Are you able to visit these places to generate your own opinion? One way is to go to the center of the downtown area of each neighborhood, and also to visit a nearby supermarket to get a sense for the local population. Many people find JSQ to be a good convenient place to live. Others do not want to live there. It’s subjective.

What your realtor did when telling you not to live in JSQ is illegal and is called Steering.

From https://www.nar.realtor/fair-housing-corner/steer-clear-of-steering

“Steering” is the practice of influencing a buyer’s choice of communities based upon one of the protected characteristics under the Fair Housing Act, which are race, color, religion, gender, disability, familial status, or national origin. Steering occurs, for example, when real estate agents do not tell buyers about available properties that meet their criteria, or express views about communities, with the purpose of directing buyers away from or towards certain neighborhoods due to their race or other protected characteristic. If a client requests a “nice,” “good,” or “safe” neighborhood, a real estate professional could unintentionally steer a client by excluding certain areas based on his or her own perceptions of what those terms means.

I have experience with this—I’m a single female who moved to JC last year with a random roommate I met on the SpareRoom app. I used that, as well as joining Facebook JC roommate groups and posted who/what I was looking for. You’ll definitely be saving a lot of money by going this route, which is a necessity I feel for living in JC on your salary. I also recommend the Heights, particularly near Palisade Ave as you could be a short walk away from the light rail/other bus stops if you like to explore.

White lady claims discrimination at city diner because she’s not allowed to sit at a table she wants

Give us a tl:dsignup?

Yuck to all of those places. Yes to JC🔥

Corto is basically the only restaurant on this side of the river that can go toe to toe with hyped-up NYC restaurants & win. fighting words but I stand by them. love them, have been like 6 times now & will keep going.

you're not alone. I feel like I'm losing my mind whenever I see people hyping up Razza. I have never had pizza there that was better than Porto's, and I don't think Porto has outstanding pizza. shrug.

well there is a whole involved, but that's only the half of it

You are truly dumb as a rock. The fact that a study had not yet been conducted linking the covid vaccine to myocarditis in May 2021 does not mean that a link did not exist. It did exist then as it exists now - studies are an attempt to determine reality, they do not create facts. Objective reality exists, and scientific studies are attempts to discern that reality. Authorities lied, at minimum about the degree of certainty they could provide.

The FDA runs both approval processes. Feel free to throw out a bunch of irrelevant facts about those processes in response. Kind of like you throw out a complete non-sequitur about political parties and then link to a social science article with absolute garbage methodology. This gives me a good idea of what kind of nonsense you consider science lol. Study of covid mortality that doesn't account for age hahahahaha

Everyone should have known the variants were coming, because of the exact point I made above about the speed of mutations in coronaviruses.

And anyone paying attention knows public health authorities either didn't know what they were doing, lied, or both. You can keep covering for them, enjoy it.

There are affordable one bedroom studios and one bedrooms, you’ll probably have to go through a realty company for a good deal though. As long as you stay towards India strip to McGinley is safe, but there are some pockets that are a little sketchy. Most of the people on this subreddit live in luxury buildings and thus 57K does not hold the same value to them.

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Are the oranges in stock?

Bread and Salt pizza is a different kind of pie, one that really should be experienced. I really loved it. Their bakery is actually more impressive though. They had some amazing bombolini last time I was there - maybe the best I've ever had.

The pricing for the pizza at Bread and Salt is ridiculous. I think it's $23 for a ~medium mozzarella pie (they call this "half") and $46 for an enormous two-box pie (it is exactly double and they call this "whole"). If this were in a fancy sit down restaurant (ie Razza) it would be a high price. But it's a to-go shop.

Good for them, I hope they stay in business forever, but next time I go, I'll skip the long wait and just get a pastry or a bread.

On next door they mentioned a black car.

I was running in the park last night also, but at 6 PM. It was so foggy. Can't believe people don't have anything better to do.

If you’re okay w/ a (small) studio / 1bdrm, you can likely find something in your budget. It won’t be in a new(er) building, and it won’t be an updated or modern style apt, but it will be some place to live.

And as other comments mentioned, if you don’t mind a roomate(s), you can definitely find something better with more people or you can just rent a room in the area.

Please check out Parkstone Realty. They have a lot of listings in JSQ and the surrounding areas, and they don’t charge a broker fee (usually). They just helped me find an affordable apt right between JSQ & McGinley Sq, maybe 20 min walk to the Path.

Also, try searching on Craigslist, Trulia, Zillow, and Apartments App. Refine / filter to your budget & needs to see what’s available. Check all of them because I found different listings on each app when I was searching.

I’ve lived full time in JSQ since 2019, but have had family in the area all my life. I’ve never felt unsafe walking around at night or taking the train. There’s crime everywhere, in every city. You just have to be aware of your surroundings & have common sense / listen to your gut.

Anyway, I love JC, so I really hope you can find something here that fits your budget & needs!! Good luck!!!

My Alma Mater...Rest in Peace to him!

Maybe try Bayonne. 57k won't go far in Jersey City but as long as you're on the light rail you might be okay.

Do you have to go to New Jersey? There are apartments in New Rochelle that are in the low $2000s. Brand new. And parking is cheaper and you're on the Metro North. That might be a better deal.

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At $57K you don't have many options near any train stations unless you have room mates

Oof. Everything about that is terrible.

No way. This actually just happened to me last night in LSP. Or at least this would make the most sense now. Approx. 7:50 pm leaving the park I genuinely thought I got shot at as I had headphones on while running. Heard muted pops and shit hitting the trees next to me, sketchy sounding/looking black car then cut their lights and floored it over the bridge towards downtown. After the initial stun of trying to figure out what actually just happened, an airsoft made the most sense given the volume but still couldn't shake the thought of it actually being something else for the rest of the night

Right, won’t be surprised if it wasn’t reported by Jcpd

I can't promise they didn't, but I can promise I didn't read about them finding the person.