JeromePowellAdmirer

JeromePowellAdmirer t1_j1y5kyc wrote

Reply to comment by Bh10474 in Late Night Travel by mousebunnyduck

This requires

  • money for a car

  • money for gas

  • money for insurance

  • money for maintenance

  • money for tolls

  • money for parking here

  • money for nyc parking

The question is whether the no headaches (but still likely having to sit in traffic going in) are worth paying for all that. At a high enough income level it would be. For me, I don't mind the transit waits and that's a lot more money for savings/ vacations/ eating out

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_j1y4rx8 wrote

Reply to comment by possums101 in Late Night Travel by mousebunnyduck

I heard a lot of horror stories but only once have I ever actually experienced anything like it. Don't use the bathroom in there and it's fine. And even then if you're OK with getting a glance at a partially nude man taking a sink shower, you won't be beaten up or anything.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_j1k6q54 wrote

Reply to comment by Ilanaspax in Should we sell our car? by hourlongflyer

Beach gear? I'm carrying a chair at most and more likely only a blanket. I also don't sunbathe anyways, I walk for 2-3 hours at most. That beats hunting for parking and moving a car 4 times a week when I only use it once a week. Taking transit is also relaxation time unless you believe in the NY Post lunacy about it, unlike driving time. With the money I save I enjoy a better life on the weekdays.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_j1ithnq wrote

Reply to comment by Ilanaspax in Should we sell our car? by hourlongflyer

Train to South Mountain or Harriman or Asbury/Long Branch or Coney Island or Long Beach NY or Jones Beach NY. Enough to scratch the itch a couple times a month, can even rent a car for another weekend on top of that and still come out ahead. Having 2 people in the car does make their math work better. Skiing, that would indeed be tougher, but I wouldn't live in Jersey City if skiing was a big part of my life, unless I had tons of disposable income (it does seem these people do have tons of disposable income)

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