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sutisuc t1_iu9j83f wrote

Reply to comment by surrealchemist in Another building bites the dust... gentrification is real out here. by Towers_Oh_My27

It’s like half the people on this sub haven’t seen what happened to jersey city over the years. Couldn’t possibly build more in a city of that size over the last 20 years and it’s more unaffordable than ever. Why people want to price themselves out of Newark I have no idea. Maybe there’s more property owners on this sub than I’ve realized

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sutisuc t1_itmascs wrote

Reply to comment by eastaleph in Rant: Newark rent is too expensive for what it is worth by swimteam69

Man you have not eaten in the heights, Chinatown, hell I can even point you to places in ritzy areas of Manhattan with great food at affordable prices. You gotta get out more.

I don’t think there’s a legal definition of a chicken shack but if you have one available you’d like to share please do. I refer to chicken shacks as hole in the wall places that sell a lot of…chicken. Therefore mcwhorter fits the bill.

I said excepting chicken shacks (mcwhorter) and burger places (Krugs) and then you then named a place with barely any options under twenty dollars and bluebird which I’ll concede was a good call. My point being there isn’t much in the ironbound that isn’t a chicken shack or burger place that has decent food for under 20 dollars, even places like mcwhorter are like 75 percent frozen fries and rice. Not exactly something I want to eat on a regular basis.

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sutisuc t1_itm78vp wrote

Reply to comment by eastaleph in Rant: Newark rent is too expensive for what it is worth by swimteam69

I can throw a rock in any direction in Manhattan (especially lower and upper manhattan) and find quality restaurants that are priced well below 20 dollars. Why is 20 unreasonable? Costs here are certainly lower than Manhattan so what’s with the upcharging here?

Why don’t most people at mcwhorters order the pork chops then? Why do they grill whole chickens endlessly all day?

You asked me what I consider to be not overpriced, I’m not moving the goal posts I’m just pointing out the exception here certainly proves the rule.

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sutisuc t1_itm6utq wrote

Reply to comment by swimteam69 in Rant: Newark rent is too expensive for what it is worth by swimteam69

This is honestly Newark, and NJ’s, blessing and curse. We’re so close to NYC so we can take advantage of the jobs, entertainment, culinary options, etc. But then there’s much less of an investment in our own cities because so much of peoples time, money, energy, etc is put into NYC and then people who aren’t from these cities have very little attachment to them.

On top of this because a good chunk of the “new” residents moving into Newark work in NYC the state and city are not seeing any of that tax money so you get new residents but they don’t actually pay in any money to the tax coffers (unless they pay property taxes). So NYC get the benefit of having white collar (and even blue collar) workers who pay into their taxes without having to deliver as much in the way of services and not housing people, while Newark has to provide service, housing, etc for people who work and spend a lot of money elsewhere.

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