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Batumi19 t1_j9u17j2 wrote

Reply to comment by inkaudio in POV: You’re from NJ, so you get to enjoy this view while someone else pumps your gas. by ForeverMoody

I haven't had the King Gambrinus yet, so I'll definitely try that one next time I go to JG.

I've never been to Man Skirt. I know it's right there, but I've just never made it over. Usually we go straight to Czig and then to Marley's for wings or order pizza from Davila's and then fall into a food coma.

I really think that brewery should change its name to Liquid Haggis or Lion Heart or something like that if they want to keep the Scottish theme.

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Linenoise77 t1_j9u0pn2 wrote

Reply to Commuting from NYC--what cities are reasonably accessible by public transit? by cowgirl_meg

As all the others have said, its a shitty commute to most places in NJ, and unless your job is in Newark or JC, the chances of you being able to take mass transit door to door is virtually nil. At the minimum you are already looking at 2-3 connections, and a long ass ride as is even if you did work in JC\Newark.

If you work in NJ, the only benefit of living in the city is, well, you live in the city. If you are already living in the city, there are tons of jobs available to you within the city that will be a very easy commute.

Also where you live in brooklyn or queens matters. There are places 10 minutes to manhattan with a subway right outside your door, and places in the far boonies which are like hour rides into the city.

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Laker701 t1_j9u0jqt 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

It was 2006, was making 70k a year at the time but was still living with my parents to save up for a house. Had an opportunity to buy land in my dream location and jumped on it. My father and I built a house on it over the course of the next year so moved in when I was 27. Was single at the time so I rented out the spare bedrooms to help pay for the mortgage. Finally got married years later so now it’s just me and the wife. For me it’s my dream house in a perfect location so I plan on staying here for the rest of my life.

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jawnbaejaeger t1_j9tzzjs 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 moved out for the first time at 24, a few months out of college, but for various reasons (including a medical emergency back when ACA wasn't a thing and I was still on 90 probation), I had to move back home. I was only making $27k at the time. Rent had been about $1100 for a 2 bedroom, split between me and my roommate.

5 months later, I took a job out of the country and was away for 2 years.

On return, my partner and I stayed with her parents for about a year while we saved enough money for both a wedding and to move out. A mutual friend of ours joined us, and we got a 2 bedroom apartment that was probably $1200 a month. Very simple, no WD or dishwasher or anything, but it was great. We stayed there for 3 years, and have lived in various places since.

We bought a home in Bergen County in 2017.

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Dead_Is_Better OP t1_j9tzaox wrote

Reply to comment by chaebs in Can you tell me where this is? (Hint: it's in Central Jersey) by Dead_Is_Better

Alright, try to follow closely. North Jersey is anything North of the Driscoll Bridge (Raritan River) to the NY State line, while Central Jersey is anything South of the Driscoll Bridge down to Lacey Twnshp (where TR is within), and South Jersey is anything from Lacey Twnshp down to Cape May. These areas run East to West from the Shore to the Delaware Bay/River/PA State line. Everyone who disagrees about this are splitting hairs for the sake of being argumentative (that would be you) and most likely call Pork Roll 'Taylor Ham', drive like idiots, and root for the Eagles.

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LarryLeadFootsHead t1_j9tyynt 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

Having graduated in a immediate post recession year and initially having a hard time getting work locally when NJ had some of the highest unemployment and no shortage of laid off veterans workers filling stuff way below their pay grade, I really do empathize with people in the trenches at the moment because of how ungodly narrow the window of opportunity is and just even reading these comments, the current state of stuff is just such a different story for things.

It’s wild looking through listings of areas prime for “conventional fresh out of college+ roommates cheaper living” and coming up super short or everything is overpriced “luxury” gentrifier grey monolith where it genuinely makes no sense to be shelling out what they’re asking.

Even places in “cheap for a reason” areas are goofy as shit.

I don’t have any good answers other than fuck the blowhard employers who complain how nobody wants to work whilst the wages continue to not catch up for the times especially in an expensive state as such.

Also we all owe it to ourselves to shut the fuck up and stop talking about what the state has to offer, we let in way too much riff raff from NYC who thinks Denville is the next Williamsburg because they read a NYT article.

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