it hasn't been close to 10 years lol. more like 3/4

this is a good reminder, and also a stark reminder about how badly the state sometimes does with promoting programs that exist to help its citizens. nj does a lot of good stuff for its residents, but hides it in difficult to navigate programs that you need help with knowing how to apply for and use the benefits your taxes are paying for.

[deleted]

It’s been slow & grinding, but downtown Newark has really been up the up. I think the Whole Foods was the grand marker for gentrification. I have my reservations though because the city is still plagued with problems & nobody in their right mind would willingly subject their kids to that school district. In all likelihood, downtown and adjacent areas will get NYC professionals and hipsters, but the outlier regions will remain bad.

Great post!! I have used Perform Care to get help with my kids, it is a free program for all children in the state (im pretty sure). They helped us learn how to help with adhd behavioral issues.

That’s no hill. It’s a trash station!

People have been saying this since the early 2000’s. Much like Jersey City, there are parts of Newark closer to the path that have slowly become more gentrified, but there are also deep pockets of both places that don’t have great access to public transit and because of that will not even be flipped into neighborhoods with white people taco spots and boutique coffee shops.

Shoutout to Tommy’s hot dog joint. Great stop

If you can managed to beat corporate investment firms, absolutely!

Why would you ever want to finish a gravy train? That’s why the 46/3 interchange has been under construction for 10 years.

I actually worked a month at the Ryder near there just across the border in Port Reading a few months after COVID arrived so I'm familiar.

There are also informative posts on jerseydigs.com

TD

So you work at Amazon ewr9

You HEARD about one building? They've been putting up building for years. Op just woke up after 30 years of sleep

I've worked in downtown Newark for the last 20yrs it doesn't deserve the bad reputation it has. But outside of events in the Prudential center or njpac and walking in branchburg park it's really a boring city for stuff to do. Once you do one portuguese restaurant over there you done em all. There's not much of a interesting street life over there either just homeless

There were just 10 redevelopment posts made to r/newark , and there's usually one made once a week...the current redevelopment boom has been going on for the last decade mainly in the Downtown / University Heights and the Ironbound.. Only in recent years has that begun to spread to other sections of the city...

Fair point good sir

Randy hates NJ though.

Yeah raccoon tracks are pretty unique, this is probably correct

What other large building opened last year?

[removed]

Ummm, it's been more than one per year.

I've watched 1-3 a bunch of times and they're some of my favorite movies, I only watched 4 once and it was fine but haven't felt compelled to watch it again. The 5th one was absolutely awful though.