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whskid2005 t1_jdnlzhq wrote
Reply to comment by Paid-Vacation1 in End all Blue Laws in Bergen county. Let us have Sunday shopping! by Paid-Vacation1
“Also bring revenue to the county”. That sentence says you have no clue what you are talking about. Paramus, NJ has (historically) more money spent in retail than every other zip code in the country.
Jagrmeister_68 t1_jdnlwj8 wrote
Let the workers decide this... along with the people who live in Paramus. If you don't like the Blue Laws in Bergen County- there are PLENTY of places just outside of the confines of the county to shop any day of the week without issue.
And they'll take about the same amount of time to get there on a Sunday as they'd take most other days with the normal shopping traffic that would be there.
Paid-Vacation1 OP t1_jdnlpj6 wrote
Reply to comment by whskid2005 in End all Blue Laws in Bergen county. Let us have Sunday shopping! by Paid-Vacation1
Would you like to explain why you think that so there can be an adult/educated conversation?
HiggetyFlough t1_jdnllro wrote
Reply to comment by Zaknoid in Can someone explain the justification for having "private" beaches? It seems like access to natural attractions should be free. by SnooBooks4898
Well I assume the magic way is more taxes
BobaToo t1_jdnlioo wrote
Libraries often sell books for cheap. I've purchased paperbacks as low as a quarter and hardcovers for a dollar.
kzapwn t1_jdnlifw wrote
Reply to Handicap parking ticket. by [deleted]
If it doesn’t have a handicapped tag or plate then probably not.
trixie_turnkey t1_jdnlhft 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
I remember Rickels! Wow. Seems like sooo long ago.
whskid2005 t1_jdnle4x wrote
No. Keep blue laws. If you don’t like it- move
Paid-Vacation1 OP t1_jdnkr3r wrote
Reply to comment by coreynj2461 in End all Blue Laws in Bergen county. Let us have Sunday shopping! by Paid-Vacation1
I’ve thought about that but I think traffic would stay mostly the same. I still use those roads on Sunday to leave the county to go shop. I would assume I’m not the only one. If we have GSP and other malls open it would spread out the shopping and traffic. Also bring revenue to the county. I personally feel like the county and businesses shouldn’t suffer because the infrastructure is a problem.
coreynj2461 t1_jdnk77w wrote
Disagree. Still tons of traffic on 17 and 4 on Sundays. Double or triple that if we end blue laws. If youre desperate to shop, willowbrook and Palisades malls are 20-30 minutes away
GroundbreakingPipe12 t1_jdnk3rx wrote
Reply to comment by itscalledporkroll in Where to go for a long weekend from NJ? by stickybluerug
just came back from a long wknd in keene valley, ny. it was incredible.
froggyjamboree t1_jdnj518 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 sister worked in the office in SP. I think it was on Helen Street.
katfromjersey t1_jdnhynz wrote
Reply to comment by Spiritual-Stress-525 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
I think the portion of the old Hospital is now a hospice care building.
ColdYellowGatorade t1_jdnhyh7 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
Reminds me of Drug Fair. Are they even around anymore? Walgreens and Rite Aid just killed them.
Vaushist-Yangist t1_jdnho2g wrote
Reply to comment by KaliGracious in Can someone explain the justification for having "private" beaches? It seems like access to natural attractions should be free. by SnooBooks4898
No problem! Thanks for the interest! Georgism is actually pretty compatible with a lot of schools of thought
Zaknoid t1_jdnhibk wrote
Reply to Can someone explain the justification for having "private" beaches? It seems like access to natural attractions should be free. by SnooBooks4898
When friends from California visited they could not believe you had to pay to go on the beach and yes beaches in California still are maintained and have lifeguards. Also, outside of certain areas like Santa Monica, Santa Cruz, Huntington etc they don't commercialize every fucking inch of coastal areas. I appreciate keeping the natural beauty of the coastline and keeping it from being over commercialized. Nice to sit on a beach and just see mountains and water instead of t shirt stands and smoke shops. They keep that shit in Venice for a reason lol.
Oxysept1 t1_jdnhb8f wrote
Reply to comment by Tall_Kayak_Guy in Growing up in Morris county I always joked about the “telephone pole park” by lilacmacchiato
Did you know studies have found that living will actually kill you !!!
bartowskii77 OP t1_jdngwav wrote
Reply to comment by turbopro25 in Moving from NJ to California by bartowskii77
Lmao thanks 😅😅
Zaknoid t1_jdngw40 wrote
Reply to comment by BrothelWaffles in Can someone explain the justification for having "private" beaches? It seems like access to natural attractions should be free. by SnooBooks4898
Yet, there's states that have free beaches and still have them maintained and have lifeguards so they magically found a way to do it.
thewetsockdevil t1_jdngnwi wrote
Reply to comment by Candy-Level in Need help identifying snake found in backyard by D3ATH_ADDER
That is the problem with what we call common names, actually. There are probably a dozen or more species of snakes in the US that people call rat snakes, but they are all distinct species. Here in NJ, I believe we have black rat snakes, which are different from these guys.
OilGlittering7034 t1_jdngl3t wrote
Reply to comment by Leftblankthistime in Hey what are your favorite steak houses in NJ? by SpaceXBeanz
>Steve’s sizzlin’ steaks in Carlstat
I ate there last week and it was good but holy shit is their sauce salty.
newwriter365 t1_jdngjjd wrote
Reply to Can someone explain the justification for having "private" beaches? It seems like access to natural attractions should be free. by SnooBooks4898
Home rule. Beach communities have power.
thewetsockdevil t1_jdngiui wrote
Reply to comment by Katzesensei in Need help identifying snake found in backyard by D3ATH_ADDER
Good to know, I was not aware. Still good to have around.
KaliGracious t1_jdngghl wrote
Reply to comment by Vaushist-Yangist in Can someone explain the justification for having "private" beaches? It seems like access to natural attractions should be free. by SnooBooks4898
I’ve heard some similar concepts in Left Libertarianism but always thought private ownership and profit of natural resources was fucking bullshit. thank you for introducing me to this.
Swimming_Meaning4499 t1_jdnm5td wrote
Reply to comment by kzapwn in Handicap parking ticket. by [deleted]
What if my mom lets them know she was driving my car? She’s handicap. There had to be a way to fight this.