Thread: $2 billion for THIS!?

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it's a new mall in New jersey slated to open in 2010. utterly ridiculous. meanwhile, Newark crumbles in decay.

Originally Posted by hellofello17

Just curious, are any of you posting here from Jersey? I find it amusing how everyone likens the Sopranos to New Jersey (although I must admit I'm a huge fan of the show). I've lived my whole life in Jersey and have never seen anything even similar to what is depicted in that show (we do have bears though). I had a friend who was going to do his rotations in North Jersey after spending two years in the Carib and his whole life in Texas and he was literally scared to go to New Jersey because of the show. As someone who spent almost everyday for five years in Newark, I think any kind of move to revitalize Newark is a positive one and to be honest the last thing to worry about there are members of the Italian maffia. If you ever have the time, "New Jersey Drive" is an old but good movie.

born and raised on long island (although i escaped to the warm weather in the early 90's). i have plenty of family still in the tri-state area. i wasnt trying to offend you or anyone else from jersey, it was just a joke.

No offense taken whatsoever. I think as office space in Manhattan continues to decline and raise in price, financial companies are going to have to resort to real estate either in Brooklyn, Jersey City, or Newark. Hopefully in time things will improve.

Originally Posted by hellofello17

Just curious, are any of you posting here from Jersey? I find it amusing how everyone likens the Sopranos to New Jersey (although I must admit I'm a huge fan of the show). I've lived my whole life in Jersey and have never seen anything even similar to what is depicted in that show (we do have bears though). I had a friend who was going to do his rotations in North Jersey after spending two years in the Carib and his whole life in Texas and he was literally scared to go to New Jersey because of the show. As someone who spent almost everyday for five years in Newark, I think any kind of move to revitalize Newark is a positive one and to be honest the last thing to worry about there are members of the Italian maffia. If you ever have the time, "New Jersey Drive" is an old but good movie.

i have friends and family in jersey. i don't attempt to explain the troubles of the city, but to (in a thinly veiled way) say that the black population is the problem is utterly pathetic and ridiculous.

Newark is crumbling for many, many reasons. also throwing a major mall like this up that is costing 2 BILLION dollars isn't going to help the indigent population, or any of the population, it's just going to draw some of the traffic out of New York.