As OP said, It’s easier for a dog to wriggle out of and compels the dog to pull when walking. Something like a martingale collar is generally recommended, which tightens as the dog pulls (but only to a certain degree so it doesn’t injure them) and can’t just be backed out of like a harness can.

Where in NJ are you trying to get to? This will help determine what your best public transportation options are. It might seem scary if this is your first time in the US, but there will be plenty of people out and about at 10pm and Both New York and NJ are much safer than people would have you believe. Might be a huge pain in the ass to schlep a couple hours to your destination but you’ll be absolutely fine.

Montclair but that’s just because it’s the one closest to me and basically the only one I go to. Lots of great vendors, though as someone else mentioned, probably the same ones in lots of other farmers markets. My favorites are pickle licious, hummus boss, shore catch (great fresh fish), and vacchiano farm for their large selection of meats.

Yikes, yet another thing to add to the extremely long list of reasons why I would never live in one of those horrible new corporate apartment buildings.

Source? There is nothing in the ordinance that I linked that has anything about the age of the property.

Dudes getting shafted, this isn’t typical rent in Montclair for anything outside of the horrible “luxury” apartments. I pay nearly $700 less for a one bedroom with all the amenities in the same town.

Montclair has rent control laws that cap increases at 4%; unless there is some sort of loophole for your current place, increasing by 17% is not allowed.

Check the law here.

if your town doesn’t have rent control, you can still try to negotiate it down. I know this is less likely to be effective in an apartment complex but it doesn’t hurt to try. Just because it’s market rate doesn’t mean it’s a fair increase.

If you choose to move out, do your research and find a town with rent control laws. Mine has a 4% cap and it’s great peace of mind. Last year my rent only went up $68 and I’m still paying far below market rate for my location + amenities.

Not to sound like a shill but if I was a shop rite manager I’d be sucking up profits wherever I could too. Grocery stores are a notoriously low margin business and considering increased cost of goods and shop rite’s entire appeal being rooted in affordability, they are probably walking a very thin line between making money and losing customers with high prices. Can’t imagine manager’s special discounts accounts for more than a tiny piece of their business so it does seem a little pointless/greedy but I’m guessing they’ve noticed they can sell these at a lower discount and people will still buy them.

If you can help it, I’d recommend just not buying it if the price isn’t right, and maybe give the feedback to management that you don’t think it’s worth it at that 30% off price point. Obviously as just one person you can’t do much to change their thinking but if more people feel the way you do, and they have to start throwing this stuff away instead of selling it, you’ll see prices start to drop again.

Before anyone starts panicking: these 16 cases occurred in the last 17 months dating back to APR ‘21. Can’t say I’m all that concerned.