That Jenga building is sick. 99 Hudson is not sick.

My opinion is backed by my credentials: Architect.

Edit: thought about it, while 99 Hudson is not sick, the miniature scale model version of 99 Hudson is sick. Miniature scale models are sick.

Light Horse, Satis, or Hamilton Inn were the spots my wife and I went to a lot when we lived in JC

Right?!?

I pray for your karma…

But same

Counterpoint: I lived in JC for 7 years and was never hit by Amy DeGuise

“Cooking experiments”

Whole Foods produce is some of the best I’ve found, and they carry good pantry staples like Bianco di Napoli tomatoes.

Aside from that stuff, I go to ShopRite

They had to install underground plumbing for floor drains and ground floor toilets.

So my in my expert opinion… they did make some progress. It looked like they got some underground plumbing rough-ins installed. I can only assume there was a permit issue for plumbing which caused a delay, or a design change, or a multitude of other things. Once that plumbing is done and any electrical raceways, they’ll likely start to pour the slab

There were a few people who parked in the garage who were too cheap to pay for the chargers so they used the 110v wall charger plugged into an outlet by a parking spot. Effectively stealing electricity.

I knew a guy who went to court for fare evasion.

I knew him…

Rent is nuts. I used to live at 90 Columbus and was paying 3,045 since 2018. They never raised it. I just moved out and when they re-listed my unit they increased the rent to 3,650.

I believe the most recent controversy is Dvora buildings are charging people to receive their packages

My office designed the amusement park

If you can make the square footage and the price work, they’re actually pretty nice. I enjoyed the amenities and it was nice living in new construction.

Not saying it’s right, but it’s similar to airline and concert ticketing systems. Hell I saw a golf course out by Montclair that uses demand based tee time pricing

Idk if it’s just me, but unless I was desperate, I’d never rent a place with a tile countertop. I cook a lot and the grout is impossible to keep clean.

I would do some deeper research into this. In some cases the abatement will cost you more than your standard tax bill depending on the property. Additionally, I just moved to a very high tax suburb and the spread between the suburb and JC wasn’t massive, maybe 4 a year. Which on paper seems like a lot, but when you factor in constantly increasing school budgets, municipality budget increases, and then PILOTs expiring which will cause the municipality to take in less taxes with no guarantee it’ll lower school taxes, they’re destined to go up.

You could say suburb taxes will go up, and they will, but JC’s low rate isn’t out of the kindness of the city’s heart, it’s due to mismanagement and a perfect storm of conditions that will end.

Additionally, since the Bayonne boxes are new, there’s no assessed value on the books so you won’t really know what the taxes are until you’re assessed or if you do the abatement.

I was looking in the heights but the cities tax future scared me, the door to door commute to work would be about the same as where we bought in the suburbs, and I got significantly more space and land for the price. I wanted desperately to stay in JC, we just couldn’t make it work unless we rented forever.

Edit: Also don’t know what your budget is, but the new build Bayonne boxes skyrocketed this year. We saw (arguably the nicest of the bunch) one in April (listed for $650,000 and it sold for $635,000). The last one we looked at in September was listed at $900,000, was not as nice and was on a less desirable block.

? Freehold is central Jersey. Newark isn’t bad. Went to school there 15 years ago and it’s only improved. Irvington can be a little rough and some of the outer wards, but you’re also further from public transportation when you get to those areas.

I used to commute via NJT bus from Freehold, NJ to PABT for 2 years. I swore that I would never set foot on a NJT bus or in PABT after I moved to JC. This is why I chose to move to a town with direct NJT train service.

Short answer, I hate the bus but YMMV

Weehawken, you’re looking at bus to PABT or ferry.

There is one place in Paulus Hook that does

Lol we were looking in both and my realtor kept calling it Maplehood (I joke and say I’m on the good side of the tracks). The hood won’t kill us but the taxes will…

We’re actually smack on the border of SO and Maplewood, so a mile from each downtown which is great.

It’s funny how there’s so many people in both towns who decamped from Brooklyn, Hoboken and JC.

Ah yeah, that’s a bitch to get to from anywhere. SO would just make that more complicated even with the midtown direct.

Is there a reason you’re looking in JC if you’re working in East Orange? That commute could suck with the traffic.

South Orange has a bunch of rentals and a brand new one that looks really nice, but they are charging JC prices for it. My wife and I are in the process of moving from JC to SO (we bought)