Found an atlas from 1968, and not only does it not show highways or roads, but instead *railroads*; look at the density of lines crossing Central NJ! Most end operating within the decade following (also, 1968 is year after the Newark/Plainfield riots and 2 before Asbury Park)
@heartmorgue The clowns and your overall excellent taste in delightful imagery. Don’t recall if you’re where I came across it but here’s my favorite clown sundae
@DataProgress For some of them, it really depends what point of the show you’re at. If you asked if Walter White was working class in episode 1, sure, but by the end? Absolutely not.
@n1ck_gallo But governing bodies do have the final say over cancelling contracts and could make it a policy to not renew them, which happens automatically unless explicitly told not to
@n1ck_gallo And if you look at a given municipal budget it’s just “police, other expenses” or even a “capital improvement” sometimes. What’s in there? Who knows
Some don’t want to have this convo, but the quality of life in the average central New Jersey town is superior to 90% of the country. You’re an hour from the greatest city in the world (and Philadelphia also), less than an hour to lovely beach towns and excellent restaurants.
I get the compromise… but any additional dollars for StayNJ is a travesty. There is absolutely no good policy reason why GenX, Millennials, GenZ and GenAlpha have to further subsidize the most subsidized generation in American history— especially as that generation ran up massive deficits to subsidize themselves.
@electionsjoe The 120 people in charge of half my life should be very well compensated! For state government it’s pretty good and it’s still not enough. Don’t get me started on the “part-time job” nonsense too.