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Newarkguy1836 OP t1_j8i1hv0 wrote

These billboards have popped up along the M&E lines in Greater Newark area. ( This photo South Orange station)

Got me thinking....I've never seen Newark advertise itself in JC....in Fact, Newark doesn't exist to anyone looking for travel info in the NJTPK or GSP travel kiosks. But I've seen brochures for Toronto,Montreal,Boston, DC, Philly, Baltimore & of course ..NYC.

Newark needs to step up to the plate & prejucided NJ needs to acknowledge Newark as its flagship city, instead of saying "NJ this, NJ that!"

JERSEY GARDENS MALL at the Mills has a large beautiful "WELCOME TO ELIZABETH" poster.

Newark airports new terminal A has a giant "NJ" "WELCOME TO NJ".

(Maybe this should be under "rant"? LOL) I rest my case.

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SyndicalistCPA t1_j8i68e7 wrote

Newark doesn't have much to offer that JC doesn't have.

Newark and JC are in the top 5 least car dependent cities in America, but you wouldn't know it walking around in Newark. Jersey City on the other hand is pretty walkable downtown with a pedestrian plaza (definitely not perfect by any means). Newark's downtown is barely open at night.

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LateNightNewYork t1_j8ia0bh wrote

JC has no equal to NJPAC, Prudential Center, our art Museum, Essex County Parks & the Ironbound.

Grove Street in JC is nice , but it’s mostly less cool versions of stuff that’s in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

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SyndicalistCPA t1_j8iasej wrote

It doesn't need an equal to that because you can just take the PATH over to Newark for one day. Or the PATH to NYC.

Downtown JC is much more vibrant than the Ironbound, especially nowadays, and I grew up in the Ironbound. Ironbound has better food, especially for the price, but that's about it.

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lilsmurf8019 t1_j8jlbc0 wrote

JC, Hoboken, E.NY and the others on the Hudson is dependent on NY where Newark is its own dependent city with it's own style not transplanted NY'ers turning the Hudson into there version of Manhattan/Brooklyn.

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GhostOfRobertTreat t1_j8i98d1 wrote

Always thought NDD and the major developers should advertise on the PATH. Something like “If you lived here, you’d have a seat on this train.” Lol

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lilsmurf8019 t1_j8jkke3 wrote

I've been saying they should take the flag off the IDT building and put it somewhere else and put a big neon sign saying "Welcome to Newark" and smaller sign under it saying "Brick City".

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