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tuggyforme t1_j2ia1mz wrote

Reply to comment by marceljj in how is it like for Indians in newark? by Klutzy-Tackle-

It's still top 10 in NJ in terms of crime. Why bullshit a foreign visitor? that's cruel.

OP, please ignore these nutbags.

source: https://idcide.com/citydata/nj/newark.htm

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NewarkDwyer t1_j2j1tp1 wrote

Your "source" links to a non-government website that provides no source for anything it is saying. It cites data that (if it is accurate at all) is 12 years out of date. It does not compare Newark to other cities, much less compare crime to other cities on a per capita basis. So your argument isn't supported by anything other than prejudice.

Crime stats have dramatically improved in Newark in recent years especially. It largely escaped the uptick in violent crime seen in other large cities. I live and work downtown and the notion that this is some kind of dystopian hellhole is just a lie. Newark has a lot of challenges but it is a great city and it is generally moving in the right direction.

You're entitled to your own opinion (even if based on prejudice), but you are not entitled to your own facts. I would encourage the OP to research the publicly available data, and not listen to bigots and haters.

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marceljj t1_j2iwlzi wrote

what’s cruel is you writing off a city of 300+ thousand people because idk you saw a homeless person at Penn station

these suburban boogeyman takes don’t do anything to help bud

if this city makes you clutch your pearls so hard, what are you even doing in this subreddit

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tuggyforme t1_j2j6z4f wrote

I lived and worked there over a decade. Every part. If you think newark truly offers everything there is to offer in NJ, you need to get out more. Newark only offers a shitty quality of life except for the most expensive upscale buildings, you need to travel A LOT more.

This is the time when he's supposed to make meaningful connections. It's not going to happen in any affordable part of newark. But also lack of sleep due to noise at night.. lack of safety... not knowing if your place is going to get robbed... not knowing if you're going to get mugged going out for milk. Whole city smells like trash. The litter.. bars on windows... it's all just shitty depressing environments.

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marceljj t1_j2j93py wrote

yea I live here and I don’t worry about any of that stuff. It just seems tough living life so scared and paranoid.

i like where i live and I’m sure you like where you do, so maybe avoid calling people nutbags for that

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tuggyforme t1_j2j9erq wrote

I don't think that's paranoid for someone that is out of place. I think it's realistic caution. Seen it happen, happened to me a few times. It's just part of the gig when you're walking around places alone at different hours and stick out for invariable reasons.

I'm not calling people nutbags for living there. I had my reasons for living there too.

I'm calling people nutbags for acting like it's a totally average run of the mill part of New Jersey or America. To this dude from India whose only knowledge is basically movies and TV shows, that's just not what he's expecting.

Newark is anything but-.

Love it or hate it, the sht is fked up... by all measures.

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