Permanent financing as opposed to a construction loan. In this case looks like the developer “loaned itself” some cash.

I don’t know what any of this means but I wish you luck!

“How can we make it feel Portuguese and Spanish without being TOO Portuguese and Spanish?”

“How about some grapes and a guitar?”

“Genius.”

They need to figure out a way to have it mistimed during non rush hour and we’ll times during rush hour. You can’t speed during rush hour traffic anyway.

Traffic calming is fine. It just means slower speeds. And all speed limits in Newark is 25mph but people speed. What we have is not congestion and flagrant violation of traffic laws.

Then have good signalling during rush hour and wonky ones after hours. Ain’t no one trying to race at 5:30pm on a Wednesday.

Everything you on Bloomfield Ave and Broad Street. Literally everyone seems mistimed

The police seem uninterested in getting cars parked in travel lanes to move or stopping people who run red lights.

I’m all for bike lanes, bump outs, etc. but having a mass of cars congested in the intersections and crosswalks is not safe for anyone. You can have good flow and a safe speed. I’d love to see 21 made more into a pedestrian friendly boulevard. But none of that matters if the light sequence is all screwed up.

I don’t think it was always like this though? This feels different than before but maybe I just don’t remember how to drive around downtown pre-Covid.

I just don’t want him to get hurt. That’s all I’m saying.

I think another set of eyes is great and why I encouraged him to set up a neighborhood watch with other people with a direct line to the police. I think walking around by yourself in a full face mask taking “action shots” and thinking you’re going to stop crime yourself is a quick way to end up in the hospital. I’m not against him wanting to walk around and keep an eye out. It’s the implication that he’s going to try to stop something himself while wearing a homemade mask because he thinks he’s a superhero that concerns me. Feel like I’m going to read in RLS about some 19 year old North Ward kid getting shot because he ran up to a carjacking to try to stop it.

Do you really think this guy is going to be able to run up to and stop a carjacking? Or do you think he’ll likely get shot in the gut if he tries?

That doesn’t make any sense. What is the scenario where someone sees your face and then tracks you and your family down? You think you’re going to intervene in a crime and hand over criminals to the police? And the criminals are going to get out and walk around the neighborhood until they find you?

What are you actually planning on doing while wearing a mask? Are you going to run up and intervene if you witness an assault? A drug deal? A carjacking? A shooting? The odds are much greater you’ll be retaliated against violently in the moment if you come upon some crime.

The Guardian Angels in NYC patrolled in brightly colored uniforms with their faces exposed. It’s their actual presence that was supposed to reduce crime. Not actually intervening in criminal incidents. Neighborhood watches are real things that people do. Criminals don’t commit crime where there are witnesses. They do it where they can get away with it. If they know an area has regular people walking around a lot at night, they will move elsewhere.

Hey man, just because I thought that guy was weird and had a terrible approach to whatever he was trying to do doesn’t mean I think it’s a good idea for you to go patrolling at night in a superhero mask. I still worry you’re going to stumble onto something you shouldn’t and get yourself stabbed or shot. If you want to do a neighborhood watch, you should reach out to the police and see about how to do something safely with a group of like-minded neighbors.

You should have led with that!

I suppose if you want honest responses from people, you should be more open about who you are and why you’re doing this. Are you college kids trying to write a paper? Do you represent some group? Are you really just a few friends? Referring to your friends as colleagues and a brief Google form as a study feels shady AF. So that’s one Newark resident’s opinion for you.

What group is referred to by “we” and “colleagues?”

Email required lmao

https://salesweb.civilview.com/Sales/SalesSearch?countyId=2

Google Essex County Sheriff Sales if that link doesn’t work.

It’s 100% this. Speaking to some developers a few years back and they thought a 1BR condo would have to sell for $450k to make it more worthwhile to them than a rental. I think a 2br was pushing 600k. That was like 5 years ago.

You don’t see a lot of condos in JC right now either. It’s all rental everywhere.

I get it. The first thing is that you don’t need to send your kid to the “zoned” district school for your address. You can apply to any school in the city. To get an idea of the basic test scores for each district and charter you can start here: https://www.myschoolsnewark.org/

The state also has more comprehensive reports on each school relating to absenteeism, demographics, all kinds of stuff. Google NJ DOE school reports.

There are different applications though which is super annoying. The district schools have their own. Most of the charters have a common app but a bunch have their own individual lottery. We applied to seven schools through four applications and the drawings are at different times. It’s maddening.

If you’re in Ironbound, I would strongly consider The Gray as it’s just across 21. It’s likely where we’re sending our kid since they’re pretty deep on the wait list for Robert Treat which would be much more convenient for us. There’s also another Robert Treat campus in downtown that I know people like.

I would start here: OFFICE OF AFFORDABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE HOUSING Economic and Housing (973) 733-6575

Maybe I’ll do a Google form type poll one day. Reddit only allows a few options and I came up with these on a whim.

Some of the district schools are good and there are lots of good charters. We’re in the process of picking a school for our child now.