that have about a third of their normal staff.

If its off the streets, Yes https://www.phila.gov/2018-08-20-philly-wildlife-red-eared-sliders-from-cute-pet-to-invasive-species/

My bestie who works downtown has been remote since the pandemic and starting two months ago has to come in 3 days a month lol

I drive into Newark for work Tue thru Thur. Many of my co-workers come in one or two days. My 3-day requirement seems extreme compared to others

Many are still working remotely.

The Panasonic building never produced foot traffic. It was deliberately set back from the street and gated off to separate it from the city.

It’s an embarrassing very recent example of fear based architecture.

Many offices are still empty doing remote, some are hybrid. Many ppl are also driving in more than usual

If someone can find a refulation/law against this of some sort, and DM me the photos/location etc. I will make sure someone with some authority gets everything and see if I can get action taken.

More updates please. On turtles

NJ DEC

Crush it, you guys!

Maybe hold a meeting to coordinate a planning committee to plan a secondary meeting that really teaches these peddlers a lesson on scraping by to make a livelihood..

must have a ton of time on your hands....

you really said "call the police" don't be a karen... they have other things to do besides busting people selling turtles

Newark police barely do anything about humans getting assaulted. I doubt they’d do anything about turtles

Go to QXT. Guaranteed best party of your life.

Take the PATH. Uber to Harrison. Or walk from air train station to hotel.

What's the context? Are these endangered turtles or just unlicensed selling of wildlife?

NJ Transit will add more trains between Penn and NJ on NYE/NYD. You could always Uber from the closest station to where you’ll be staying. Should be a fairly easy thing to do

Is it illegal to sell turtles?

Traveling through midtown on NYE honestly sounds like an absolute nightmare. You might be better off catching the PATH back home, but you will definitely be packed like a sardine regardless of your route back to Jersey.

If you’re going for the ball drop, wear lots of layers you can easily take off and put back on.