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sutisuc t1_ja4df3a wrote

Honestly less of a testament to anything particularly great about JC and more about how awful the situation is in the rest of the country.

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BeMadTV t1_ja4jftv wrote

This.

I will never get rid of my car, then again, I have experience enjoying what the rest of the east coast has to offer within a three hour drive.

Now if I moved here from Wyoming then yeah, I probably wouldn't want a car until I made it a year without any friends around here.

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TheFraudAccountant t1_ja52rq0 wrote

We built one of the greatest cities in the world in NYC, full of public transportation, and the US was like, "Let's never do that again".

Truly sad.

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Scared-Cartoonist-76 t1_ja4spsw wrote

That study is absolute garbage. San Fran and DC more walkable than NYC? Los Angeles, Madison WI, Fort Collins, CO more walkable than Jersey City. Is this a joke? 🙄

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Ilanaspax t1_ja4z0lw wrote

Shocking since radio station websites are normally recognized for their journalistic integrity.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_ja4x6yd wrote

They tried to factor in climate for no reason, the climate is really not that big a deal. It wasn't a big deal 10 years ago either, but true winter isn't a thing anymore.

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lee1026 t1_ja64pk5 wrote

Reading the underlying study, one of the most important factors is "Monthly Average Inches of Precipitation" and "Yearly Average Percentage of Sunshine"

Through they also apparently think that Fullerton CA have the best walkscore in the country, so garbage in, garbage out. Actually, I figured out how that works too. Walk score, the organization, have an average for each city. Many smaller cities are too small to get a score from walk score, so this group just took a central point in the city and used that as a walk score. So yeah, they are gonna do well in the study and like shit in real life.

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ManchurianPandaDate t1_ja4602n wrote

Yea plus who would choose to actively destroy their vehicles by driving on Jersey cities crumbling roads when you can take public transportation ? They should just finish the job and destroy what’s left of the roads.

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shootthemoon88 t1_ja4dnh3 wrote

I'm not against this. However the public transit needs a great addition to make it really feasible

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ManchurianPandaDate t1_ja4ferf wrote

There should be way more public transportation. There should also be way better roads. I wonder how many mechanics would go out of business if the road quality drastically improved

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Economy-Cupcake808 t1_ja52x04 wrote

The roads here are pretty good compared to the ones in nyc that I’ve seen.

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ManchurianPandaDate t1_ja53jdw wrote

NY roads are also terrible. It’s funny if you drive out of Jersey city almost anywhere you can tell you’ve reached another city because the roads become noticeably better instantly. Same with NY in a lot of places I’ve been

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TheFraudAccountant t1_ja53z7e wrote

Honestly think we should move back to brick roads. More expensive upfront but much more durable. It'll make drivers drive more slowly with the rumble creating a safer and aesthetically pleasing environment for the rest of us. Would also reduce run off as well.

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sutisuc t1_ja5pm1u wrote

Could be worse at least it’s not newarks roads

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aa043 t1_ja64ja9 wrote

Where in JC are there any decent lawns? Has anyone ever heard of Lawnstarter ?

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Ilanaspax t1_ja4hv20 wrote

It’s funny to watch people be swindled into thinking that the lack of traffic enforcement and road quality deterring not-that-many people from driving is just another feature of ~Big City Living~

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