Property tax increased a lot. This is passed on to renters (you get a credit for it on state tax!).

Also, inflation was ~6-7%. A normal rent increase on top of that means 10% isn't absolutely crazy. Still a lot of course.

I guess they are technically correct, there is plenty of housing in the country.... if you just add it all together irrelevant of location and quality. Housing crisis is specifically because there isn't enough housing where the jobs are and where people generally want to live thats a reasonable commuting distance.

Also the day people realize that housing cannot sustainably appreciate forever (for numerous reasons) as an asset there probably will be an enormous crash and cultural shift of housing as an investment to housing as a need (see: Japan). We are nowhere close to that yet sadly. Probably take another 20 or so years.

Not sure what your rent went from and to but the market has definitely slowed down and I've even seen some of the crazy prices come down slightly. You should look around and see if there are available units elsewhere more affordable for you. They definitely exist. Otherwise unfortunately 10% isn't good but last year people were seeing crazy 15%-20% increases. It's not good but 10% is likely a sign of your management being bold but not as bold as they would have been last year, simply because they can't.

How many times does it need to be said that building housing reduces the rate at which prices increase. It does not guarantee lower prices. Without new housing rent would just shoot up even faster.

A great analogy I heard: Saying building more housing doesn't help is like free-falling from an airplane and complaining the parachute hasn't completely stopped you mid-air.

Also there is no need to activate the ticket!

I buy tickets but don't activate them so if im in a rush or forget I have one. The one time I was stopped to be checked they just asked me to activate it. I did and I was on my way.

It makes sense because the timer is sometimes longer than even some trips on the rail.

I'm not against it I'm just saying what the state would say when they explain why they won't fund it.

More transit is always something I personally want haha

I won't hold my breath for it.

Weekday: Good

Weekend: Unreliable due to lack of frequency and frequent daytime construction interruptions

Verdict: It's a miracle it was even built and that compared to the rest of the country is fairly frequent and above average in terms of service.

Edit: The fact at peak it runs at sub-10 minute intervals and only stops running from ~1:30am - 5:00am is crazy for the US and even some other countries. It is actually pretty decent service. During the week.

The biggest issue is the state thinks way too commuter oriented when there is actually a lot of demand on the weekends for the light rail. It needs to be more frequent and they need to stop the weird daytime construction that anywhere else would be done at night.

I thought it was good, it's a medium size exhibition. It is not child oriented. The cost for it is reasonable. Unfortunately the cost combined with LSC admission itself is a bit much. If you've never been to LSC then go ahead and go, maybe see a planetarium show too if there's one that isn't too kiddy.

If you have been to LSC before then.... honestly hard call. If you really like Pompeii maybe? You can YOLO it if you want and just go. I was skeptical too but enjoyed it.

Didn't take pics.

That's because PATH refuses to run operationally effecient.

There are so many operational improvements PATH could make to have reduced pre-pandemic crowding that they just didn't. (I will give credit that they did actually commit to longer trains and improving signaling)

And of course new lines or stations should be being proposed by PATH to adjust to the growing urban environment instead we have to constantly beg them to stop the brain-dead weekend 33rd St Via Hoboken nonsense, something they are able to do right now and just don't want to.

Also, I don't think Redundancy is bad rather from a state planning perspective that is the primary reason they would not extend HBLR to Newark. Especially when, as said, PATH can do many things to improve capacity any time. I guess when we all give up on PATH to be competent we'll have to build these other systems to supplement their poor management.

Given track record of BRT in this country.... we'll see. I hope so too.

Re. Murphy. He is generally good (in my opinion) but public transit is his obvious negative. The fact that $11 billion dollar turnpike widening is being championed by him says enough about his awareness of how modern urban planning works. I know the money isn't able to moved from that agency, but there are other road projects to be done other than adding a lane that does nothing but give cars an extra place to park before the Holland bottleneck.

It's a shame we lack the political will to get these sort of things done :(

I think everything you said makes sense!

I'm very much a proponent of dont let perfect be the enemy of good or even okay or even existant in the case of US Public Transit. If anything passable got built I'd be happy.

I just don't think we'll see these lines any time soon. It makes sense but I have very little faith in the state. I mean the extension for the HBLR up to Englewood makes plenty of sense and has tons of pent up demand, and yet not a single shovel has hit the ground in almost 20 years despite seemingly being around the corner.

I do think some extension or some system in Paterson is likely to happen, I just suspect it'll be in 2050 or something.

Wasn't aware of this! Interesting.

However, the distance is just not practical for a light rail system. In America we have a habit of over-extending our systems. Light rail runs at too low a speed to justify the cost of extending all the way there. Really, you'd want an actual heavy rail system, e.g. subway/metro system from Newark to Paterson with good frequency, capacity, and speed.

Tho I guess realistically only light rail gets built. Really it would make more sense to build a separate light rail system up in Paterson and its surrounding area. Could be cheaper than extending all the way from Tonnelle

Oh my bad, I misread Newark as New York. It wasnt out of the realm as originally the 7 was proposed to extend to Secaucus via Hudson Yards so I assumed it was a reference to that.

Ediited my OP.

> What involves the MTA here?

The article explicitly says a proposal to extend the New York City subway into NJ. Edit: I am dunce

Light rail systems are not high capacity, nor would a system going there need to be given there is only a mall there. Building a high capacity system for occasional peak demand would be a hard ask unless it is going between high consistent demand areas already. Increasing train length, size, frequency would make the line there higher capacity than any light rail proposal.

Kind of a strange article.

The urban planner didn't necessarily come up with these, it's a combination of pre-existing proposals.

Also, they are basically a private individual, unfortunately have no impact on these getting built. The one inolving the MTA is extremely unlikely to happen for a bureaucratic reasons. Edit: misread Newark as New York, classic

Right now the only extensions budgeted/officially planned in our region are:

• PATH extension to EWR (AirTrain station)
• HBLR extension up to Englewood

These will probably be finished within 15 years.

After that, the Paterson extension is the most "likely", as well as a proposal floating around to have a light rail between American Dream and Secaucus, possibly extending to the HBLR somewhere. Issues with these is redundancy. NJ Transit to Paterson and NJ Transit Meadowlands line already existing. Redundancy is the same reason a HBLR extension from JC to Newark, even though the old right of way exists, is unlikely. It mirrors PATH too much.

What the... that one Transit comment is definitely mine. I remember filling out this survey on the app and stating that weekend and night service are terrible. Shocked it went anywhere (not in terms of actual action, just that the survey was even real)

Classic Mocco.

He is incapable of building something without dozens of violations.

Liberty Harbor may be held together with little more than popsicle sticks and elmers glue.

Im going to give you a productive reply.

You cannot charge a prospective tenant any of the fees you've described. You are the one in the "begging" postion. I've never heard of a lease takeover where the prospective is expected re-imburse amenity, and ESPECIALLY should never be expected to reimburse tranfer fee or deposit. These are ridiculous asks.

Despite what others are saying (it doesn't matter what your opinion is of the insane downtown rental prices, below/above market is objective to existing rates at a location), you are correct that for the building and location in downtown, as well as floor level, (and Manhattan view) it is a decent deal. But no one will bite if you are asking for those fees to be paid. It leaves a bad taste. Also, don't know if you have noticed but rental rates have slowed and are decreasing slightly. Unfortunately you may have to offer lower in addition to not asking for anything but application fee.

City elections are non-partisan and on top of that no matter how negative you are it would be impossible for Amy to win an election like Mayor. The voters don't care about Tom. She would lose handedly as she is so extraordinarily flawed.

The authority owning PATH does not need to be NJ Transit. In fact nationwide its rare for urban systems to be run by surbaban transit organizations due to exactly what you said. That's why the set up of the MTA is weird.

Ideally it'd be a Hudson & Essex County based authority.

Why just NJ? PATH is managed by both governors.

Really PATH should just be owned by an NJ authority. NY has very little interest in improving the service, and as a result, so does the Port Authority. If it were an NJ commission our complaints would actually mean something.

In terms of getting things done - worse.

In terms of -on average- not being antagonistic and problematic - better.

I'd say they are pretty incompetent but not in a way actively dangerous like some regions. Relatively harmless. I've felt the average opinion is "I don't even know what the JCPD does besides sit around."

Neighborhood is safe via being mostly empty. Some nice cafes and restaurants and what not but in my opinion the neighborhood has not hit the critical mass of Downtown, JSQ, The Heights, etc to be considered lively or have any practical in-neighborhood grocery option. Thus quietness might be good depending on what you want. I wouldnt take a walk next to the abandoned warehouse casually at 3am because sometimes there are odd characters there. But unlikely you'd be doing that.

The light rail lot is monitored 24/7 by security so it's perfectly safe.

Be aware the frieght train is many times louder than the light rail. Check if the unit youre looking at is next to the freight tracks and if so avoid being the same level.

No idea on utilities, it's up to your usage but it will be around minimum $20.