I'm in Journal square, and I see a lot of people who live in the neighborhood and sleep on the street. Those who live in their car are largely invisible to most of us, and I'll be honest, don't get a lot of my thoughts or attention. Thank you for mentioning those forgotten people, and for reminding us that people in dire need who aren't asking for money are still there, and still in dire need.

I know you're only here to talk real estate, but my condolences on the breakup. Those can be tough.

They traced the number back to George Santos' campaign fundraising HQ.

Costco has them in 50 packs.. I save big on bags of dick.

I love that I have NYC in my front yard, and suburbia in my back yard. It's the best of everything in my opinion.

No, they charged us the published rate.

Wow, you've done a ton of homework here! One other thing you may or may not know, is that the rents on units change, nearly every day. When you find a couple of properties you like, monitor their rent prices for a while. I moved from one unit to another in the same building, and watching the rent prices really paid off for getting a bigger place. Still paying more, but would have paid a lot more if the homework hadn't been done.

This is what happens when you don't pay the subscripton on the steering wheel bolts.

Completely not at fault.... Until she fled the scene... If she was not in the wrong, she really, really, really, should have stayed. But alas she fled, and now she's infamous for being a piece of human garbage.

As you have a mailroom, I'm guessing this is a luxury building?

Have you spoken to the maintenance people? See if they have a dolly they can lend you, and if they help you, you can throw them a $20 or something?

This is a tip for anyone looking for an apartment. If you see a building you like, check their website daily. The prices can fluctuate wildly day by day. I was looking to move to a larger unit in my building, and just watching the availability and pricing, when enough 2 bedroom units came available, they dropped the prices on all of them. As 2 of them got snatched the day I got my apartment, the next day the remaining apartment increased by about 1200.

LOL, you have better friends. Actually you're right. It was a much bigger thing when I lived in Secaucus. I do get friends out this way from time to time.

Someome mentioned this, but I'll re-iterate, your NYC friends will NEVER visit you, like ever.

That said, it's nice here. If you have access to a car, it's super easy to get to places that feel more suburban.

There's not a ton of green spaces in Jersey City, which is, to me the biggest drawback.

I had a crossing not link to my ez pass once and something similar happened. I was able to link the transaction to my ez pass on their website and that got rid of the $50 admin fee.

Did whoever hit you at least stick around?

I came here specifically to see YOUR comment. You've become the ambassador of LUXURY for Jersey City. These news 12 pigf**kers didn't even give you credit for YOUR story :).

OP, the fact that you genuinely seem a little insulted by the notion of landlords being predators, might suggest that maybe you're not the type of landlord these people are talking about. That said, no one is pulling these opinions from thin air either. There's LOTS of shitty landlords who just look to collect money from their tenants and eschew spending whenever humanly possible. Some of these landlords are truly "up against it" like you state, and have expensive to maintain properties and need to charge that much, while many many others do not have the expenses you state you have, and just collect what the market will bear without investing that money back into the property. I do think you were being kind of a jerk when you suggested that anyone who thought landlords might be greedy is a communist by addressing them as comrade in your reply, but as I noted earlier, I suppose you were a bit insulted.

I've always wondered if the people who make grave stones, conveniently located across from most cemetaries would be able to get you a deal on granite?

Why would anyone downvote this?

If you're willing to get payment in an amazon gift certificate, they waive the fee(at least the last time I did this 4 years ago) .

I live in the area, not at Journal Squared specifically. There is a bit of a homeless issue in JSQ, but I don't think there's a ton of crime (unless I'm completely mistaken). I'm not sure who told you it's in the middle of nowhere, but it's not. It's next to/on top of a PATH station, and you can get to world trade center in 15 min, or midtown in 30 minutes. Also, as JSQ is the first stop on the 33rd st line, getting a seat on the train is easier than it would be at Grove St. or Exchange Place. If you like Indian food, India square has a billion options. Welcome to the neighborhood.

Is she just a one hit and run wonder?

I just watched that video I linked, and it's not really related, although you might find it an interesting channel :)

I think you made a series of small decisions that turned out put you in an unsafe situation. Please stop beating yourself up over it.

You stated you're autistic and have ADHD. Neurodivergence issues like Autism, make you an easier a target for people with ill intent. I am not sure if you have an occupational therapist you work with, but possibly asking them about developing a toolset for avoiding exploitation like this might be a good idea, if such training is available.

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If there is any way to learn from the mistake(s), try to take what you can learn. Most people rely on "gut instinct" to avoid situations like this, and autism means you might not have a very developed sense of "gut instinct". Learning the red flags to look for, and having actual "if you see this, get out" type of information would probably be more helpful to you, than expecting you to take a full read on the situation, and trying to figure out if something doesn't seem right.

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I think you have an amazing attitude about the whole thing, writing it off as a story to tell your friends.

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In doing a little bit of quick googling, I found a book called "No More Victims: Protecting Those with Autism from Cyber Bullying, Internet Predators, and Scams" Which looks like it may be appropriate for its content, but you also mentioned having ADHD, which could make a book a bit of a challenge.

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I found this youtube video, which isn't exactly the right topic, but is "adjacent" to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYCJ9pvQJhA&ab_channel=AutismFromTheInside