For what it’s worth; I would take a look at houses in the lower Broadway section of the north side. From 4th to 7th Ave between Clifton and Broad. Close to broad st station, the light rail and downtown. Plenty of buses on Bloomfield and broad. Also the new vermella project on broad is going to tie the station into the Bloomfield Ave commercial corridor which will IMHO turn that area into a very nice medium density walkable neighborhood. Lots of multi families where you can have a tenant offset part of your mortgage if that is something you are open to. Found this for under 300k

There are about 30 total….so just monitor realtor.com religiously….and be prepared to over pay the moment one hits the market. It may take you a few years.

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Yeah and still waaaay over priced.

You see listings from 2019 and prior that were 150k and then in 2022 they pop up at 370k. Go figure.

Most of it is apartments for the college kids honestly. There was one up for sale a few years ago though so they do go on sale from time to time

Good luck!

We sent every building we were interested in a letter to see if they were thinking of selling and the only response we got back was some guy who wanted to rent us an apartment.

I’ll also note a lot of the buildings that look like row houses are condos not entire buildings for sale.

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wait you want to buy something there too?

Take a number bud

If you're in a building that gets GigXero / Newark Fiber, it would be the best option. Gigibit internet for $50/month. Otherwise, the best option would be Verizon Fios for speed.

Either Verizon or optimum those are the 2 choices you have

The pilot is small, sure. If it were to be implemented, it would be universal, but would be restricted to those earning less, derived from the tax dollars of those earning more. I'm not sure that some wouldn't just move across town lines on principal once that expanded....but anyway,

At the end of the day... Who is to determine who "deserves" incentive and money and who doesn't? This article discusses incentives for native newarkers rather than transplants. Good chance a large percentage of those ivy leaguers came from working class backgrounds. Maybe they worked harder for their educations and careers than someone who opted for a different path.

Your position here seems to be exposing a more general issue with modern progressivism: it is no longer about equalizing a rigged non-merit based system...it is now just about elevating the less well off all the time and ignoring or penalizing the more well off, regardless of whether merit led either of them to their respective positions.

And I'm not saying the poor don't deserve help or it's their fault or whatever. So please don't mischaracterize what I'm saying. There are tons of programs for the struggling. Many of those programs are actually not very efficient/productive. But aside from that anyway, I have no objection to native newarkers who have done well, getting incentives to stay or come back home. It has nothing to do with other groups of people in thr city. It isn't a zero sum game.

The "universal" income pilot is incredibly small. I don't see why any financial assistance should be given to Ivy League grads by the city when the programs for poor people are severly lacking.

They publish letters to the editor!

They have started the "universal" income pilot, and have countless programs and aid to those struggling. Newark has a need for more of the ivy league or highly educated types. The city is not balanced at all. Esp compared to surrounding cities.

Write a response piece and submit it there or here as a stand alone post.

There's also a OM temple at the Belleville area at the intersection of Joralemon and Washington Avenue. Right behind laundry Warehouse laundromat. Washington Avenue and Broadway are the same artery. Just take Broadway north and it becomes Washington Ave over the second River Bridge.

Good issue but disagree with the brain drain piece. Why should Ivy League grads be given financial incentives when so many poor and working class Newarkers are struggling?

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Am Indian and live in Newark near Rutgers. People are pretty friendly overall and Indians fit right in. As long as you’re polite and respectful to others, they will show you the same respect and kindness. It’s an incredibly diverse area. The local stores don’t have a ton of Indian stuff but there’s pretty easy transit options to go get Indian stuff.

There are lots of Indians in NJ. Gujarati is something like the third-most spoken language in the state. Edison is great and if you are interested in attending a Hindu temple there is the absolutely massive one in Robbinsville. It is not the only Hindu temple in the area.

If you are taking the NJ Transit train semi-regularly in and out of Newark (like for an internship or something?), the Flex Pass may be worth it. Otherwise buying tickets individually is fine and easy enough to do on your phone.

Besides njit or rutgers theres no indians

I don't think that's paranoid for someone that is out of place. I think it's realistic caution. Seen it happen, happened to me a few times. It's just part of the gig when you're walking around places alone at different hours and stick out for invariable reasons.

I'm not calling people nutbags for living there. I had my reasons for living there too.

I'm calling people nutbags for acting like it's a totally average run of the mill part of New Jersey or America. To this dude from India whose only knowledge is basically movies and TV shows, that's just not what he's expecting.

Newark is anything but-.

Love it or hate it, the sht is fked up... by all measures.

yea I live here and I don’t worry about any of that stuff. It just seems tough living life so scared and paranoid.

i like where i live and I’m sure you like where you do, so maybe avoid calling people nutbags for that

I lived and worked there over a decade. Every part. If you think newark truly offers everything there is to offer in NJ, you need to get out more. Newark only offers a shitty quality of life except for the most expensive upscale buildings, you need to travel A LOT more.

This is the time when he's supposed to make meaningful connections. It's not going to happen in any affordable part of newark. But also lack of sleep due to noise at night.. lack of safety... not knowing if your place is going to get robbed... not knowing if you're going to get mugged going out for milk. Whole city smells like trash. The litter.. bars on windows... it's all just shitty depressing environments.

He is likely going to NJIT, a very good school. That area is safe. Any city has shitty areas, a lot of suburbs do as well. Unless he is going on some drug buy in a housing project, he should be fine.

UPenn is in a bad area of Philadelphia, it’s still a good school. Parts of New Haven are bad, should people not go to Yale. Columbia is in Morningside Heights which is basically Harlem. Should people not go there.

Newark has great transit options right into Manhattan., he can jump on Amtrak to Philadelphia, DC, Boston, etc. He has Newark Airport right there to go most anywhere. I think for an international student, Newark is a better option than some rural campus in the sticks, you saw 4 students murdered in Moscow Idaho recently, but just my opinion

I assume you’re either going to NJIT or Rutgers Newark. Both have a very diverse population of students including a lot of Indian (Indian and Indian -American students). Both campuses are basically next to each other. Newark has some sketchy areas, but that area and downtown are safe. There are security guards everywhere, Prudential, which is one of the largest insurance companies in the world, is headquartered in Newark. You are also very close to NYC, regular train (NJ Transit or PATH train) right into Manhattan. You can’t beat the location in that regard.