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Jahooodie t1_iwv8oju wrote

The year is 2045. 99 Hudson Street & the Goldman building are now the shortest buildings in Jersey City's costal skyline, long ago replaced by the Megabutress heavy-large skyscrapers constructed to hold back the rising seas & prevent more flooding like Hurricane Upsilon had.

In one of those small, dark windows a screen turns on shattering the darkness. A reddit user is hunched over the terminal, logging in to R/JerseyCity to ask their question, the ONLY question anyone in town discusses after Tacos were outlawed to thwart immigration by that douche of a president years ago.: "Hey all, where can I get the most AUTHENTIC Caviar that is also affordable? The prices in this town are out of control! I remember when I moved here and..."

Out in the acid rain, wearing a cloak made out of old vinyl "NOW RENTING!" banner, sits another figure under the hyperloop-stop awning. U/jasonleeobrien looks up with old, glassy eyes and feels in his soul what is happening up in the tower. With a coarse croaking voice, the kind filled with the regret of unrecognized foresight & insight befitting of a Socrates allowed to grow old, he lets out in a belabored sigh: "LUXUR...."

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doglywolf t1_iwvatci wrote

The most unrealistic part of that is thinking they would spend the money to knock down any buildings over there . They would just put new cabinets in or maybe just cabenit paint and change a few fixtures call it " Modern luxury updates" Change owners and building names and remarket the older buildings as NEWLY RENOVATED .

Those buildings are there to stay till they fall down ---which with the way they were made might actually be about 2045 lol

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Jahooodie t1_iwvbz60 wrote

Yeah, superstorm Hurricane Upsilon really helped expose the shoddy workmanship & I'm glad most of them were damaged beyond repair. At least it made room for more micro-units which I hear are supposed to maybe keep rent maybe down?

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