Recent comments in /f/newjersey
financialanon t1_jad8n1t wrote
Reply to comment by redditb4awhile in If I wanna travel within the states what do I need to bring as ID for my kids? by redditb4awhile
Kidnapping of a toddler is pretty damn rare.
Mm2789 t1_jad8foc wrote
Reply to New Jersey’s notorious property-tax bills went up once again last year, growing on average by more than $200 or more than 2%, according to the latest data from the state; the increase pushed the average New Jersey property-tax bill to a record-high $9,490 in 2022 by rollotomasi07071
Yep paying like 11k and somehow my town doesn’t offer free kindergarten and only has recycling twice per month
wynnejs t1_jad8e92 wrote
Reply to comment by About400 in Make sure all snow is off your roof! by coreynj2461
Another thing you can do before it freezes is to move the car a couple of feet back and forth while braking hard. The force should knock a good chunk of it off before you get on the road. Also use a push broom from the back and push forward. My car is annoying because I'm rather short, and there are these goddamned roof-rails on my car that prevent me from pushing off the sides.
robronanea t1_jad7n04 wrote
Reply to comment by About400 in Make sure all snow is off your roof! by coreynj2461
Open a door, step in facing the open door, stand in the car.
Whalers7997 t1_jad7i9k wrote
I wish the kids that harassed me in school in the 90s got charged. Punish this kid and their parents to the fullest extent.
sugarmonkeywife t1_jad7e0t wrote
Reply to comment by I_DRINK_ANARCHY in Hoboken declares state of emergency following major water main break by finester39
Yeah, it’s just fun colors today! Totally safe!
MundaneMaybe t1_jad6xv6 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
Still live at home, my partner moved in so now its my parents and the two of us (and bonus child on the weekends), I'm 39 my partner is 45. It's actually awesome because we all share expenses and my partner and I can help my parents as they get older (they are in their 70s) so they don't have to end up in a nursing home (which they couldn't afford anyway)
valeofraritan t1_jad6qu3 wrote
Reply to comment by iJayZen in Central Jersey needs better East-West routes by Flashinglights0101
It finally got approved and then, nah, let's not put money into it for more years.
Every time someone mentions the Bypass, all I think about is the Township's Planning Game" where they asked people to participate, when I say participate it was intended to make them feel like they were included, in the planning.
thebruns t1_jad5x15 wrote
Reply to comment by AshamedAtmosphere835 in Is It True That New Jersey has statewide public transit? by Sprinkles-Foreign
This is what I asked:
>Can you name a town with more than 10k people that does not have transit?
Do you have an actual answer to my question or are you just wasting time?
storm2k t1_jad5hmf wrote
Reply to Bagel or roll for your breakfast sandwich? by CriscoSour
i'm honestly not a major hard roll fan, so i always opt for a bagel. plain or jalepeno usually. the place i like puts too much salt in their everything mix for me to enjoy it. gets too salty between the taylor ham, added salt, and cheese plus the coating on the bagel itself.
njstein t1_jad5ae7 wrote
Reply to New Jersey’s notorious property-tax bills went up once again last year, growing on average by more than $200 or more than 2%, according to the latest data from the state; the increase pushed the average New Jersey property-tax bill to a record-high $9,490 in 2022 by rollotomasi07071
How do we create a group to start actually organizing and gaining support for municipal merging in order to cut redundant administrative costs? I'm down to take the initiative to make a discord to get things started before we discover our objectives and goal and vote for actual leadership.
I made a discord server - https://discord.gg/zAyzutc5 Pop in if you're interested in advocating for this. Gonna need people for creating graphics and informational postings, and also people to do the research on the benefits of merging municipalities. We don't need towns that are barely a square mile paying out millions of dollars into the salaries of administrators, police chiefs, and school supervisors when an entire grade is 12 students.
I believe this could be a bipartisan issue that we can all get behind to help make our municipalities more efficient and less wasteful in tax spending. I only ask those that join be polite and respectful towards all people and stay focused on the topic. First steps would be to start raising awareness and trying to get more people on board to lighten the workload of volunteers.
medinabard t1_jad4p7z wrote
Reply to comment by About400 in Make sure all snow is off your roof! by coreynj2461
They have extending snow brushes.
About400 t1_jad4ivz wrote
Reply to Make sure all snow is off your roof! by coreynj2461
Legit question (that’s not about me as I have a small and short car)- what to people do when they have large tall cars when the person cannot actually reach the snow on top?
themagicalpanda t1_jad4b5d wrote
Reply to comment by uplandsrep in New Jersey’s notorious property-tax bills went up once again last year, growing on average by more than $200 or more than 2%, according to the latest data from the state; the increase pushed the average New Jersey property-tax bill to a record-high $9,490 in 2022 by rollotomasi07071
>If it means that the teachers have all the supplies, support and benefits...
does this include pay? because imo the biggest concern is that new educators arent entering the field and young educators are leaving the field because the pay is atrocious with the amount of shit that teachers put up with.
valeofraritan t1_jad415n wrote
Reply to comment by dirty_cuban in Central Jersey needs better East-West routes by Flashinglights0101
Hillsborough to pseudo Princeton (areas that have the zip but aren't even in the same county) went from 15 mins when my sister did it in 1988 to 1 hour 15 minutes when I did it in the late 00s. It's accrued development and traffic.
County and backroads were always faster than 206 for me, but still about 50 minutes total commute. Have a friend working at Princeton U and living in Bridgewater, the Bypass helps a bit since it shaves off 15-20 mins in rush hour, but direct routes always get the most traffic.
You gotta learn to do the county road boogie and avoid all possible times when school buses will mess with your commute. But unfortunately, people find those, too. RIP Dukes Parkway West/Auten Road in Hillsborough.
Careful-Explorer-503 t1_jad3oyw wrote
Reply to comment by aden_feifdom in New Jersey’s notorious property-tax bills went up once again last year, growing on average by more than $200 or more than 2%, according to the latest data from the state; the increase pushed the average New Jersey property-tax bill to a record-high $9,490 in 2022 by rollotomasi07071
Just did some quick googling- NJ is number 1 in the US for education, no. 2 is Massachusetts with an average prop tax of $5,600. 3 is Florida with an average prop tax of $1752. Again just some quick googling and I’m not sure how accurate it all is but if it is right then maybe the education isn’t the justification we think it is.
crimshaw83 t1_jad3noy wrote
Reply to comment by fanatiqual in Bagel or roll for your breakfast sandwich? by CriscoSour
Same, though sometimes I go for sesame every now and again
AshamedAtmosphere835 t1_jad3ixt wrote
Reply to comment by thebruns in Is It True That New Jersey has statewide public transit? by Sprinkles-Foreign
And it covers about 4% of the town.
thebruns t1_jad39yl wrote
Reply to comment by AshamedAtmosphere835 in Is It True That New Jersey has statewide public transit? by Sprinkles-Foreign
Toms River has 5 NJT bus routes and 1 Ocean County bus route.
Brick has 2/3 NJT routes and 2 Ocean County bus routes.
iJayZen t1_jad2yac wrote
Reply to comment by valeofraritan in Central Jersey needs better East-West routes by Flashinglights0101
Tell me about it. Very surreal for me as when it was finally opened the last of my parents was near death. I wanted to make a big deal of it opening but I barely mentioned it. So yes, too friggin long.
uplandsrep t1_jad2pts wrote
Reply to comment by aden_feifdom in New Jersey’s notorious property-tax bills went up once again last year, growing on average by more than $200 or more than 2%, according to the latest data from the state; the increase pushed the average New Jersey property-tax bill to a record-high $9,490 in 2022 by rollotomasi07071
If it means that the teachers have all the supplies, support and benefits they need/deserve to be excellent educators than why would I resent this simple solidarity, happy teachers bring out the most in their students!
fanatiqual t1_jad2nl2 wrote
Reply to Bagel or roll for your breakfast sandwich? by CriscoSour
Specifically an everything bagel if it's an option.
uplandsrep t1_jad2d9i wrote
Reply to After nearly 250 days working without a contract, rank-and-file members of the Rutgers University faculty and staff unions are set to start voting Tuesday on whether to authorize a strike: The two unions have been negotiatingwith Rutgers since their contract expired in May 2022 by rollotomasi07071
I hope they have a strike fund, universities can be terribly exploitative, stubbornly so, for being a place that advertises the emancipatory aspects of education.
dqontherun t1_jad1nxa wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Make sure all snow is off your roof! by coreynj2461
Are you north of 78?
inf4mation t1_jad8nf0 wrote
Reply to Bagel or roll for your breakfast sandwich? by CriscoSour
soft roll or hollowed out cheddar jalapeno bagel for me.