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Direct_Ad18 t1_j5yj6rh wrote

Reply to comment by eliquissempra in I really wanted to like Jersey city but something just didn’t click here for me. by [deleted]

Ah yes, tent cities all over town but at least you can get to the airport easily. Also if you want to go literally anywhere outside of the city. Good luck doing that without a car. Here you could get to the Jersey shore beaches, Long Island, beaches, hiking in the Hudson valley, Boston, DC and Philly, all without a car.

Never mind the fact that you can get to three major airports from Jersey City in under an hour representing, hubs of many major airlines in this country. Two of which are international.

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Affectionate-Buy2539 t1_j5ykgha wrote

As someone who lived in the City* of Chicago for 18 years, traveling at least 1-2 times a year through MDW and ORD if not more, JC to EWR has always been faster and cheaper via Uber. (Separately, I think the security at EWR is also faster). Not to mention even licensed taxis in Chicago have tried to rip me off in terms of fare.

*Differentiating here from a suburb that happens to be near the airport. City proper.

I think the Chicago comparison is missing info because Chicago covers quite a large area. Vast majority of places in Chicago will be much longer to the airport compared to JC/EWR

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Direct_Ad18 t1_j5ylnz8 wrote

Security at EWR is by far the fastest out of every airport I've been to. Everything is seamless. I'm not exactly a world traveler and I'm sure there's better out there, but I've been to at least twenty airports in this country and half a dozen international ones.

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