The 119 and 125 make lots of stops on their way to PABT. There's also the 123, which starts at Christ Hospital on Palisade Ave and goes north to PABT from there.

If you live downtown, going up to JSQ to catch these buses doesn't make a lot of sense. It'll be faster and cheaper to take PATH to the city and transfer to the NYC subway if you're going farther uptown. There are a few 126 buses that start/end at Hamilton Park in downtown JC if that helps.

I’m not a Fulop fanboy but he/admin deserve some credit for working out the current deal with the county. Community raised hell in ‘19 when the county wanted to sell part of the land to a developer. The land was zoned for a park in 2010 but the nuts and bolts of who would own the land (city or county), who would build the park, etc., weren’t settled until pretty recently.

https://youtu.be/auYLMiTnHVU

Palisade Ave is the least terrible among the terrible options. Webster has a striped lane, but getting there via Baldwin can be scary AF.

Someone above mentioned Central. The pavement is good on Central, but the business district is a little hectic for my liking. Unless I'm going to a business on Central, I usually stick to Palisade.

Traffic but also shade. Grass needs sun and there isn’t any there.

Good. Maybe motorists will see/stop for pedestrians now. Wishful thinking, I know.

Grace O'Malley's as well.

And, more specifically, NJDOT redesigned it a few years ago and made it LESS safe for pedestrians in the name of improving "throughput" for cars.

When I got rid of my car I did the same kind of math. I found out I'd be saving a net of about $700/month, and that does not include parking (I parked on the street). That was 12 years ago, so inflate to 2022 dollars.

• Car payment (I had a cheap used car so my payment was low)
• Insurance (expensive AF)
• Avg monthly gas+tolls
• Assumed $1200/year on repairs, oil changes, other maintenance spread out to $100/month
• Assumed a parking ticket per quarter

And then there's the cost of a driving commute on your blood pressure and mental health.

Plug in your own expectations into an excel/sheet and see where you land on the expenses side of the equation.

If this job means you won't need a PATH monthly, you could count that savings against the expenses. You'll probably still want to uber and take transit sometimes though for times you're going out, alcohol, don't want to deal with car/parking/traffic, etc.

Key Foods is on Jersey up at 3rd Street. https://keyfoodjc.com/

P&K is a good little green grocer on Newark Ave.

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Argh, that's what I get for skimming and only catching the "NYC" part.

Why do you have a car? Getting rid of that will take a lot of stress and cost away.

Meeting people isn’t easy as an adult, but there are so many organizations, clubs, teams, that you can get involved with. Think about things you enjoy doing. If there’s a club or group for those things anywhere, they’d be in NYC or JC.

Lee Sims for sure

I live near JSQ and I often just walk downtown or bike there. It’s nice to bike into and around Liberty State Park as well. Taking PATH or the 80 bus to the waterfront near Exchange Place is an option too.

I’ve been in JC for 12 years without a car. Mostly downtown and in the JSQ area. About 40% of JC does not have a car and in places like JSQ it’s more like 65%.

I had a car when I moved here. It was a pain. I didn’t use it as much as I thought I would. It was expensive to maintain/insure/pay tickets. Not worth it.

Friends have had cars here and they complain about JC all the time. All the complaints are car problems. Traffic is bad, parking sucks, insurance is high, gas is expensive, street sweeping blah blah, bike lanes blah blah blah. If you don’t have a car, you don’t worry or complain about these things all the time.

With no real competition, they can be as good or bad as they want to be. If someone thinks they can make a better bagel and serve each one with a smile, maybe there’s a business opportunity for them!

If your job is based in NY, you must pay NY State income tax. If you reside in NYC you must pay NYC income tax as well.

If you move to NJ but your job is based in NY, you must still pay NY State income tax, but not NYC tax.

When you file your tax return, you’ll file in NYS as a nonresident. You must also file in NJ. But NJ will give you a credit for taxes paid to another state. NJ also gives you a break for property taxes paid on your home or rent paid. So I usually end up close to “break even” (meaning I don’t owe more or get much back than I had withheld for NYS income tax throughout the year).

If your job moves to NJ you’ll just file in NJ and pay NJ income tax.

Paying so much extra HOA for a doorman or elevator or pool that’s open 3/12 months is not worth it IMO.

Because it’s 2022?