Comments on: Do You Know This School? http://www.jcregister.com/2008/04/04/do-you-know-this-school.html Local Jersey City Information | Jersey City News & Events | Jersey City Online | NJ New Jersey Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dotpolka http://www.jcregister.com/2008/04/04/do-you-know-this-school.html/comment-page-1#comment-605 dotpolka Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:13:26 +0000 http://www.jcregister.com/2008/04/04/do-you-know-this-school.html#comment-605 I took this picture, and to me it looked like some vandal had emptied out a garbage bag from the school cafeteria, so I think the students are not to blame. But litter IS a big problem In Jersey City, compared to other places I've lived. It seems as if people do not care about their surroundings, like they do not identify with this place. I get the feeling that many people regard living here as either a temporary hardship they have to put up with, or they are stuck here for good and hate it. There seems to be no civic pride in much of Jersey City's residents, despite obvious efforts by the city's leaders to make this place more livable (the Journal Square makeover, for example). Another thing that baffles me: I have seen store owners sweep the pavement, and all they do is sweep the garbage down the curb, or even in front of the store next to them. They do not pick the stuff up! What gives? I took this picture, and to me it looked like some vandal had emptied out a garbage bag from the school cafeteria, so I think the students are not to blame. But litter IS a big problem In Jersey City, compared to other places I’ve lived. It seems as if people do not care about their surroundings, like they do not identify with this place. I get the feeling that many people regard living here as either a temporary hardship they have to put up with, or they are stuck here for good and hate it. There seems to be no civic pride in much of Jersey City’s residents, despite obvious efforts by the city’s leaders to make this place more livable (the Journal Square makeover, for example).

Another thing that baffles me: I have seen store owners sweep the pavement, and all they do is sweep the garbage down the curb, or even in front of the store next to them. They do not pick the stuff up! What gives?

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