The "greater" NYC metro area is packed with data centers for obvious reasons, but there just aren't that many in Newark proper. Working around all the older construction is kind of a pain.

I do property valuation and have a little experience in data centers, IIRC the biggest concentration of data centers in the area is Secaucus, which is more or less an industrial hub and a train station. Newark is certainly an option but I'd first take a look at Jersey City and the rest of Hudson County, maybe a little up north too if the price is right.

The commute is easy (comparatively, anyway - I wouldn't want to do it daily myself) but OP seems more interested in NYC for the entertainment, not really as a commute. Though if he is, you're right, that's a solid option.

Newark isn't a big tech city. Audible, sure, but that's kinda it. We have a couple of data centers but no big tech job hubs. Unless you work remote or are willing to commute into NYC, I'd hesitate. And if you are willing to work remote, there's a lot of places that are better than Newark for that.

I was almost run off the road today by no less than three people head-down on their phones on the drive home, and watched a fourth almost mow down some folks walking across a red light. You couldn't pay me to walk around on the streets here

The potatoes.

Arthur's dropped off hard during COVID. I've gotten two inedible (as in, impossible to chew) "medium rare" Delmonicos for the past two birthdays, not going back.

Unless you wanna go on a 2+ hour road trip with your friend to eat a steak, maybe post your location first.

Have done both. The cost comes out to about the same cross-country, assuming you don't need your car for a week or two while it's in transit or you are able to take a week off to do the drive. If you do fly and ship the car, the cost of a rental will be a problem if you need one in the meantime.

I would make sure you have roadside assistance (AAA or otherwise) and keep your wits about you at truck stops, but otherwise it's just around a week's worth of driving if you don't want to burn yourself out. Lot of driving through forests, then plains, then deserts, so bring a couple of podcasts or something to listen to.

The article is really... "loosely" written from a statistical point of view so here's the short version:

>According to that audit, the racial breakdown of people against whom
police used force between 2018 and 2020 was 57% Black, 34% Hispanic and
7% white, with the rest unknown or other communities.

Paterson's 2020 Census shows 24.7%, 62.6%, and 22.9%, respectively. What I'd really like to see instead of the raw audit numbers is an analysis of how racially biased each department is by comparing the two. This can't be just a Paterson problem.

If there's a place I'd want to be while blasted even less than a lounge full of other blasted people that reeks of weed, it'd be a lounge full of other blasted people that reeks of weed in Atlantic City.

You think babies are assigned Trump supporters at birth or something? Do we force them to drive only cars with Trump stickers on them? I must've missed the memo.

How should I know? The landlord doesn't tell me how much he spends on repairs, I just throw gobs of money at him and hope he's not ripping me off.

But if he's still in business, chances are I've paid more than he's spent on repairs.

... are you trying to imply that landlords in NJ specifically pay more in expenses than they get in rent? Is every landlord in NJ just a rube then?

I just paid $10k to replace our A/C two years ago, "kiddo". No landlord required.

Are you going to explain how a landlords magically make housing cost less to maintain and somehow conjure up a profit in doing so?

In what world do you think rent is less expensive than a mortgage, taxes, and maintenance? Where is that money coming from, genius?

If you'd quit putting words in my mouth, maybe you'd stop and ask yourself what tangible benefit landlords provide compared to people who actually build and repair houses.

We're talking about housing here man. Basic human needs. If you want to make a profit selling hats or something, that's a different issue.

Are you implying that landlords act as some kind of insurance?

We're not talking about a business selling widgets capitalizing on an arbitrage opportunity. We're talking about housing, shelter, basic human needs.

It's like asking "how do you factor in the holding risk for water", the question you should be asking is "why the hell is there risk for this to begin with?"

None of that changes the fact that by doing so and collecting a profit, the tenant is paying you money to do nothing other than happen to have enough liquid capital to outbid them.

>If I buy a home, and the person I beat out in the market also needed a home, was what I did unethical because I didn’t allow the other person to buy the home at a more affordable price?

If you turn around and rent that home back to them at a profit, yes.

If they charge more for rent than they are paying on the mortgage, taxes, and maintenance, it is by definition parasitic.

If they don't charge more for rent than they are paying on the mortgage, taxes, and maintenance, their existence as a landlord is pointless and they are just wasting money.

Are you being serious here? Have you looked at the housing market turnover in the past few years? Do you seriously think housing is just sitting around vacant and unsold, and the solution to that problem is landlords?

You'd be demanding parasitic profit by threatening to withhold a basic human need (shelter). It isn't just that passive income is unethical.

If you want to invest in housing ethically, build a house.

The place is there now. It's for sale. Buying it and demanding passive income over and above the mortgage payment and maintenance doesn't magically increase housing inventory.