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Vaushist-Yangist t1_jdn7j4m wrote

Reply to Can someone explain the justification for having "private" beaches? It seems like access to natural attractions should be free. by SnooBooks4898

Any extra taxed revenue that is raised by tourism in NJ should be given back to NJ citizens. This is our land and we all collectively use it, that means we should all collectively reap the benefits. This can be done with a land value tax + value added tax and distribute those funds equally to all NJ citizens. Alaska does this by sending out checks to their citizens with the funds raised from oil production, and it’s been very beneficial for them.

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torino_nera t1_jdn75v3 wrote

Reply to comment by taxi_drivr in A Rickel Home Center location in Menlo Park, NJ sometime in the 1990s. Rickel was an early forerunner to Home Depot based in South Plainfield. Bulldozed for a Target. Photo from Flickr user Jeffrey Johnson featured on Facebook page Remembering Retail. by 7nationarmy

Yea definitely the same one, the flagship is a mile down the road. It's a PC Richards now so at least it's carrying the same torch lol

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taxi_drivr t1_jdn69qg wrote

Reply to comment by torino_nera in A Rickel Home Center location in Menlo Park, NJ sometime in the 1990s. Rickel was an early forerunner to Home Depot based in South Plainfield. Bulldozed for a Target. Photo from Flickr user Jeffrey Johnson featured on Facebook page Remembering Retail. by 7nationarmy

that was probably it, couldn’t pinpoint exactly where on 22. I remember the boat shaped Wiz being relatively close by too

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Tarpit_Carnivore t1_jdn6995 wrote

Reply to comment by snowball91984 in A Rickel Home Center location in Menlo Park, NJ sometime in the 1990s. Rickel was an early forerunner to Home Depot based in South Plainfield. Bulldozed for a Target. Photo from Flickr user Jeffrey Johnson featured on Facebook page Remembering Retail. by 7nationarmy

Rickels, Caldors, and Meyers for me. I think it was called Meyers, it was a pool center in East Brunswick that also had model rockets & cars, it ruled as a kid

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torino_nera t1_jdn602h wrote

Reply to comment by taxi_drivr in A Rickel Home Center location in Menlo Park, NJ sometime in the 1990s. Rickel was an early forerunner to Home Depot based in South Plainfield. Bulldozed for a Target. Photo from Flickr user Jeffrey Johnson featured on Facebook page Remembering Retail. by 7nationarmy

There was one in Springfield on 22 where Bobs and Christmas Tree Shops is now, I remember that as a kid. Not sure if that's the one you're talking about but I remember they had a big sign

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weaselpoopcoffee1 t1_jdn4xza wrote

Reply to Can someone explain the justification for having "private" beaches? It seems like access to natural attractions should be free. by SnooBooks4898

It irks me as well but I try to think of it from another perspective. The beaches are guarded and cleaned daily during the summer season. I kinda like that. The other thing is, why should taxpayers who never get to the beach have to pay (via taxes) for a beach they don't use? It kind of makes sense to only charge the actual users of the beach. Feel free to disagree.

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voteblue18 t1_jdn4xq5 wrote

Reply to A Rickel Home Center location in Menlo Park, NJ sometime in the 1990s. Rickel was an early forerunner to Home Depot based in South Plainfield. Bulldozed for a Target. Photo from Flickr user Jeffrey Johnson featured on Facebook page Remembering Retail. by 7nationarmy

Omg I got dragged to Rickels on Long Island many times when I was a kid in the 80s. I hated it so much. BUT they had coin operated little rides in the front of the checkout and I was always allowed to ride while they checked out, so that was the upside!

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robertfcowper t1_jdn4w5s wrote

Reply to A Rickel Home Center location in Menlo Park, NJ sometime in the 1990s. Rickel was an early forerunner to Home Depot based in South Plainfield. Bulldozed for a Target. Photo from Flickr user Jeffrey Johnson featured on Facebook page Remembering Retail. by 7nationarmy

My father talks about Rickels all the time. The plaza in Union where it used to be will forever be "the plaza where Rickels used to be" even though that was like 30+ years ago.

I let myself get suckered in by a Facebook ad for a site selling retro brand t-shirts. Got my dad a Rickels shirt, possibly the best reception to a gift I've ever given him. (For us NJ folks they also had Bradlees, Caldor, Jamesway, Ground Round, Metrostars, and a few good others I can't remember.)

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shoozy t1_jdn4emh wrote

Reply to Can someone explain the justification for having "private" beaches? It seems like access to natural attractions should be free. by SnooBooks4898

What defines "natural attraction". What if your backyard has nice rocks and you have a lot of geological enthusiasts in the area. Should they have free access? Just playing devil's advocate.

The premise of our way of living is property and by extension property lines. Can be on grass, forest, beach, or lake. The only places we haven't drawn lines in the universe are the ones where we can't (artic, space, difficult to access oceans)

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Spiritual-Stress-525 t1_jdn4c6l wrote

Reply to comment by mobster1 in A Rickel Home Center location in Menlo Park, NJ sometime in the 1990s. Rickel was an early forerunner to Home Depot based in South Plainfield. Bulldozed for a Target. Photo from Flickr user Jeffrey Johnson featured on Facebook page Remembering Retail. by 7nationarmy

They also converted Roosevelt hospital across Parsonage road into apartments.
I know there is the Veteran's home behind where Target is and the Nursing home on the hill, I don't recall the mental hospital behind the the Rickles site though.

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