DifficultyNext7666 t1_itj5n13 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 12:53 AM

Reply to comment by burrito__supreme in SeeClickWontFix: How Jersey City has failed to address its deteriorating quality of life by jcskunk

Ya which is why it's comparable to nyc

burrito__supreme t1_itjfvm3 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 2:13 AM

idk. i lived in nyc for 10 years before buying my apt here, and i’ve never seen such blatant mismanagement. say what you will about the mayor of nyc and corruption and/or general buffoonery, but when i lived there in multiple neighborhoods, i never had trash strewn streets after garbage pickup, never had quality of life issues straight up ignored and/or not documented, never had to practically beg city government to give basic maintenance and care to my neighborhood (i currently live in ward b, which i’m not positive fulop is aware exists outside of lincoln park. which is a county, not city, park). in my experience, jc is a joke as far as municipal management goes.

ashlandbus t1_itkmks2 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 10:33 AM

Where did you live? I lived in Manhattan and The Bronx. The city management difference is shocking between the two. Jersey City more closely resembles what I experienced living in The Bronx.

burrito__supreme t1_itkxl2f wrote on October 24, 2022 at 12:31 PM

i lived in queens, but i have family in manhattan.

mikevago t1_itlnpaf wrote on October 24, 2022 at 3:46 PM

Yes, if there's one thing New York City is famous for, it's not having trash on the streets.

burrito__supreme t1_itlucdo wrote on October 24, 2022 at 4:30 PM

in some neighborhoods, yeah. maybe not in midtown or soho.

mikevago t1_itlyoq0 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 4:58 PM

Right, but New York isn't just Soho. And couldn't you say the same thing about Hamilton Park and downtown compared to the rest of JC?

burrito__supreme t1_itm0ik9 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 5:09 PM

sure, but your original comment suggested that my experience living in nyc and not seeing trash everywhere was not the norm. and i believe it probably depends on where you live, and you’re saying that applies to jc as well. but i am making the point that i believe nyc’s municipal services to be, on the whole, better run than jc’s. and that this mismanagement in jc is holding it back from being as great as it can be (and as great as fulop would have developers believe).