Wait nvm according to a PM from u/HappyArtichoke7729, I need to say I hate Jersey City because one single person saying she likes it means that everyone’s rent is going to go up, and it’s ALLLLL my fault. Didn’t know I was that important! So cool to know though.

Parking at my apartment is $225 a month, which is about $300-400 less than monthly parking in Manhattan in a decent covered garage. Car payments and insurance vary greatly, but parking itself is so much cheaper.

You don’t need a car in downtown JC but I will say that I’ve rented a car multiple times to go run errands that were too big/inconvenient for a bus/train multiple times.

I lived in Bushwick in 2019 and just moved from upper Manhattan (Hamilton heights/west Harlem) to jersey city. I love Jersey City so much. It feels so much more walkable, I’m easily in the city in 10-15 mins, there’s so many fun restaurants and bars, and it’s young but established. I feel like I have so much more space for the same amount I was lying in Manhattan, and I’m looking forward to being able to have a car again.

I’m a 25 year old single woman, and most folks in downtown JC seem to be families and young couples, but it just feels so much better to me.

I don’t have to justify anything to you. Go find someone else to troll.

Yeah, I’m not going to listen to your fatphobic bullshit.

It’s a little fucked up that you’re telling someone, whose health you don’t know and who openly shares that they have an eating disorder, that seeking out a therapist that doesn’t spew fatphobic rhetoric is nonsense.

I stand corrected - I must have not used the right filters or gotten too filtered the last time I looked.

I’ve tried before, but it’s pretty hard to find someone who believes in HAES outside of reviews from other people.

The way it works at my place of employment is that I opt in a specified amount each month, and it’s taken out of my paycheck before taxes get taken out and loaded onto a card that I also happen to share with my FSA money (which is also pre-tax). With that card, I’m able to pay for all my public transportation. It’s been really great because it’s money I already set aside and don’t have to worry about having enough money for the train each month!

The best way to go about it imo is to get the SmartLink for PATH (20- or 40-ride, auto refill on your transit benefits card) because then rides are $2.60 instead of $2.75, and then do OMNY for NY (also with your transit benefits card) because they fare-cap, meaning that if you pay for 12 rides a week with the same card, your next rides are free (runs Sunday through Saturday I believe).

If you get transit benefits with your job, 100000% opt in. It’s pre-tax money that can only be used for transit (a lot more strict if you’re parking vs. using public transit), and you’ll receive a card to use. I was able to load mine into my smartphone for Apple Pay, then select it as my transit card so I don’t have to use Face ID to verify the purchase at each turnstile.