2nding this. OP, if you hold a moral point against killing animals, you would be counterbalancing the mice with a cat. The Newark Humane Society almost always has cats that they rescue from the streets or from Animal Control, which is a kill shelter.

You would save the life of the cat and gain a companion - yes, it's a responsibility to care for a cat but it will kill and eat the mice since that's what cats do by nature. The smell of a cat will deter most mice in the future until you or your landlord can find and fix their ingress points.

Brutalist architecture is meant for simplicity and showcasing the materials. Putting stuff on it is a jarring visual clash that fucks up the beauty of the building and the skyline. The flag is bad enough, the quote is just too much and has been an eyesore on a really unique and interesting piece of architecture.

Oh yeah and there's also the fact that Reagan and his ilk are basically responsible for the shitty state of the country today by virtue of killing regulations that enabled megacorps to run roughshod, propping up Saddam Hussein, creating Al Qaeda, ensuring cycles of violence in Central America, propagating hate against LGBTQ people, and for the cherry on top, swelled the defense budget to astronomically high levels based on literal lies, which still continues to this day at the expense of any kind of health care, education, public health and sanitation, etc.

If you're going to put stuff on a perfectly good building in a show of demonstrative post-9/11 patriotism, at least pick something from a president that's not a complete destructive force against the country.

I just want them to take down the Reagan quote from the front. Keep the flag if you gotta but it's such a lovely building, kinda brutalist without looking hostile.

The cathedral is beautiful but I want to start focusing on parts of the city that are less about the landmarks and more about the people. I didn't know there were old synagogues still in the area, I've seen some articles about them and I thought most were repurposed or demolished. Thanks for the lead!

If his example leads to a neighborhood watch of people with masks that help make Newark a better place, then he's done a boon to us all and his efforts are laudable.

If his example leads to a neighborhood watch of people with no masks that help make Newark a better place, then he's done a boon to us all and his efforts are laudable.

I'm assuming Midnight is a grown adult human, which means he can make his own choices. I think someone whose activities thus far are walking the streets and keeping an eye out or distributing hand warmers to unhoused people at Penn Station is far, far removed from a comic book superhero swooping in to save the innocent directly. He seems like a sensible enough human being to know when not to charge up to an assailant - I hope this much, at least - and I'd rather have someone who attempts to do good than not.

He's out to set a positive example, period. IMO it's unfair to compare him to the Guardian Angels, mostly because they're a funded organization with what I understand to be some degree of training on what they can, cannot, should, and should not do as a volunteer, with some form of relationship with the NYPD. This is one person who wants to make a difference. If he wants to lead by example rather than by organization, who are we to tell him no?

So you think it's a good idea for a potential set of eyes to a carjacking to not be there, and thus not call 911 and report it in progress, as opposed to maybe the victim of the carjacking getting shot and not getting anything until they're dead?

The most dangerous weapon in the world is a radio or cell phone. I'm 99% sure that Midnight knows how to use his. Whatever kind of crap it was that people drummed up as "concerned citizens" - oh wait, they were "college students" - was likely just some gomer who doesn't like the fact that someone finds joy by donning the identity of a hero, putting a lot of us to shame by virtue of the fact that we don't help people as our own damn selves.

I'd love to get some interesting buildings that aren't in the CBD/rich parts of Newark. If you have cool buildings or night scenes in your area, LMK!

Out of curiosity, do they allow members of the public onto the terraces or outdoor spaces? I'm a hobby photographer shooting Newark and would love to get some photos of and from Eleven80.

Most of those neighborhoods were probably folks who knew of each other - lots of migrants came from Germany in the 1840s-50s, I believe.

Best bet if you have a car is Tomo's Cuisine in East Hanover.

I'D LIKE A ROOM WITH A SHOWER, PLEASE!

Depends on how hungry you are. Beef suya is awesome - it's grilled lean beef topped with a spicy powder that has a lot of peanut in it and red onions. If you're still hungry after a skewer of that, try egusi. It's a thick stew made with crushed melon seeds, eaten with fufu - pounded starchy yam, steamed- or banku - pounded green plantains, also steamed. It can be spicy but it's delicious.

Snack Mania across from Seabra's does a bunch of nifty looking quick snack foods and coffee. Haven't been myself, but it looks hella legit.

One other nifty thing to try if you have a car - head to Union, grab some fantastic Nigerian food at Surulere Suya Spot.

I live in Union, next town over. There's not much in Hillside proper, but there's tons of local bars and pubs that always look like really nice places to hang out and have some good Portuguese food. It's a relatively chill town, you won't have to worry about getting stabbed unless you're going around shouting "Stab me, please".

Hit up Seabra's and get some amazing pasteis de nata and other pastries.

It makes you wonder how many kids on the spectrum were simply not mainstreamed and received help and services, or just shipped off to institutions.

I do an annual/once every two years sanity-check with Claudia Mott at https://eponafs.com/ -she's very intelligent, patient, and honest. She's a fiduciary, so she doesn't get any kickbacks from selling a particular product or other.

Maplewood Hobby has a pretty big Warhammer and other wargames community.

My wife went to NJIT. The Desi student community was vibrant and active back then and it's probably the same now. If you want a taste of home, take the train to Metropark and head to Oak Tree Road or PATH to Journal Square and head to Newark Avenue. Both are huge South Asian communities with a great variety of restaurants from all over the subcontinent.

Within Newark itself I haven't heard of any instances of discrimination or such, just keep your wits about you and you will do fine.

Stop posting on reddit and go now. Don't fuck around with timing on this so the insurance can later deny your claims for ANY reason. Go to the ER, bring a book.

Union is a nice dense suburb with a lot of great food and wonderful quality of life. It's on a direct train line to Raritan but I don't know if J&J is close enough to take a train there and walk. It would probably be just at the top of the 30 minute drive.

Millburn, Summit, or Springfield would get you closer and feel a bit more like a gentrified upper crust suburb, but definitely also a bit nicer than Union.

Union is also really easy to get to NYC from, if you want to hop a train or bus in.

2nding Chengdu 23. They've been turning out real, actual Szechuan food for years now.

Qin Dynasty in Parsippany does fantastic dim sum on Sundays, but it gets very crowded at peak hours.