The best city no one ever talks about

Everyone's moving to Texas? Maybe. But there is an oft forgotten city where people are moving to that will never show up in any top list. Lets check out peak urbanist city, USA.
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[@CraftyFoxe]

As a New Yorker, it's interesting to hear of this city that's doing a lot to build more housing so close by. I hope for it's success and NYC to do the same

[@keeganbro5521]

What’s up CraftyFoxe!!! I love your videos man!

[@bravorevolutionary9654]

Murder Is rampant.....as a Greenville NJ RESIDENT

[@TrianglePants]

its

[@itisicountolaf.yournewguar6111]

🤠

[@mdhazeldine]

Interesting video. As a Brit, I long thought Jersey city was just part of New York, but more recently I've learned that it's its own place and it seems like it has a character of it's own. Quite a bit of the footage (especially the pedestrian precinct) reminds me of the UK. Looks like the city council are doing a lot of great things! P.S. Why am I not surprised to hear you mention Alan Fisher. I love his channel!

[@hpsauce1078]

I've lived there and for all intents and purposes it really ought to be part New York proper, the lack of a substantial subway or walking connection between NY and JC-Hoboken-Weehawken always irked me as its easier to get into Manhatten from queens which is miles from the center than it was to get there from just across the river within spitting distance of Hudson Yards, Times Square and Wall Street

[@eeeeeoww]

@@hpsauce1078 it honestly makes no sense to me (functionally; I understand political reasoning) why MTA and the PA aren't associated/partnered, thus opening the door for NYCS/PATH (and possibly even NJ Transit) integration, and allowing for a much more transit-integrated urban center, given that the metropolitan core has, for all intents and purposes, expanded into rather large areas of Brooklyn, Queens, and Jersey.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

@@hpsauce1078 I agree in a perfect would Hudson County NJ would have been part of NYC. But I don't agree that it is easier as a whole to get from Queens to Midtown than JC/Hoboken/Weehawken. Between the PATH/NJT Bus/NYW Ferry there are plenty of places where you can get to Midtown in under 40 minutes. Hudson County is fairly well connected to Manhattan despite not having a subway connection.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

@@eeeeeoww Not sure the people of NJ would want to see NJT under MTA/PA management. Regional governance is difficult and based on the results of the PA I'm not sure people are willing to hand more power to them. We need a better example of regional governance.

[@qjtvaddict]

@@hpsauce1078 yes no homeless invasion

[@pferm201]

Do the video on fragmentation please!!! It's so crazy to see NJ does not have a major city given its population density. Hudson County alone is approximately 750K people living in about 45 square mi. If it were just one city it would be equal to SF and put us in the top 20 cities for population

[@jaynordiaz4609]

Both JC and Newark are major cities... any city in the top 100 largest cities are considered major cities

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Could some of these communities merge in the future to create bigger cities?

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

@@Blaqjaqshellaq Could they, yes. But if recent history is any indication of what the future will hold, there will be no consolidation of cities in NJ.

[@pferm201]

@@Blaqjaqshellaq they can it's just a matter of the municipal government going through with it and the population wanting to. Right now local politicians wouldn't want to. For instance Hudson County (where JC is located) is about 13 separate towns each it's own mayor, police chief, etc. Merging would eliminate all those redundant positions so they obviously wouldn't like that. This is one of the reasons why NJ is still considered corrupt. NJ has approx. 530 municipalities compared to California which is less than 400. They'll do everything they to keep the cash flow going and not lose their jobs. Then the residents would rather merge with nyc than have a city that represents them. They're more in tune with what nyc does than their own politicians.

[@ShnoogleMan]

If Hudson County united with Newark, Irvington, and Elizabeth, it would be the tenth largest city in the country.

[@tommyrea]

I grew up in NJ. It's annoying to explain to my friends here in VA just how densely populated and urban the area I grew up in was. Then they ask for the total population of my hometown and its only 36,000, so they do not think it was that urban. I then have to explain to them that it was 36,000 people crammed into 4 square miles, with all the tiny towns around it even more densely populated. And this is a "suburb". I would love a video that explains the history of why NJ is so fragmented into little, densely populated townships, because it has always irked me so much. I am sure corruption has a good deal to do with it, like most things from NJ lol.

[@Concernedvoter914]

36k in 4 sq miles is nothing. Across the river in NY Mount Vernon has 73k in 4sq miles.

[@n8dawg640]

@@Concernedvoter914 try 50k in 1 square mile in Hoboken

[@nikki3224]

Funny how in VA they think they have a major city and automatically think Norfolk or VA Beach is one. Used to live there and will never go back. Those cities aren't worth visiting.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

@@Concernedvoter914 Mt. Vernon is a unique place and a bit of an outlier. For one it has only one small segment of a highway going through it, as well as it sharing municipal services with neighboring cities. It also has subway service.

[@chouseification]

Honestly, most of the rest of the US understands that much of NJ is one endless suburb. I do have to admit that despite your state motto, we always sort of assumed the entire state was all warehouses, heavy industrial, and suburbs like that - until The Sopranos reminded us of the Pine Barrens... land that only that will grow in. :P Yeah, it's almost hard to not make fun of NJ all things considered. Granted, it's not Gary, Indiana in the 80s... but it still carries a reputation.

[@richardgorbett5182]

I lived in jersey city for a few years. I always loved liberty state park and the hudson river walks at night. It is super nice to hear that they are pedestrianizing the downtown, that might even tempt me to move back. Although, I do wish there was an easier way to get the EWR by the path

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

The PATH to EWR would be great. We shall see if it ever gets done.

[@pferm201]

A few years ago a plan was approved the extend the PATH to the airport. I haven't heard much about it since as there is ongoing construction at ewr so I'm hoping that's it

[@phantomthiefirwin9631]

Jersey City/Hoboken Is THE hidden gem of the NYC metro. You can commute faster from here than from many parts of NYC proper. The cost of living/taxes are generally lower, extremally walkable/bikeable. And theres stuff to actually see and do IN the city (cities) and not just a sleepy bedroom community. The only reason its not more popular is cause of the negative stigma Jersey has. If I should ever land a job in NYC imma set up here. Great video.

[@chibiromano5631]

Hoboken is expensive af, you might as well call it Manhattan jr. It only has a faster commute time because of 2020, but before that it was just as bad , if not getting worse. How about staying in your hometown and set up there,we're full.

[@dubreil07]

Taxes definitely aren’t lower

[@MeltinJohn]

@@dubreil07 yea this sounds a little too weird they're making it sound cheap

[@MeltinJohn]

@@lukebradley7879 I never had Jersey City on my radar so there had to be a reason. Its an overlooked city for a reason then. Its too expensive to advertise.

[@uzin0s256]

@@chibiromano5631 It is. I lived there for 4 years.

[@TheMusiclover500]

I’m from Boston and was walking along the Hudson in NYC & thought Jersey City looked wonderful, I was so surprised I hadn’t heard anything about it. I’m planning to move there soon, was originally looking @ Long Island City, but I like Jersey more ☺️

[@StephenYuan]

It's cheaper too.

[@greenmachine5600]

Long Island city is wonderful too, as well as Astoria. Jersey City and Hoboken are great though

[@BaggyMcPiper]

Oh good, another urbanist channel that isn't depressing!

[@121476]

As high as New Jersey's taxes are, they should have world-class infrastructure and public transportation

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

State spending per capita in New Jersey is near the middle in a rank between all states. What your probably thinking of is property tax which is where most town/city spending budget comes from. This is a big topic which I will cover when I do a Boroughitis video. But to dispel some common misconceptions, property tax is not the only tax. You should be looking at "relative cost of living" which takes into account transit costs (like vehicle taxes and such), property taxes, utility cost, food cost, and so on.

[@nictheperson6709]

The world's highest taxes wouldn't be enough for any American city to build world class public transportation.

[@TheRCish]

@@nictheperson6709 Why do you say that?

[@vincentchirico2531]

@@TheRCish American cities would spend it on car infestructure

[@qjtvaddict]

@@TheRCish corruption

[@markrichards6863]

Jersey City is awesome, great restaurant scene, close to Manhattan, the most diversity of any similar sized city, cool neighborhoods. No one talks about it because it's right next to NYC.

[@r.pres.4121]

Jersey City suffers from an identity crisis similar to St Paul MN and Fort Worth TX. All three are overshadowed by a larger more prosperous city nearby.

[@ZunkleFunkle]

As a born and raised New Jerseyan who's very into urbanism, I'm so here for this channel. I can't wait to incorporate "Jersey pilled" into my every day vernacular.

[@scottengel9965]

My brother and sister-in-law live in Jersey City near MLK Boulevard. I think it’s a great city, and I am surprised that more people don’t know about it. We were able to walk to several different business districts and the transit connection to New York City is amazing.

[@aidanlutz8106]

Jersey City also doesn’t have huge swaths of land to go to, and I think land reclamation is kinda out of the question (considering the proximity of ports, it may be a mess), so I think planning for that density in advance is really good.

[@gabetalks9275]

Not Just Bikes needs to visit the Jersey City/Hoboken area and review its infrastructure. Finally, a US metro area that's actually learning from the rest of the world. This made me very proud to be a New Jerseyan.

[@bobbyswanson3498]

i think one of the most underrated fixes/changes to our cities in the us is reconnecting the original grids and building out existing suburbian neighborhoods to other streets so people who live in gross culdesac infested neighborhoods aren’t as isolated. a lot of american cities have at least some areas of gridded or connected streets that can and should be extended outward

[@TheRCish]

@@nikolaspopp2179 There might be less traffic coming by your house, but the meandering nature of streets increases travel distance and prevents you from traveling along what could be the most direct route, if streets were gridded.

[@bobbyswanson3498]

@@nikolaspopp2179 culdesacs isolate people from the world and make it harder for people to walk anywhere outside of their neighborhood. they contribute to car dependency and car infrastructure

[@amygdalae]

​@@nikolaspopp2179 Less car traffic near residences is indeed highly desirable. That's one reason why many people like walkable neighborhoods without big roads and massive parking lots.

[@mikeyconngz6034]

im so glad i found this channel, i love living in nj and honestly when i get old and get in my 70s+ i wanna move to north jersey, purely on the fact on how a lot of these areas are walkable/have good public transit

[@nmplab]

10:30 if you didn't turn on CC, there's a line that he didn't say. "And golf courses are one of the worst land uses for the middle of a city being a large private club."

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

Easter egg! Ha I must have not recorded that line from the script.

[@FallenEpic]

I've never been anywhere near the East Coast but I've always had a soft spot for Jersey in general. It's urbanized, it's got forests and wilderness, it's not liked by New York, all positives.

[@chriswalker1993]

When I saw the title my initial suspicion was Jersey City. When I visited NYC back in 2020 (just before Covid) I decided to hop on the PATH and check out the HBLR. As someone with a planning background I was pleasantly surprised by Jersey City.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The surrounding NY areas like Jersey should form a wider regional development board to integrate the transportation networks further. NY is obviously crunching for space, so Jersey could be a prime spot for more feeder residences to NY. Jersey really has potential.

[@rickypatel2846]

The "Port Authority" is a regional government branch between NJ and NY that manages the infrastructure and ports between the two that way it's not fragmented by two different states. I suppose you're asking for something similar to this for more development other than ports?

[@prim16]

Wow! I've been to Jersey City a bunch for work, I've never realized how awesome of a city it really is. I think it's forecasted to surpass Newark in terms of population, which would make it the largest city in NJ.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

Definitely by the next census for sure. Next time your down go check out the new pedestrianized street. It's quite nice

[@prim16]

@@UrbanJerseyGuy Thanks for the suggestion, sounds like a neat day trip for sure

[@joeyp1927]

"No major city is complete with a keystone park." So true, and I am glad that the Chinese have embraced this tenet even as they keep building up dense infrastructure. Everyone thinks about the high-rise apartments, skscrapers and subways when they think of Chinese cities, but arguably parks are the centerpiece. Parks in China, which are everywhere, are jam-packed with people from all walks of life chatting and playing mah jong, line dancing, playing with their young children, practicing tai chi and martial arts, or just drinking with friends. That they've been able to preserve their park tradition even as they've built things up is a bracing message for planners everywhere.

[@carlosandleon]

I bet they're not doing Falun gong lmao.

[@appa609]

It's Qi Gong

[@qjtvaddict]

And no mentally disturbed people either

[@PresidentFlip]

@@qjtvaddict I mean I’ve seen a man in Nanjing openly take a shit in the city park

[@chanhonam2830]

most people just st around chat with their friends and smoke 60 a day, China is one of the few countries that hasnt linked smoking to cancer. Also great place to see children urinating and defacting in public

[@harktischris]

Urbanist/housing twitter got me intrigued by Jersey City and this video does a great job of talking about it. I might have to visit the NY area *just* to go visit Jersey City!

[@melanchorly7618]

I'm from South Africa, but I like researching other countries, their provinces, states, cantons and cities. I always wondered about this city. I saw it on maps but I thought it was a part of greater NYC. Conurbations and megalopolis cities are increasingly common these days. Smaller cities get absorbed by expanding bigger cities nearby. Jersey seems really nice though. Gentrification could give it a boost, but then the most deprived people will struggle with increased rent costs.

[@frostyamerican5724]

No way Newark and JC are really only 2 miles apart?? Damn lol it feels so much further

[@evilgenius919]

NJ in general doesn't get the respect it deserves. As for the Newark bike and foot connection the state did just buy out the old Booton line and plans to turn at least one track of that to build the Essex-Hudson county Greenway.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

Yes the Essex Hudson Greenway project! It will be great for getting people across the Passaic River and Hackensack River. I am looking forward to it, though I think we still need an even more direct connection between Newark and Jersey City. Since the Greenway project goes north of the city.

[@evilgenius919]

@@UrbanJerseyGuy oh does it? I thought the proposed end point of the stretch they just purchased was west of Journal Square by the end of Newark Ave.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

@@evilgenius919 oh it has a good path through Jersey City, it just doesn't have a good path through Newark (the city not the street)

[@evilgenius919]

@@UrbanJerseyGuy oh yeah I have mixed feelings about it's Newark track, passing downtown is really rough but giving better access to street separated options seems good for North Ward, especially if they add Light Rail or something to the track NJT is keeping.

[@qjtvaddict]

@@UrbanJerseyGuy why not a branch of PATH?

[@tipperzack]

Do the video on New Jersey fragmentation

[@Hilder78]

My moms side of the family is from Greenville (Southwest district of Jersey City) I’ve lived there for a while now The turnaround Jersey City had in the last 15 years is indescribable to anyone who has no familiarity with the area. In the 1970s Jersey City had not one single high-rise. Tallest buildings in the city where the housing projects at Curries woods. (The worst housing projects in the state easily was an absolute disaster) Jersey city is now more developed now than four of the five boroughs with a population of just over 200,000 It out right puts the Bronx, Staten Island, and Queens to shame in terms of a skyline

[@wareflorida]

Wow! This is really eye-opening (especially for someone like me who thought it was hopeless to find walkable/affordable housing in the US).

[@wareflorida]

Here, in Tampa, they've been promising affordable options like this (i.e.: West River, Rome Yard, etc)... but who knows if it will pan out. Armature Works is too expensive.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

@@wareflorida Tampa could do with a ton of housing. Even if its not affordable to start, need to soak up all the demand before housing prices stabilize.

[@dubreil07]

Northern NJ is a hidden gem that people find out when they visit or move to NY

[@saspurillie]

I LIVE HERE stop telling everyone it's so great, (it is kinda a beautiful secret and we love to keep it that way!) We could use fewer people jk. I love the bike lanes, I take my e-scooter around downtown and it's amazing I have no need for a car, parking it and moving it for street cleaning would be a mess. It's cheaper and easier to scoot most places. You didnt mention the JC VIA Adhoc transit network. It's a govt subsidized uber and it's the first of its kind. They are also thinking about making a new park out of these raised railroad supports that exist downtown it would be a similar experience to the Highline Park but much larger and 17 miles long.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

"It is kinda a beautiful secret and we love to keep it that way!" Wait till New Yorkers learn about Toronto...

[@PresidentFlip]

@@Blaqjaqshellaq Toronto is worse

[@johnhhaskell]

"More housing per capita than SF, Oakland and Berkeley combined" just gives me a headache

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

The comparison may not be completely fair with all the cities, but Oakland is much like Jersey City being a fairly small city with a manufacturing/warehousing past.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

"Combined" doesn't mean much in per capita comparisons. Did you mean more than in any of those three places?

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

@@Blaqjaqshellaq I responded to John on Twitter who posted the same there so I didn't bother responding to them here. The general reason for the comparison in the beginning is draw a comparison between well known cities that have similar properties to Jersey City to subvert expectations. People have drawn opinion of liberal costal cities based on what they have heard from California and their disfunction on building housing. The trick is finding a city which is both comparable and that people know of. This is a bit of a pain so I just named the cities that people know best in California. Now from an actual statistics angle, yes I understand you cannot add together per capita housing numbers, but if all you knew was that Jersey City had >3x per capita new homes than (insert any of the 3 mentioned cites) than you got the point I was trying to make.

[@rusitoexplorador]

So about 4?

[@EllieVelli]

I’m in Jersey City daily and I have a hard time understand why the city never gets attention. It doesn’t help that when talking to foreigners they usually think they’re in NY.

[@LeemeSeeYaJAZZhands]

Great video! I lived in JC from 2014-2020 and am encouraged by the city’s continued growth and urbanization, including that massive statue you showed at the beginning of the video. It seemed like it popped up overnight.

[@Jesse615]

Right!? It seemed to me too that the statue (which looks very cool, BTW) just appeared one day.

[@DZstudios.]

Nice to see “New Urbanism” getting a shoutout! Celebration Fl is also a good example

[@TrainsFerriesFeet]

Celebration, Fl is so sanitized, though.

[@aerob1033]

Great video. Loved all your footage and you've definitely sold me on Jersey City as deserving of much more press than it actually gets. Subbed!

[@dspserpico]

North Jersey, and Jersey City in particular, is the reason why the New York City Area, which is already an expensive place, isn’t becoming another SF Bay Area.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

Indeed, we have a much larger housing stock and better policies for expanding it.

[@wii3willRule]

Huh, this has come at a convenient time for me. I currently live in a suburban NJ township, but have been planning to move closer to my job in NYC-- I was considering Jersey City and Hoboken, but am mostly interested in living in NYC. This is making Jersey City look more appealing to me, and I feel quite lucky that I have these options.

[@dunbrine47]

Define Affordability. Is it affordable for the rest of us or just for the people fleeing NYC? Either way, can't wait to see what content you got planned for the channel.

[@qjtvaddict]

They fleeing cause they won’t remove the lunatics

[@chibiromano5631]

Oil & Huawai trust fund baby affordable.

[@nictheperson6709]

The New York metro area is an inherently high-demand area, and there's not much any municipality can (or should) do to stop that. Anyway, part of why the area is high-demand is because of the presence of high-paying jobs in the area.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

I know the wage limit for the affordable housing is set in 50-80% AMI bracket which translates to 58k max income for a single person family. (The bracket exists for people to pay the right price if their income falls between 50% and 80% of area median income for the city). So if you make more you don't qualify. As for price for rent it depends on how much you make (between 50-80% AMI) but let's assume you make 50% AMI you would be paying $906 for an efficiency or $970 for a one bedroom. This number will adjust with income and the AMI of the city.

[@MeltinJohn]

Dunbrine47 my bet says affordable just for those leaving NYC

[@Martin-dg7it]

Great video!! It's quite normal for me as a European (I'm from Slovakia, but live in the UK) to take those things for granted - but it seems that Jersey city is doing a great job!

[@dgpsf]

4:13 DANG Jersey City even building 1 house on 14th Street IN NEW YORK! Now THAT'S forward thinking.

[@PauxloE]

0:36 "I bet you weren't expecting that" - the channel name gave some hints here.

[@jonathanwilkinson4299]

This is amazing! The only problem with New Jersy is they owe a lot of money and have really high property tax to make up for it. But this could make it worth it to bite the bullet.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

I have responded to a few people about taxes. The net taxes are not the highest in the nation, but the property taxes are. Because we shift much of the taxes and fees to property

[@dougadkins7006]

New Jersey has high property taxes, but if the Federal Gov't return more money to NJ, it would ease the burden. For every dollar sent to DC, we get back 61 cents. Meanwhile, states like Mississippi, Arkansas, etc. get $2 in return. NJ is carrying a bigger burden than it should. Imagine what NJ could do with the additional money. Perhaps taxes are no as high. Then again, most of the property taxes goes toward schools and NJ has done well when it comes to funding schools and the children.

[@CannedFishFiles]

Great video, subscribed. Good "Not Just Bikes" vibes! Greetings from Brooklyn, brother!

[@MatthewStidham]

I moved to Jersey City in February for a new job from Washington State. When my contract ended I could have moved back to Seattle, but I didn't want to! I then quickly found another job right here in town in my field even closer to my apartment. I'm really enjoying life here and have no desire to leave. It is truly a gem and one of the best cities in the country.

[@jairousparker2311]

I knew it!! Jersey City is a greatly underrated city! I l❤ve Jersey City, Liberty State Park! Spent a lot of time in JC before moving to Philly for work. Very informative vid. Thanks for highlighting JC.

[@HeatherLandon227]

I grew up in Northern New Jersey, so alot of your videos are basically checking out how things are back where I grew up. Keep it up!

[@nathanielthrush5581]

Jersey city (and Hudson County for that matter) really acts as NYC’s sixth borough, and in many ways is more a part of the city than Staten Island. It has density, a skyline comparable to Brooklyn, and diversity comparable to queens, as well as good transit. It really does have many of the pros of an outer borough, although it is cheaper and much more accessible to areas outside the city.

[@qolspony]

Clarification please. What do you mean more diverse than Queens NYC?

[@nathanielthrush5581]

@@qolspony oh I just mean it’s almost as ethnically diverse as Queens.

[@qolspony]

@@nathanielthrush5581 Ok. That's more like it.

[@temprd]

Been working and living in JC for almost a decade. The development going on here is very exciting, happening rapidly, and there is an absolute sense that citizens here believe in the transition to ToD, walkability, biking, and public transportation.

[@granthughes5421]

I'll be moving to Jersey City soon - glad to see this, it's making me even more excited to move! Great video!

[@danielhilton1850]

I'D LOVE TO SEE A VIDEO ON THE FRAGMENTED JERSEY MUNICIPALITIES

[@derek9956]

This is now easily one of my favourite youtube channels, next to alan fisher and not just bikes. Keep up the great work! I hope to be a civil engineer when i am older :)

[@RochdChati]

Your videos are great! Please post more! I grew up in NY and NJ and these vids are fascinating to watch.

[@matthewconstantine5015]

I will admit, I'd never have thought about Jersey City...But this video makes a good argument.

[@michaelcullinan8705]

So glad to discover your new channel. Please keep making videos!

[@douglasjgallup]

I lived in Jersey City for 7 years and while I liked it, the biggest issue I found was transport. I was about a mile south of journal square and it was challenging to get to journal square. The bus system needs dedicated lanes and prepayment to speed up travel. The traffic around journal square needs to be completely redesigned.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

Agreed 100%, there have been a few plans for bus lanes but its still a ways out.

[@notroll1279]

A mile is a distance that takes around 20 minutes to walk. But then, I'm from a country where walking is physically possible and socially acceptable...

[@rolandtours8404]

Lots of new housing units are going up willy nilly in Jersey City. The transit system has failed to keep up with the ridership. Too many middle class people have moved to JC and think that they can live the car-oriented lifestyle.

[@StephenYuan]

Going from one area of JC to another is a nightmare. The road network is like spaghetti bolognese.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

@@StephenYuan What are you talking about, the city is built on a grid.

[@movethebox1503]

Can you do Newark next. I heard that city is getting major development downtown too

[@jaynordiaz4609]

It is, its crazy how much the city has changed in the last few years

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

@@jaynordiaz4609 Indeed, went to college there and it has changed quite a bit. Not the same city that people still like to dunk on.

[@escherita]

Love the video. You have your opinions and I agree with many. And you know how to present them. I hope one day we can get light rail service to Lincoln Park and west side. Anyway, bravo!

[@sheeperskipps]

Everyone always mentions Alan Fisher but as someone who is learning urban planning, he lacks in the more technical aspects of his work. Still, I’d like to see this place for myself

[@samuelotte1189]

Strong Towns+ NotJustBikes brought me to looking this stuff up

[@connected-urbanplanningcon4973]

Wow, I'm impressed. I didn't know a city like this could even exist in the US. It gets even more impressive when you consider that this isn't just some downtown of a city with millions of inhabitants as the city has got less than 300,000 inhabitants. The developments of this city are surely impressive. Thanks for this video!

[@readoutloud6171]

Always nice to hear about new building projects.

[@TheSwedishHistorian]

I think Denver is pretty underrated. decently affordable compared to the costs, close to mountains, lots of culture, central location and good airport

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

I'll be visiting eventually. It's on my list

[@Illiyeen_Jameel]

YAAAA 630th sub. I just started a urban planning diploma. Excited about new age urbanism.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

Salutes for you. I wish you well in University.

[@CiaoRooster]

Would love a video on NJ municipalities. As someone who grew up and now moved back to NJ, I was always shocked to learn that there were places where there were spaces between towns that aren’t towns.

[@mondocool5670]

I wasn't surprised because media has forgotten about Jersey, I was surprised because there's an overwhelming amount of media that constantly critiques Jersey as being terrible. Forever I've heard not only on popular media but from people I met who were actually from Jersey, that always say Jersey is really bad. So now idk what to believe but its nice that some towns are trying to change for the better! I've noticed majority of these infrastructure videos are made by foreigners so I'm speaking as a person who was born and raised in the US.

[@qolspony]

This is a very good video presentation. Thank you. It is definitely a start to more thorough discussion about this wonderful city.

[@radman1136]

"Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down again ........... I guess I'll go to Florida and get myself some sun There ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been done" Songwriters: Bob Dylan / George Harrison / Jeff Lynne / Roy Orbison / Tom Petty

[@spuggym8986]

Never thought I'd see something that made me wanna move to Jersey, but damn

[@tomas.montilla]

Very interesting. Did not have Jersey City on my radar. Now it might be a top destination for me to move to. Atlanta is cool and all, but the walkability is only found in one or two spots and it’s mostly to facilitate bar hopping

[@nickmanganiello9505]

come on over to Baltimore if you want Walkability. Canton / Fells Point / Federal Hill all incredible walkable neighborhoods

[@FarFlungHeel]

Well done, informative and encouraging. Urban & Suburban U.S.A. needs a huge overhaul - great to see some progress.

[@empirestate8791]

Hoboken is great! Very livable and walkable and high density. Great place to raise a family.

[@younes2415]

When je mentioned the oldest building in New Jersey 1690 lol 🤣🤣 the church behind our house is from 15th century and the cathedral in my city is from 12th century..

[@rubens2004]

Same lol

[@jacobbernard1393]

JC is more of an NYC borough than Staten Island. Much love for North Jersey from Baltimore, MD.

[@TrainsFerriesFeet]

Hudson County is at the top of my list for retirement; thanks for the video! You gained a new follower.

[@bernardfinucane2061]

It's worth mentioning that people opposed to bike lanes aren't really "car friendly", because bikes lanes rarely reduce car throughput. They are just anti-bike. The fact iss that city design in America is pretty terrible for cars as well as for bikes, trains and pedestrians.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

I think you said the people who you think are anti bike are just pro getting free parking from the government. It's usually that simple and could care less about a bike

[@samuelalexandrovich6330]

I always thought Jersey city was similar to Newark but then I drove through there and I found out that it wasn’t actually a dump but it was actually a nice city resembling the “villages” in lower Manhattan

[@orionbukantis6470]

From Seattle, I watch this and think "Wow! I might want to live there in 50 years, after some trees have grown"

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

You Seattleites are spoiled with your trees

[@SixHundredandThirteen]

I'm from Queens , I'm amazed how jersey is changing. I'm glad finally theres some change about time.

[@TheDCShow0]

Excellent video, this is giving me a lot of inspiration!

[@smorcrux426]

I was born in New Jersey but have literally 0 idea about what's going on there, it's fascinating I haven't heard of this place in my life even though I probably was there at some point.

[@Jesse615]

Before moving to Brownstone Brooklyn, I lived in Hoboken, and can say first-hand that JC would be a great place to live. I was actually going to move there from Hoboken, but, at the time, believe it or not, rents in some parts of BK were actually cheaper! One other "reason to move to JC" item you overlooked: legal cheeba. With all the new commercial/residential coming to JC, there's bound to be more than a few nice dispensaries on the way!

[@MalawisLilleKanal]

Building a lot of apartments with 0 parking sounds like a way to externalize the cost of providing parking spaces.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

Takes the burden of car infrastructure off of people who do not want to own a car. People who do need to pay.

[@MalawisLilleKanal]

​@@UrbanJerseyGuy There will be people who live there who needs a car, either when they move in or later. This is just a way for the developers to avoid the cost of providing parking. I am sure it's possible to do projects with much less parking spaces than normal, but 0 sounds delusional.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

@@MalawisLilleKanal not sure we are watching the same video about a place you can live without owning a car...

[@MalawisLilleKanal]

@@UrbanJerseyGuy Yes, it's possible. But there are gonna be people living there who also owns a car, who gets visited by people in cars, or who gets a job(tradesperson/seller etc) where a car is needed.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

@@MalawisLilleKanal they can live in the 99% of places where we focus on car ownership.

[@josezuniga4814]

Seeing this video makes me really excited to see the future of my new home, loving JC so far!

[@josezuniga4814]

@@JoeyDNetsfan From Atlantic City, my job asked me to relocate

[@samuraistretch3986]

This is great to see. I find American cities so unpleasant to walk around, especially the downtown areas which makes no sense as someone being from the UK. I feel like most Americans need to travel to Europe and experience it for themselves. Getting a train from one city to another, then a tram from the station to their hotel. Walking or cycling to explore the city, and relaxing outside with a drink, tables and chairs spilling out into the pedestrianised streets. It looks good in pictures, but just really something you have to feel for yourself. I'm confident it would even turn the most car centric Americans minds. Good luck to Jersey City, really hope it pans out.

[@amygdalae]

So true. I wish more Americans visited Europe and Asia and see the possibilities.

[@pillager6441]

I love when he thinks that walkable housing is a new phenomenon 2:39

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

I have some opinions on New Urbanism. Maybe worth a future video, since they are many.

[@unheard-ofgamer1510]

Big NYC fanatic so it's only natural that I knew about Jersey City due to its proximity. Aside from Hoboken, Jersey City and other areas of NJ right outside NYC really get looked over for their great urban fabrics as well as a few having good urbanist futures. Cool vid.

[@LeDank]

New Urbanism TM sounds a lot like old urbanism, like how it was before cars. Not saying that's bad, because it's actually good. It's just interesting that the old is new again.

[@watchandeat4676]

The mayor of JC is running for Governor really interesting how NJ is going to be if he wins. First Urbanist democratic candidate in a hot minute

[@adambuesser6264]

Can you explore the different counties in the state of NJ? I live in Bergen County not far from the GWB.

[@qolspony]

Newark could take a lesson from Jersey City.

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

I feel as though they are at the same point Jersey City was in the late 00's. Time will tell, but its looking this way so far downtown.

[@erikkrauss8481]

Great Video, Just Subbed!

[@workingrich8464]

The parking issue is a disaster. That no parking is planned is nuts.

[@bicycles-as-far-as-im-aliv5725]

U are giving Jersey city good PR AD in this vid. Makes me wanna move there right now

[@bigbootros4362]

Wow those tall towers will be horrible to live in. No balcony, no terraces. They will high-rise prisons.

[@allentom97]

Great video, just a couple things which might make your production even better! Try to make your narration flow more naturally, can be a bit stop start. What might also help is some light quiet backing music which would help to make the silence in transitions less noticeable… Great video, interesting off mainstream topic!

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

Thanks I do plan on adding backing music and working on my verbal cadence

[@mindfulnessinmadness851]

I grew up in Jersey city (the Heights area). Walked everywhere. Moved to suburban PA and realized how JC was not at all representative of the US with respective to diversity (most diverse linguistically in the US), walkability, or public accessibility. That being said, like a lot of US cities and satellite cities, JC is gentrifying and many lower income folks are leaving or being priced out.

[@blackman7437]

I don't remember exactly but I think JC or some other Hudson County municipality is the most diverse city in the US

[@UrbanJerseyGuy]

If its not the most diverse it must be near the top. Very diverse.

[@pmcTRILOGY]

I really appreciated seeing Liberty State Park here -> I'm going to be participating in the NYC-to-PHL East Coast Greenway ride in May and that's the starting point!

[@tetsooo]

Thank you for this video. I had no idea that Jersey City was on the map for urbanism until now :)

[@zeke2408]

Looks like Jersey makes good progress!