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NMS-KTG t1_j64tchn wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Riding commuter rail is so cool and so much cheaper by ownage516

NJT frequencies are terrible. I was thinking about taking the train about 4 stops to get back home, and I would have waited 45 minutes just for my train to arrive. Updated frequency is a must or it just becomes inconvenient.

Just because you can doesn't mean its optimal, which is the problem

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NMS-KTG t1_j63pph5 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Riding commuter rail is so cool and so much cheaper by ownage516

That's an interesting strawman (which my fellow countrymen seem to be very fond of when it comes to transit discussions)

Obviously since New Jersey transit operates in... New Jersey, it should focus on proving mobility throughout New Jersey. However what you're talking does exist as a concept called through running. For example, an nj transit train would continue past peen and over to long island, instead of turning around.

Is that possible? Yes. Is that great? Yea. Should it be priority? Not imo

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NMS-KTG t1_j61zl5y wrote

Reply to Riding commuter rail is so cool and so much cheaper by ownage516

Welcome to the NJTransit world! Grew up taking the train to nearby towns and only driving where the train would not take us. NJT can be great if you plan accordingly.

Reach out to your representatives for better service. Never stop bugging them about it.

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NMS-KTG t1_j3s8g7a wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Looking for places to live around Morristown by Uanaka

Well Clyde Potts is closer to Speedwell than Mlk, so I would consider that in the Speedwell neighborhood.

Regardless, the shooting was not a normal thing and it had a bunch of people worried about their safety which is a clear indicator that people aren't getting shot very often in TH.

saying one shooting is a sign of high crime is like saying Morris County is poverty stricken because you say a couple homeless people on the street once

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NMS-KTG t1_j3s4uyh wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Looking for places to live around Morristown by Uanaka

This is terribly stereotyped

I've lived in the Hollow for most of my life and go out at night and I've never seen an open air drug sale, stabbing, needles, or anything of the sort. I once found weed on the bridge over the whippany, but like Dover, the crime is incredibly overblown (and no doubt because it's full of "undesirables" or people of color).

I often see mothers with their children walking down the street, or occasionally a group of men with their music a little too loud at night, but even when I was 12, I never felt unsafe in that area, even after dark.

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