Recent comments in /f/newjersey
ShadyLogic t1_j9tshue wrote
Reply to POV: You’re from NJ, so you get to enjoy this view while someone else pumps your gas. by ForeverMoody
I hate that I can't pump my own gas and I keeping hearing people say they just get out and do it themselves and nobody bats an eye. Can I do this? Would anybody really give a shit?
Linenoise77 t1_j9ts8h4 wrote
Reply to comment by StaceFace16 in What was your experience moving out of your parents home in NJ? (age, income, job situation, rent, dating, enjoyment of life) by sakhussain2020
I don't know if i would call that ridiculous. its like, inflation levels.
Muted_Caterpillar_80 t1_j9tryoh wrote
Reply to Ribs in northern NJ? by poland626
Used to eat at Tiffs on 46 pine brook, i had the best ribs there. Then they closed down.
Linenoise77 t1_j9trrc3 wrote
Reply to What was your experience moving out of your parents home in NJ? (age, income, job situation, rent, dating, enjoyment of life) by sakhussain2020
99 or so, i was 21. Was making around 40k a year. Rented a decent place in bumblefuck with a buddy that was maybe 1500 bucks a month or so if i remember right.
I was in a relationship already so it wasn't like I cared if i was someplace happening. It did suck if you wanted to go to the bar, as this was long before uber, and local cab services sucked and were crazy expensive. Money was still tight (long commute, crappy car stuff was always breaking on, etc) but I was able to make it work and it was a very positive experience.
Was only there for a bit over a year before i changed jobs and moved on to greener pastures, with a brief window of moving back home for a few months between places.
StaceFace16 t1_j9trqk0 wrote
Reply to What was your experience moving out of your parents home in NJ? (age, income, job situation, rent, dating, enjoyment of life) by sakhussain2020
I was 19. Moved into an apartment with my boyfriend of 3 years at the time. I worked as a receptionist part time and went to school part time. This was back in 2003ish. Rent for a one bedroom was $760 so it was very manageable with us splitting the bills. We stayed in that apartment for 9 years. Rent was $1000 by the time we left. The same apartment right now costs $1250 which is absolutely ridiculous.
AE2I t1_j9trows wrote
Anticipate a fine. You went through a toll with insufficient funds, and that's a violation.
If you don't get it, bank error in your favor.
TodayTimeDeux t1_j9trma1 wrote
Reply to comment by 6Emptybottles in NJ consumers lost $231M to fraud last year. Here are some tips to avoid becoming a victim by Flashinglights0101
I didn’t read it - just shared what I learned from customers who got scammed. A woman mailed a check, it got intercepted, the scammer used the numbers on it to transfer money. She only realized after 3k was missing.
ihateaz_dot_com t1_j9trkau wrote
Reply to comment by FatherofZeus in POV: You’re from NJ, so you get to enjoy this view while someone else pumps your gas. by ForeverMoody
The view looks pretty good to me
phylosis57 t1_j9trcv8 wrote
Reply to comment by MajorScore in Best bakery in Mercer County NJ? by EnvironmentalBand834
Beat me to it
AdministrativeBall58 t1_j9tr32h wrote
Reply to comment by ttgx1000 in I'd do a poll for best county abbreviation, but the winner is clear by Peach-Os
And hot dog johnnys!
AdministrativeBall58 t1_j9tqzuh wrote
Reply to comment by letsgometros in Can you tell me where this is? (Hint: it's in Central Jersey) by Dead_Is_Better
South jersey I thought but now that I look at it, Central Jersey.
MajorScore t1_j9tqvgi wrote
Reply to comment by drewbles in Best bakery in Mercer County NJ? by EnvironmentalBand834
Brioche stuffed with Case's pork roll, spinach, cheddar, swiss and topped with everything bagel seasoning.
Bram24 t1_j9tqtj1 wrote
Its my favorite to play. Will throw $5 or $10 here and there if over $500K..maybe more if closer to one million.
Pick 6 doesn't grow fast enough, the multi-state jackpots are not for me.
I am guessing the research suggest most players chase larger jackpots but the odds are crazy high. One million would be life changing to 95% of the country. Five million 99%.
AnNJgal t1_j9tqrj6 wrote
Reply to comment by -Angry-Alchemist- in Made one of these for Passaic County since they never get represented. Let me know what you think. by user1752916319
Hewitt, Greenwood Lake, plenty of them there and in Wayne.
sutisuc t1_j9tql30 wrote
Reply to comment by FatherofZeus in POV: You’re from NJ, so you get to enjoy this view while someone else pumps your gas. by ForeverMoody
You have to lower the bar for views in NJ which also include views of cities in other states
UnconstrictedEmu t1_j9tq8yu wrote
Reply to POV: You’re from NJ, so you get to enjoy this view while someone else pumps your gas. by ForeverMoody
It’s not hard to do both at the same time.
BeamerTakesManhattan t1_j9tq7py wrote
Reply to POV: You’re from NJ, so you get to enjoy this view while someone else pumps your gas. by ForeverMoody
NJ born and raised, but moved away when I was 22 and back when I was 38.
Not being able to pump my own gas is the worst. Our gas stations are almost always awful, and it takes you 2-3 times as long to be there. I thought everyone was suckers for pumping their own gas while I sat comfortably in my car, until I had to do it. The time savings alone...
AnNJgal t1_j9tq5vh wrote
Reply to comment by NatAttack50932 in Made one of these for Passaic County since they never get represented. Let me know what you think. by user1752916319
I have relatives who live in Hewitt and they always say that.
CockercombeTuff t1_j9tq43y wrote
I'm curious--will the students take a mental health day from social media and/or their phone on these days? Will they just be texting/interacting with their friends in school? Considering the research data and claims relating the two, it would seem to be a key part of it.
I doubt this will be the case, of course, but it's not unimportant to consider.
PolentaApology t1_j9tpx9o wrote
Reply to comment by HUNIH22 in I'd do a poll for best county abbreviation, but the winner is clear by Peach-Os
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_New_Jersey
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Polk County, Iowa contains the city of Des Moines, which is also the capital and most populated city in Iowa. Polk has about the same number of people as Burlington County, and the same area as Atlantic County.
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Bergen County has less area than Iowa's smallest county, Dickinson. But its population is about double Polk County's.
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Salem is the least-populated NJ county, but it has nearly as many people as Iowa's Adams, Ringgold, Audubon, Taylor, Osceola, Wayne, Fremont, Ida, Pocahontas, Van Buren, and Worth counties, combined.
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Those eleven counties have about 5,300 square miles total. New Jersey has about 7,300 square miles of land area, statewide.
Finally, New Jersey has more counties than Iowa per square mile of area, but Iowa has more counties per capita.
| state | pop (approx) | sq mi land area | # of counties | counties per million people | counties per thousand sq mi |
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| NJ | 9,288,994 | 7,354 | 21 | 2.2 | 2.85 |
| IA | 3,190,369 | 55,857 | 99 | 31.0 | 1.77 |
panasonicyouth43 t1_j9tpwyy wrote
Reply to Ribs in northern NJ? by poland626
The Brisket Guy in Springfield.
ForeverMoody OP t1_j9tptki wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in POV: You’re from NJ, so you get to enjoy this view while someone else pumps your gas. by ForeverMoody
You guys don’t like glacial lakes?
Unusual-Okra9251 t1_j9tpqz1 wrote
Reply to What was your experience moving out of your parents home in NJ? (age, income, job situation, rent, dating, enjoyment of life) by sakhussain2020
I was 23 back in 2003, my girlfriend and I had already been together 4 years. I was making like $35k at a company I'm still working for. My girlfriend got into Columbia so we moved in together in a studio apartment on the Upper West Side of NYC. Spent 2 years there while she got her Masters, then we got married and moved back to NJ.
It was a lot of fun, but also very expensive.
CockercombeTuff t1_j9tpqvt wrote
Reply to comment by I_DRINK_ANARCHY in Should NJ Students Get 'Mental Health Days'? by greenhousecrtv
Per the article, it seems they want to designate it so that kids (and parents) can have more days while also keeping a perfect attendance record.
PickleLS10 t1_j9tsr2b wrote
Reply to Anyone have experiencing with using non-functional Ezpass on toll roads. by Technical-Car
Be like me and just do auto replenish. It's great when they say "hey, we're taking $300 a month from you so we can fix that pot hole you just hit maybe next year".