Yea, please dont tell anyone!

Because most urban areas in NJ are pretty awful.

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Urban areas are pretty awful

That is an awfully ignorant statement.

You both made ignorant statements lol

https://moneyinc.com/worst-places-live-new-jersey/:

> Newark: Unless you’re happy to live in a city with one of the worst unemployment rates in New Jersey, you might want to avoid Newark. The largest city in New Jersey is also one of its most jobless – a massive 11.3% of the population is unemployed. Just to put that in perspective, that’s more than double the US average. Even those lucky enough to have a job aren’t exactly living in style, with most households pulling in the distinctly below-average income of just $35,199 – over $20,000 less than the US average. Crime isn’t quite as bad as it is in some other places, but it still manages to fall within the bottom 5% percent.

19 more examples in the above link.

If You dont impact anything outside of your work place with people that look like you , why should you be trusted?

I don't believe Jesus would agree with the white dweeb comments

Lmaooo I think he would.

Because most of the time, they're coming in via EWR and then driving to NYC and thats mostly industrial/business parts. But hey 🤷🏿‍♀️ We don't need them figuring it out and having more people moving here like that 😅

Have you ever been? I grew up there and now live in Jersey City. I would rather live in both places and would never consider a suburb where there is nothing to do except drive to mediocre restaurants and boring ass bars.

Newark has the best food in the state, a hub of transportation to get to most places without a car, and fuck you the people are great.

What are You an accountant to ?

Beautiful painting but jersey isn’t this gorgeous *wink *wink…it is a all Camden and newark…no one should move here :)

“mediocre restaurants and boring ass bars”

sounds like you’re trying to attack generalization with generalization

Nah, dawg.

average “Newark bad” suburban take

why do ppl from more rural /suburban areas always feel the need to put down the cities? if they’re not for you then just ignore them

City vs Suburbs? I prefer city QoL, where with suburbs it's vacations and family outings.

I peeped that 👀

No, it's not an average suburban take on Newark. They provide some evidence that Newark isn't in great shape.

The notion of "best" food only makes sense to the one who makes such a claim. For others, it doesn't mean much other than it's just your opinion.

What a shitty article(and the link you posted is broken, remove the colon). It lists some of the most desirable areas of the entire Northeast as the worst places in the state. Clearly nobody wants to live in Jersey City or Asbury Park lol.

Yak yak, where other place are you getting Portuguese, Spanish, Brazilian, and Ecuadorian. Newark is a food mecca. Stop being so afraid of cities, I promise we don't bite.

85% white birch seems a slight over estimate. It's at least 10% pine.... even if we don't wanna admit it.

because it's just pollution to us too :P the rest of jersey thinks about north jersey what the rest of the country thinks about new jersey as a whole

A lot of bodies without any racist bones talking about urban New Jersey in this thread...

For sale?

the suburbs couldn't exist without the pollution coming from the cities; where do you think the gas in your car gets processed, or where the ports and warehouses shipping your goods are located?

This is beautiful, man. Reminds me of “Flume” by Bon Iver. I love it, well done.

Yeah, I also want to know

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That was weirdly hostile. You okay?

That’s beautiful. Is it for sale?

i mean if u read it as hostile okay lol

There are lots and all sorts of yummy food all over NJ and NY.

Beautiful for a long walk or planting a harvest but not for day to day life for non farmers.

Good song, classic album. I love playing Bon Iver in the Fall

Apparently mentioning that Camden, Paterson, and Newark are not always the nicest or safest places in “racist.”

I used to live in Phillipsburg. Guess what? Its a shithole. And guess what? Its mostly white people that live there.

Not to mention there is crime everywhere even quiet small towns. Its just the kind of crime you dont see or hear much about.

Is there something wrong with Newark ? I like your art but you could’ve just posted it without being classist and anti-Black lol. And I know y’all gone be mad at me for calling it out but it is what it is. Newark is a beautiful city. Camden hasn’t received the funds or energy to be rebuilt however. But neither deserve to be thrown under the bus just to aggrandize your art.

Literally

Stop going back and forth with an obvious racist. Not worth your time.

The one bright side of ignorant ass posts like this is it keeps stuck-up white folks out of Newark. Let’s keep it that way because we are building our Black & Brown city up beautifully right now and if people are too bougie to appreciate it then so be it. Y’all can move to JC and Hoboken while we have all the soul right here in Brick City.

so much depth to the painting, it’s beautiful!!!

It's almost as if all the high earners fled to the suburbs to get away from the scary brown people

Yeah this is a very disappointing thread as someone that loves this subreddit and NJ.

Thank you 😊

Have no idea how this is stuck up. But I guess that's why I'm ignorant and stuck up. People don't know NJ only think of it as Newark and Camden. They're unaware NJ isn't one big city. Have a great day in your beautiful black and brown city. I know I do when I'm there.

NOT AL ALL! People who don't know NJ only think of it as Newark and Camden. They're unaware NJ isn't one big city. Have a great day in your city. I know I do when I'm there. I'm aggrandizing the natural beauty of NJ, not my art.

Thank you 😊 I'll send you a chat.

I really appreciate that. Thank you 😊

Thank you :-) I'll send you a chat.

The level of PC insanity in this country has no limit. Saying people think of NJ as Newark and Camden is racist? LOL Most people don't know NJ has beautiful nature and I'm showing that with in this painting.

I meant nature... not birch. I should've been more clear.

Who's putting anything down? Most people think of NJ as city not nature. That's NOT a put down to anyone or anything. BTW my family's from Paterson, NJ.

You didn't need to be any clearer. What you meant was apparent, I was just being cheeky.

Exactly this. I moved to Florida from NJ after 40 years and the number of people who talk shit on both states just proves to me people don’t know $hit half the time.

Ohhhhh... so you wanna start a fight ! LOL LOL JK People have actually called me racist for saying all of NJ isn't Newark or Camden. This country has gone insane!

LOL I've actually offended people with this post saying NJ isn't just city. I've actually been called racist. This country has gone INSANE!

Yeah let me take my earring rings off….lololol…as someone who works in newark I honestly don’t think newark is that bad…I mean compare it to colonia and towns bordering superfund sites (Chester area) newark is way better…

I'm just saying NJ is more this is city. 😊

Who said it's bad? I just said NJ is more nature than city.

Beautiful. I did not know we had stands of Paper Birches like that I’m Jersey. Can’t tell what medium you are using.

This is acrylic on board :-)

Nice. My Dad,rest his soul, was an artist. Graphic design to keep a roof over our head and water colors, mostly seascapes and lighthouses to express himself. For some reason your work triggered a memory of him. I really love your painting of the birches.

Thanks for sharing that. There’s nothing greater than my work reminding somebody of something precious in their life.