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Originally Posted by jbermingham123
Yonkers seemingly has so much potential. With direct rail connections to both Grand Central and Penn, its better connected to midtown than JC, which has no connection to GC. Its also a full hour closer to the city than, say, Stamford, CT
Yonkers is perfectly positioned to be a business hub. JC would be hard to catch up to at this point, but it could easily outcompete southern CT and the rest of Westchester.
I dont know enough of the history there to know what has held it back
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Actually JC is just a stones throw away from Downtown and Midtown Manhattan either via PATH or the NY Waterway ferry. It takes awhile for a commuter from Yonkers to even reach Midtown while you can reach Downtown and Midtown via PATH from JC.
I'm not sure than Yonkers can really be a regional business hub like JC and Stamford, seeing that the business hub of Westchester County isn't Yonkers, but White Plains, while Yonkers was mainly light industrial, but this project can boost up the city's population and Yonkers, being just a stone's throw away from the Bronx border, can attract a lot of people who want a different locale away from NYC.