Bulllllllshiiittttt

Most of my neighbors are not your average Trump demographic, I see more rainbow and Ukraine flags than anything, well these days anyway - 2024 might change that..

I've seen people get out of their car to put their PIN number in for their debit card and just remain standing outside the car, maybe to stretch.

That's going to be a real blow to some towns.

It's wild to me that I can literally stand on my parents' front porch in Kearny and see the Manhattan skyline, but it takes me longer to commute into the city from there than it does from my house in Cranford 30 minutes further away.

I stand there in solidarity

What are the demographics like?

If I’ve been driving for two hours (give or take a few minutes) and this is at a gas station at a service area on the interstate, I’m one of those “step out and stretch” guys.

Planning started in 2000 according to that website. There is some person in NJ who has basically spent their entire working career from college to retirement working on this.

Technically you may be correct that it started in 2015 but that was the surrounding area they were prepping.

I meant the actual 46/3 interchange didn’t start work until the last 5.

I’ve lived here since 2018 near Route 72, Tabernacle before that. Main thing is it’s very quiet with not much to do but I actually don’t mind that as I like fishing, kayaking, outdoors stuff, I do have a dual sport motorcycle as well.

I do not have/want children so 0 info on schools. I hear they are not great but improving.

https://www.nj.gov/transportation/commuter/roads/rt46/faq.shtm

It’s 8 according to NJ. Although I swear shit was going on on valley road even before that.

Also according to NJ it was substantially completed in 2017, lololol.

I drive that every single day. It’s been under 5. Maybe you’re thinking about the surrounding area like the Van Houten area but the actual 46/3 split is around 5 maybe less.

It can’t be 10 cuz I have been living here for 9 and the construction didn’t start til a few years after me

Nope it’s been close to 10. My son is 11, he went to a daycare off valley road. That shit was under construction since he was 2 at least. When he hit kindergarten we held a feast at my home. The feast of no more paying for daycare and commuting through a construction zone.

My car has a problem with the nozzle kicking off for some unexplained reason. Most times I ask if I can finish the fueling and the attendants don't mind.

Some possibilities: We have been sitting for so long while driving, we take this opportunity to stretch our legs. OR... We moved to NJ after living outside of state and it's almost muscle memory that we get out of the car when getting gas. I will agree though if it's raining, I'm pretty good staying in.

Deep in the heart of trump country. If that’s your thing you’ll fit right in.

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we are several steps ahead of a lot of other states (especially since many of them purposefully make it as difficult as possible to get the benefits you're entitled to) but things are still more difficult than they should be. unemployment is the biggest offender in this (their website is like 20 years out of date at this point) but other facets of state government lag hard.

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😂😂😂😂😂😂

This may depend on where you live. We had stuff mailed to us about benefits my parents are eligible for for medicaid and such. If you're ever hospitalized in NJ and worried about incurring an insane medical debt, there are team of social workers who will help you navigate it all. Believe it or not, our state isn't all that bad when it comes to these things. A lot of other states are way worse like making the portal and process of application overly complicating and convoluted.

based on most of the new construction i've seen everywhere else in the city, it won't be. it will be the same cookie cutter bs that gets thrown up everywhere. at this point the only places you see "interesting" facades are usually when they redevelop historic buildings and they try to keep the historic facades.

I guess your perspective on it will depend on where in Chicago you’re moving from

Images you can smell

Yup, that's just how gentrification works in cities. That's why you don't see NYU students and families from the Midwest with strollers walking around Canarsie. I was just making a generalization, one would have to write a whole essay to address the way every neighborhood will be affected individually.