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the low-lying areas of bergen lafayette totally flooded in 2012 during the Sandy storm surge. just fyi. as you hit grand/garfield the elevation rises a bit, though.

Listen, as a person who has been exercising for a long time.

It's going to be packed this month. Every year during January, people sign up and overcrowd the gym as part of their new year resolution. Majority will stop going before February and everything will go back to normal.

It is what it is.

The GPS takes you that way? Just take the Lincoln tunnel which feeds directly onto Route 3 and exit off on 120 or 17 by Metlife Stadium. Takes you right to Rutherford/Carlstadt area.

Google also has it in staten island

That’s cool. Never heard of it but welcome that type of vibe around here.

Somewhat understandably weekday peak hours have been unbearable since I joined a couple years ago. However, even on the weekends there’s no good times to go, packed all day. It’s frustrating seeing them taking potential new customers for tours when it’s already filled to the brim. Also, the gym is poorly managed, staff is poorly trained and they always have leaks in the ceiling and pipes burst so it’s constantly humid in there. Really wish another gym opened up somewhere in the vicinity.

That’s a gnarly commute. You could cut through downtown JC and journal square but that will add a chunk of time. Godspeed.

i'm still so sad about the cost of NY NJ ACA pretty much tripling or quadrupling since covid.

Frank still runs the cleanest studio with the BEST glaze room and the only cone 10 kilns this side of the Hudson that i've found (any other cone 10 leads--anywhere in NJ? ) but it's basically luxury clay at this point.

i also heard that some clay folks spinning off from Artshack in brooklyn will be opening a studio somewhere in jersey city.

Yeah, telehealth, which you have to pay for, even when a telehealth appointment can't resolve your problem. I've also had (and paid for) telehealth appointments only for them to have misled me about appointment availability, and I had to go to urgent care instead.

I think the brush-off I received there was due to some anti-fat bias, so I'm sure ymmv.

ITT water is wet.

There is a severe lack of good gyms downtown

Then call your reps and bug then about supporting this. Given NJ politicians I'm sure there's a few already plotting to either stop this or make it as limiting as possible once passed.

There is a proposed tax credit for people with "old" licenses to make it somewhat fair.

this needs to happen asap

yeah, but it's still the best venue in town to hook up with closeted gay men. :)

You’re complaining about a gym being crowded. In January. During PEAK hours….

These are all peak times for any gym, for it to be crowded during these times is expected behavior, especially in January.

This is needed! I wonder how to make ppl who paid so much for theirs whole, but it makes no sense to limit liquor licenses, man.

Was a member q3, q4 of 2021 and Q1 q2 of 2022 and I eventually left for the reason that it felt too busy/crowded and couldn't get an efficient workout in.

Edit: otherwise I had no problems there and felt that staff were kind so if you have the flexibility to go at 5 am or like midday during the week it might be ok for you.

People who live in the Columbus apartments (90 Columbus, 50 Columbus etc) get free membership to that gym I believe. So yeah… I’m not surprised lol

Hell yeah! TJs & Costco could sell their private label booze, wine & beer in all their stores!

Serving garbage food

Preach