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I live in downtown Jersey City and large construction projects essentially have free reign over the physical and mental peace of the neighbors. My apartment wou

I live in downtown Jersey City and large construction projects essentially have free reign over the physical and mental peace of the neighbors. My apartment would shake with each jackhammer strike for months as soon as 7am hit. It made WFH nearly impossible. I couldn't even take important phone calls during business hours. The construction is still ongoing. On the bright side, my rent isn't increasing any time soon. The real estate barons can do whatever they want around here. In addition to that, the same real estate developer built another unsightly building only feet away from 50% of the residents' only view. Resulting in zero privacy, beauty, and sunlight. Not to mention, a 30% decrease in each owner's property valuation. Fuck Shuster Group.

mcguire 8y ago
At least you don't have to deal with NIMBYs.
apohn 8y ago
Living in Downtown Jersey City (2 years ago) was the noisiest and most rage inducing experience of my life. I also made the stupid decision of living close to Marin and Columbus, and experienced sirens at all hours. Those included cops who could seemed to turn on their sirens to go through the red light at that intersection and turn it off as soon as they got through. Sirens + all day construction noise was just torture. Jersey City cured me of my desire to ever live in NYC. Parts of NYC are quieter, but there's always noise. The suburbs might be boring, but at least I can WFH without going crazy.