Confidently wrong. It rained and snowed a lot, this is storm water from the Hudson Valley flowing out into the sea. Combined with the tides, that drives up the river level much more than a dip in atmospheric pressure. This isn’t a tropical storm, and that’s not how tropical storms cause storm surge anyway.

thats the logic that has us where we are now. They tried being lenient. and this is the end result, and next generation will be even more ignorant and violent.....But keep playing social expeirments

So this was yesterday?

Train to South Mountain or Harriman or Asbury/Long Branch or Coney Island or Long Beach NY or Jones Beach NY. Enough to scratch the itch a couple times a month, can even rent a car for another weekend on top of that and still come out ahead. Having 2 people in the car does make their math work better. Skiing, that would indeed be tougher, but I wouldn't live in Jersey City if skiing was a big part of my life, unless I had tons of disposable income (it does seem these people do have tons of disposable income)

Try renting it out on Turo?

Lol insurance companies are such fucks. But ya / that sounds right. Which sucks.

Its feasible but relying on public transit and Ubers for everything outside of downtown will add up quickly and more importantly be a time suck. Jersey city isn’t like Manhattan where public transit actually ends up being faster than driving - it just makes running errands longer and more miserable. It also drastically limits your ability to do outdoor activities that would otherwise be super accessible with a car - beach, hiking, skiing, etc. If you’re fine with being stuck in downtown JC and don’t do anything else it’s manageable.

This is fear mongering, plain and simple.

There was never any danger or risk of the flooding DTJC. This picture was taken shortly before high tide. A few hours later the water had receded enough that you could see the rocks along the waterfront sea wall.

This “overflowing” lasted a whole lot of a couple of hours and this was the extent of it.

I don't find a car necessary in downtown. I don't have a dog though.

I do a mixture of Amazon Fresh, Amazon subscription, and Target delivery for grocery staples. For last-minute or stuff where I want to pick it out there are enough walkable places (Oliva, Key Foods), which aren't cheap but fine if you're not stocking up. I guess you can walk to ShopRite too. Super Buy Rite has free local delivery for beer/wine/liquor and good prices.

A lot of it comes down to whether you want/need to be in suburban NJ frequently. Car rental is fine for a weekend trip now and then, but probably not if you're visiting your parents in Morristown every weekend. A lot of the people without cars have social lives more oriented around either JC itself, or JC+NYC.

If you do sell the car you may want to keep a driver only policy. I went car less for a few years, and my rates coming back to owning a car were about 2.5x (even with worse coverage & deductible) what they were before. The insurance person gave me the reason was lapse in coverage made them rate me back down with new driver/insurance scofflaw policies, and that keeping a low basic driver only policy would have helped with that. Maybe blowing smoke at me, but fuck no one told me about the possible downsides

Building a new subway line along JFK Blvd using cut-and-cover would be massively disruptive. TBM would be better.

Well, if I sell the car next December it’s gonna sell 8k less, that’s a hidden cost of owning a car isn’t it? But I agree with with what u said about leaving on weekends, that’s one of the reasons we chose JC,

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You don’t qualify your statements so no one can give you real advice. Your leave 1-2 times…a week/month/year? You currently spend $15k on a car you paid cash for? You’re paying for deprecation?

Regardless, having a dog it’s helps when you need to go to the vet or if you have an emergency. To me the best part about living here is leaving on the weekends, but it sounds like your priorities are different than mine.

Zipcars can be a fantastic substitute.

The PATH on curfew was some extra fucky shit.

Then you can sell the car. Everything you need is pretty close by and the path can still take you to ny for other stuff

Our life used to be in Fort Lee, Edison, Flushing and Pine brook. Now we rarely go to those places anymore…

ya.....keep it. you're fine.

Good suggestion, we will trying to make one

We will use subway and light rail most of the time, and Uber if we really wanted to go somewhere without reasonable public transit access

Depreciation is the highest cost of owning a car, especially for an Audi bought with cash. I agree the convenience it provides is the biggest thing that I’m keeping this car for now

How do you save $8k a year using Uber?

why are you including depreciation? The car payment is the car payment -- so what are you paying and is it worth it is the basic question. My car sits most of the time as well -- I put barely 5k miles a year on it, but my all in payment is nominal against the convenience it provides. I'm the type that needs freedom from having to schedule my coming and going. If you don't mind hurdles every time you need to do something beyond walking distance, then get rid of it.

Yep. You don't need a car here. Especially if your whole life is downtown