Talk:Jersey City, New Jersey

Diversity
July 6, 9:22 PM The links added by 68.175.76.246 on July 6 to newportnj.com probably should be removed. The actual in-story link is poor formatting and the external link at the end is not a link to any sort of Newport web site, but a commercial web site for residential and commercial property in Newport. - TimSPC

Someone biased deleted the following:

"-Jersey City is arguably the most ethnically and culturally diverse city in the country, if not the world, with an almost equal mix of non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, Asians, and Latinos. It has one of the largest Arab and Muslim populations and proportions of any city in the nation, one of the largest Asian proportions of any American city, and one of the largest proportions of various Latino and Hispanic ethnicities of any city outside the nation's southwest. It also has higher-than-average numbers of Jews, Italians, Cubans, Indians, and Irish than most cities in the nation."

So, I readded it. Sources:

http://www.city-data.com/top35.html

(note, in this list "diversity" is ranked by places with the lowest percentages of "non Hispanic whites"--OK, so a city with 90% blacks and 10% non-Hispanic whites is supposed to be considered "more diverse" than a city with a mix of all races, INCLUDING whites? This stupid logic is the only reason Honolulu, or any of those other "cities", appear "more diverse" than JC on this list.)  Compare Jersey City's "racial" percentages to ANY other city on that list: black, white, and Hispanic are the 3 largest groups, and are essentially equal in proportion; these three are followed by the various Asian groups, which total 16% of the population, a larger proportion of Asians than in most cities with large Hispanic and/or black populations.

Races in Jersey City:

Black (28.3%) Hispanic (28.3%) White Non-Hispanic (23.6%) Other race (15.1%) Filipino (6.6%) Two or more races (5.8%) Asian Indian (5.4%) Chinese (1.5%) Other Asian (1.3%) American Indian (1.0%) Vietnamese (0.7%) Korean (0.6%)

No other city, especially one of the US' top 100, has quite a varied mix. And VARIETY is what "diversity" really is. A city that is 85% Mexcian-American or 60% Japanese-American is NOT "diverse" simply because it lacks Caucasian people.

Jersey City's Ancestries: Italian (6.6%), Irish (5.6%), Polish (3.0%), Arab (2.8%), German (2.7%), West Indian (2.4%).

This shows that even among Caucasians there is a mix, and that there are sizeable Arab and West Indian populations (groups that are often missing from most American cities). I'm hard-pressed to find an ethnic/cultural group that is NOT faily represented in Jersey City. It's highly unlikely that there's another city in the nation or the world that has such a blend of everyone. I've never come across it personally. If anyone can find America's, or the world's, real MOST DIVERSE city, then the info about JC being it should be removed, and the real most diverse city's article should be updated with the info. However, someone just removed the fact that JC is the nation's most diverse because of bias, and that's inexcusable!

Also, this site:

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=12363

Think about what this means: other than these 6 cities, NO PLACE in America has at least 10% of their population among European-Americans, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and Hispanic-Americans. Even compared to the five California cities listed, Jersey City is incredibly more diverse. It has a higher proportion of Asians than all but Stockton, a higher proportion of blacks than all but Oakland, and is not nearly as biased towards Hispanic and white groups as the Cali cities but still is nowhere near being a "non-white" or a "non-Hispanic" city. Plus, like I said, its diversity even among its white/Caucasian population surpasses the Cali cities, since it includes Italians, Polish, German, and a variety of European groups, as well as far larger numbers of Jews and Arabs than are present on the west coast. (NJ, mostly because of its eastern cities and suburbs like Jersey City is the state with the 2nd largest percentage of both Jews and Arabs/Muslims.)

Scroll down to the bottom thread of this forum, and you'll see someone else quoted the list of "Top 100 Most Diverse" cities. He erroneously states that the percentage used to rank them is the "percentage of the largest racial group". Incorrect! The reason so many small Hawaii and California towns are around, and even ahead of, Jersey City is because this listing is biased towards Asians. Take the "most diverse" city, for example. Summing only its Fillipino and Japanese populations, we arrive at over 28%. Add in the other Asians, and we're looking at probably 50% Asian, which is what the "race" of these people really is. If we're going to count Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, and Japanese as separate "races", then we also have to count Italian, Irish, German, Dominican, Colombian, Jamaican, etc, as "races"--they're not. They're ethnicities. That listing's counting each Asian nationality as a different "race" is the only reason any city seems more diverse than Jersey City, which "only" has a combined Asian total of 16%.


 * Nice work, but "Jersey City is highly ethnically diverse" would seem sufficient. I don't see value in a label like "most ethnically diverse." --Tysto 14:13, 2005 August 3 (UTC)

Mayor
The mayor of Jersey City is Jerramiah Healy. There is someone pulling some shenangians. If you revert, make sure you revert back to the correct information. -TimSPC

Satellite Maps
Hi!

I added two color map linx to the bottom.

Enjoy them.

Supercool Dude

Edits by 209.244.172.107
Looks like someone with The Lefrak organization is trying to put their sales pitch up here. I cleaned it up a bit, but it needs more. Tim Aug 27

Newark Ave?
I was wondering if the area on Newark Ave west of five corners had a name of its own or ifs just considered part of Journal Square. Nevermind