And there’s also Bayshore middle school

Office coffee machines means one of the employees has to clean it. Good luck with that.

Can we get news articles and not YouTube?

>Socially Liberal, Financially conservative, be kind and live free.

This isn't really something that exists in a system where socioeconomics play such a large role in equality and opportunity. It's not really reasonable to say 'I believe everyone should be able to live how they choose, unless their circumstances prevent them from affording to live how they choose.' Without financial freedom, there is no freedom.

Let's be real here and look at some facts about NJ though. Under the current governor we've gone from having a 600m budget surplus to a 6b budget surplus. Across the board, statistics on state run services have improved drastically, especially NJ Transit. Crime rates are down. Population is back on track to keep rising. The state police(as much as I hate cops) is doing a pretty solid job. State-funded roads and highways are in better shape.

Last, some anecdotal stuff. My job has me driving around the northern half of the state on irregular routes. I get to see a handful of different places each day and cover about 90,000 miles per year. In 2008-2014, I was a junky and spent most of my time in some of the worst slums the state had to offer. I often get to drive through those same areas these days and let me tell you, it's a night and day difference. The places that used to be open air drug markets aren't anymore. It's actually fairly difficult to go to NJ's major cities and find similar setups. The turnpike and parkway are a lot smoother than they were even 5 years ago. I own a home in a relatively large municipality and my property taxes haven't gone up since I moved in 6 years ago. And holy shit dude, the money I pay in taxes gets me a hell of a lot in value. My neighborhood is well policed, our fire departments are well equipped, our schools are great. 10 years ago I thought this state was a shit hole and could drive 10 minutes in any direction and find proof. These days the proof isn't as easy to come by. Sure, there's some stuff to be angry about; overdevelopment; pollution. But a lot of those things fall to the municipalities. The state isn't the organization letting Woodbridge approve dozens of high rise luxury condo complexes with no parking, or Rahway from approving massive apartment buildings downtown, or Edison approving absurd Amazon warehouses adjacent to residential areas without considering traffic planning.

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I'll bet you the republikkkans have NO PLAN to do anything but bitch and complain.

Go to the beach and boardwalk!!!

Dearborn Station in Chicago...and don't forget the coleslaw!

Just wanted to add that you shouldn't necessarily be against living with rando roommates (as long as they're cool and roughly your age). They can turn out to be great friends in the long run. My whole current friend group comes from the roommates I lived with when I was 26 and 27.

I used to work in an office on Varick Street several blocks from the tunnel. Summer Fridays the non stop honking started around 2pm.

and dogs

As long as you have access to hot water you can make a good cup with an aero press and pre ground coffee you bring in.

Born and raised in Monmouth County, you live in central NJ.

I'm an urban planner. I should have added that I got my masters in my late 20s.

I use healthy paws. I pay $57 total per month for three adult cats.

I make my own coffee at home. Not disagreeing with you that it’s a more convenient option.

$1/mile, $5 minimum, always. $2/mile in cities.

Try looking in 2005? 🤷‍♀️

Don't let the fence go too far up your ass.

Fuck you for reminding me of this

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ljMQT99CNeo&list=PLnPDn1Lb79JEA007JDKuoXVc9kocdD2os&index=3

I saw this on vice munchies and it was very compelling. I havent been yet, but this is on the list.

I’m sure the reason everyone moves away at retirement is totally about taxes and not about the winters.

I went and checked his Ballotopedia. Seems like an all right dude. Don't like it all, never going to. Really seems focused on vets and first responders.

The affordable housing stuff can go either way, but I like the idea of assessing a town's water and sewer, as well as public services, before forcing a town to just add thousands of units in order to meet an obligation or else lose all rights to builders remedy. The pendulum has swung way too far in favor of developers and needs to swing back, but not at the expense of actually producing affordable housing.

He sponsored a bill to make May LEO and CO month. A whole month? Really?

You're talking about tribalism and that's something thats in our biology with how we evolved. Is it unnecessary and detrimental to how we vote and such? Yes. But don't mistake thr fact it's political partisanship that causes this. You've stated it yourself. People play tribalism with a goddamn android and apple. With Xbox and Playstation. With coke and Pepsi.

Curious. Do you think this ends when you go to Florida for example? Texas? Even California for our more left leaning voters? It's always going to be there. Right now you're complaining because so many voters vote between party lines. How do YOU know they voted for Murphy because he's simply Democrat for example? Did you even research the other republican? I'm not going to pretend NJ is perfect. Far from it.

But apply utilitarianism. What do you hope to accomplish by posting this thread? Change our minds? To see if there are valid counterarguments? To just vent about your frustrations?