Yeah, just enough to be an annoyance to clean, but not do damage. Nice idea.

the wealthy pay much higher taxes in the form of property taxes. some houses around me that wealthy people rebuilt are paying close to $50,000 in taxes a year

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this is the same taxes creep i've seen in NY. same with MTA funding. they add new taxes and raise more and it's always the wealthy who never seem to pay enough and pay the most. or the MTA needs taxes from the rich or it will shut down and the taxes and fees keep increasing and the MTA is always in trouble with their big projects that are boondoggles

Not gonna lie... I used to habit once in a while while working to walk in Manhattan of just tapping a fender when someone did this shit. Until a guy got out of a livery cab and tried with an NYPD camera right there (he even pointed to it as evidence of me damaging his car - with an open palm - OK, dude), then proceeded to try and pummel me. Fortunately I was a runner at the time.

It did remind me though, just like in a car itself, you don't know what the person in the other car is thinking.

If people are leaving, then where’s the glut of housing stock?

Is that Raquel Welch and Cybill Shepard modeling for xtra cash? RIP Raquel. Lol

I agree with your latter statement. Capitalists on both sides of the aisle means that we're just going to let the working class suffer.

Yeah, I actually considered it (as I said in OP this was right in front of HQ), except I got a bad vibe about walking into their territory with him right there. Not saying anything would happen, but I was kind of not in the mood for anything *to* happen.

Which funny enough NYC has an entire section - Broad Channel - that allowed left on red last I was out there (admittedly years ago).

I’m in Monmouth county and I’m thinking about reversal migration back to Bergen, where I grew up

It's literally an auto-preview Reddit creates based on the link I posted. Go yell at Reddit site engineers.

If you think Desantis is insane, you're kidding yourself. He's essentially the Tucker Carlson of actual politics. He understands what his base wants and uses it, but is completely different behind closed doors. He might be a manipulative asshole, but he's far from crazy.

Murphy is the exact same liar. He calls himself a progressive and capitalist in the same sentence, while quietly letting huge tax breaks go back into effect:

https://newjerseymonitor.com/2023/03/02/plan-to-let-tax-on-businesses-expire-draws-progressive-ire/#:~:text=Phil%20Murphy%20unveiled%20Tuesday%20would,year%20that%20begins%20July%201.

I'm even conflicted as to who is more dangerous...or maybe it's pointless to compare the danger between a wolf and a lion. Desantis clearly has a war on the marginalized, but Murphy is part of the ultra-wealthy that has been fighting a war against the middle class for decades. Both have increased misery in the country by untold amounts.

Well… the 50s is a while ago….. the 70s were 50 years ago.

Yeah I get that, I look both ways even at a one way street, but I can't always be looking behind me, which is where I have most of my near misses.

absolutely shocked that bergen lost population. there is no place to build more homes and the locals are against most denser housing like they are building in paramus

I've stopped at Hot Dog Johnny's a few times and never got the hype.

Rutts is king, then Hot Grill. If I want a pushcart style dog, Big Daddys in Little Falls.

How do they track in migration? Driver's license registrations? How does that square with the increasing amount of folks who don't even get driver's licenses?

Keep in mind it actually works the other way, the shitty ones move to Florida, Texas, etc.

We're happy to have you here with us!

I moved my parents back to NJ just before Covid. They would not have made it out alive otherwise.

I was coming here to say this. After a decades of "NYC is dying, people are fleeing" we got one year of, "Oops, our bad, NYC gained a lot of population." Then, right back to "NYC is dying!"

I've stopped at Hot Dog Johnny's a few times and never got the hype.

Rutts is king, then Hot Grill. If I want a pushcart style dog, Big Daddys in Little Falls.

Same here. I've had people nearly hit me with a cop witness this. Nothing.

I ain't afraid of cursing at cops, I am kind of afraid of myself sometimes (not helping myself in such a situation that is).

florida was nice until a few years ago when they allowed scam roofers to sue insurance companies into BK and now home insurance is like $10,000 and you need a new roof every few years and there is only the state insurer. the republicans there literally turned the insurance industry into socialism there

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I'd move to texas if I had the chance or the western carolinas too

As someone who has experienced the roads and highways in North Jersey, there are already too many humans living up here. This is a good thing.

You know, I've always been impartial to cops, but since I've hit middle age and seeing more and more act like dicks, I'm starting to feel the ACAB vibe.

You're ranting nonsense about Gov Murphy and using a thumbnail pic of Sen Booker?

Get your shit straight

I always loved the ceiling at Mill Creek. It was those shiny slats of white and silver and you can see how the Caldor sign reflects off it in the photo. This mall died very young….it had an amazing food court and was just super convenient for people who lived and worked in the area. This Foodtown was one of the nicest I ever have been to.

Now all Secaucus has is a Walmart for a grocery store. What a decline in fortunes. Ugh Walmart.