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I'm quite used to the current system. You probably won't convince me to change this.

Good luck trying to convince all the teens and 20somethings who are all in the 3-day work week/ work from home crowd, too. They certainly aren't going to be physically working in the shops, nor will they leave home to shop as long as they can pay others to bring things to them.

They're still around in Hudson County. There's been one on Central Ave in Jersey City for a long time. Back when Woolworth and Jupiter Stores were there, too.

Several others are around the area, too.

looks like you have 2 months of electricity there.

Dec 13 - Jan 09, then Jan 10 - Feb 08.

Generation is what you pay for power. I'm guessing you have JCP&L generate your power, but you could have a third party if that's something you wanted (or got conned into).
Delivery is what the power company charges to allow your power to come to you over their wires. If you get power generated by others, they still have to bring it to you. So, they break out delivery charges separate from generation.

Your generation is probably dictated by your local tariff. You have a basic amount per KWH for the entire amount, then there is an extra charge for the different levels of service.
This gets complex, so you may want to find their tariff page on their website, or possibly on the State Board of Public Utilities (BPU) site. Make sure you identify which power provider is supplying your generated power.

I don't get why they switch from 3 lines in generation or 3 lines in delivery.
It could be that things changed for the 1st of the year. It could be that they are bad at writing bills.

Well, there are some transit lines in several parts of the state. But it is not great coverage, it doesn't always work overnight, and it may not even be straightforward to get between two points without traveling to a hub like Newark or Hoboken first.

NJ Transit is the system. Here's the train and light rail line maps

Here's a list of bus routes with links in the reference section to unofficial bus maps and the NJ Transit query system.

Wahhhh!!!!!

Probably not. PSE&G (northern NJ) sends out stuff like this, but they charge us. I've gotten a case of 12 LED lights, power strips, weatherstripping - just for $1 or $3 shipping.
Last year they sold me a Google Nest thermostat for $10.

The utilities want us to be more power-efficient.

I seriously doubt anyone will pay you for plastic bottles in NJ. You can take them to NY if you wish, but vendors don't have to buy a whole load. Smaller shops can limit things to 72 units, and larger places to 240 (I think).

Like other reasonable comments are saying, you have to look at what you're paying for. If that $500 is just for landscaping & trash, then you may have issues.

I was in an HOA where our fee covered gates & guards, snow removal - right to our door & driveway, lawns, trees, gardens, cable & internet, alarm service, community pool w/ maintenance & lifeguards, community center, tennis courts, basketball courts, riverfront walkway, trash & recycling, repair/maintenance fund for community areas, and we had surpluses allowing us to buy and build things like guest parking and the walkway.

Nearly everyone in the community participated in the HOA, so there were no power mad Karens. People came to the meetings before there was a crisis. We asked about budget changes before the budget vote. When people wanted to install satellite dishes, we amended the bylaws to allow it within reason - but we did still fine the yahoos that insisted on mounting a dish on their handrail or on a pallet in their driveway.

Our HOA payments were something like $117 back in 1998, and went up to $390 by 2014.

Like others have said, the contests are real, but you are competing against the other tens of thousands of people also listening.

I won Mets tix from 104 back when the "Radio chick" was on.
I've won concert or show tix from several stations. I probably won 10 sets for BB King before they closed from WFDU.

Also like others have said, try other stations. WSOU (89.5 - heavy metal), WFDU (89.1 - rock oldies), WDHA (105.5 - rock)

They're not as corporate as 104.3 is, so you may have an easier time.

I've done 95 all the way to SC, and that's where you'd pick 95 back up anyhow.
Unless you have a reason to change, 95 will the shortest mileage and least time.

The PATH train they speak about doesn't run there.

You say "Newport", but that isn't a town in NJ.

From context, I think you mean the Newport development(s) along the Hudson River in Jersey City.

I don't know what to tell you, but telling others you mean Jersey City (or even maybe posting in r/JerseyCity with some questions) might help some.

I have about a dozen, including a couple insulated bags.
I keep them in a box at the back of the car and take what I need. Usually that's 3 or 4 bags. They sit on the counter until I bring them back out to the car again.

No.
Only North Bergen, Bayonne, Kearny and Harrison went up. The rest of Hudson County went down.
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/07/hudson-county-approves-634-million-budget-most-municipalities-see-decrease-in-county-taxes.html

No. They won't allow you to, and those stations usually have the pumps set with a card requiring an employee to unlock it.

Plus, it's illegal. https://www.nj.gov/labor/safetyandhealth/resources-support/laws-regulations/gasact.shtml#3A-6

34:3A-7 says "No person shall dispense fuel at a gasoline station, unless the person is an attendant..."

The law says the fine would be between $50-$250. I have no idea if anyone has ever been prosecuted or not under this law.

89.1 WFDU - it's only part-time (about 1AM-4PM weekdays) over the air, but full time online. The programming leans towards oldies from 50s-70s. More like 101 than the others. Definitely not a lot of punk or metal there, except from the 70s or 80s.

They do have shows (archived online if you don't catch them) that emulate WNEW's "album rock" heyday and Brit-rock/punk too.

It's commercial free. They do take breaks and talk about other shows. But you'll never hear 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS there.

I also have to show some love to Uncle Floyd, with his Sunday AM show there.

$14.13

Opinion - better than it was, not where it should be.

Yep.

There's cheaper stuff that does that. The advantage is that it's cheap, and basically applies like paint.

There's more expensive stuff that is more permanent, and allows for easier cleaning.

Then there's spectacularly expensive stuff that's like applying teflon/ceramic to surfaces. Paints and other stuff won't stick. But it can take weeks to prepare the surface, apply the chemicals, and then make sure it all cures properly.

Most anti-graffiti coatings don't make things "paint proof". They prevent the paint from bonding with the wall surface, so they remain easy to clean off.

The few that are hydrophobic and oleophobic can be expensive to buy and complicated to apply.

Everybody lived in the projects. There were white people, hispanic, asians, blacks - everyone. They weren't segregated.
If you were broke/poor, and you applied for it, you could get on the list to live in the reduced cost apartments in one of the projects. "government-run reduced cost housing projects"

The balance of people living there looked more black and hispanic because of the way the economy works. Even though there are fewer of those folks than white people in the general population, they comprise a greater percentage of people living in poverty.

Asian immigrants weren't very numerous in Jersey City prior to the 80s. We had some Phillipinos and Vietnamese/Hmong/Cambodian refugees from the war. There weren't many Indians or people from elsewhere on the continent. Those that did come didn't want to ask for help - at least not that kind of help. They were more likely to live in a shared home or apartment with 12 or 14 people instead of applying for housing.

There are plenty of racists around. Unfortunately even in places like Hudson County where we have a huge melting pot, people are still going to hate different people.

I'm not terribly familiar with the original group - I had some knowledge of cases that happened in the parks and shopping areas of Jersey City - Union City - North Bergen (Central Ave, Bergenline Ave, Pershing Field, Washington Park, North Hudson Park). They weren't as widely publicized as the Mody case, but they did result in a couple of Federal indictments.

At the time, the Feds treated them as a loosely organized group with no real structure, funding, officers or leaders. When the arrests happened, the group went away. Or it seemed to.

I haven't heard anything about any organized group or pattern against Indian people since. I'm not in law enforcement, but I did have several connections over the years. I also do stay up on reading the NJSP and other LE bulletins for public release.

For all I know, they may be looking at your shoes, your pants, or anything else. They might be racist against what you look like, too. But hell - most of the old racists I knew couldn't tell the difference between a Peruvian and a Pakistani. They just know you're different.

I don't know.

Here, it wasn't clear what you were asking. It wasn't until you posted links and I read the context that I understood what you were asking.

If others don't understand you, they may downvote you. Here in Jersey (like New York and Philly) we usually are kind and helpful but we aren't always nice. We don't have a lot of patience to wait for your question to come out right - but if you do get it out, we're happy to help.

Oh. So you want to know what housing projects were around in the 1980s in Jersey City and Hoboken.

In JC, there was Marion Gardens , Duncan Projects, Currie's Woods, Montgomery Gardens, Booker T Washington Apartments, Holland Gardens. I don't know about Hoboken.

I'm not sure if that's all, or what is still around. I was in high school in 1980. I had a short career in law enforcement at the time of the "Dotbusters", and I agree with what that other writer said - lots of the suspected actors were never really investigated. It seems like things got covered up. They were family of politicians or cops, and later became cops/politicians themselves.

Since they didn't actually go to trial, I don't know if the suspected actors were guilty or not - but from rumors around the time, the investigations never got that far. The beatings stopped, and a couple of arrests were made to appease the feds.

It should be over any time now. They're on "making up for delays" time now. https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/uploads/comm/news/details/comm_np_20220927_142929_CR508Newark-JerseyCityTurnpikeLaneClosureinKearny.pdf

Hey neighbor! Born in JC in the 60s, and never very far from there.