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Originally Posted by CIA
NYGuy, you have an interesting debating style.
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Thank you.
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Of course I'm approaching this from a non auto-oriented point of view. I love cities and choose to live car free like many others in NYC and Hudson County. If we're looking at this from the point of view of what's best for the casinos, then of course putting one in the cesspool known as the meadowlands makes the most financial sense, and I'd want to make sure I'd have an ungodly amount of parking stalls to boot.
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It's not only what's best for the casinos, but also what's best for Jersey residents. The two are not mutually exclusive. In other words, what's best for the residents will be best for the casino, because that's the customer base.
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Originally Posted by Roadcruiser1
This project isn't impossible. The parts of Brooklyn, and Manhattan that are being served by the East River Ferry is a good example of what this development may look like. The East River Ferry runs every 30 minutes, but a lot of people live near the ferry stops, because in the end it still works. Not just that, but many of these towers are around half a mile away form the nearest (G) train stop proving that the concept can work.
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Again, we're talking about ferries, which is a silly idea, because Jersey residents aren't going to be using ferries. Could a residential development be built on the site? Of course. There are already examples of residential developments. Luxury highrise skyscrapers? Don't count on it. But that's not what this is about. A development of the magnitude proposed at this site, even if you scratch off the ridiculous 95-story tower proposal, still wouldn't be served well by ferry (just pretending for the moment that you would ferry passengers in from Jersey). Giant ferris wheel? The only reason you're getting one on Staten Island is because it has a captive, built-in audience of tourists on the
free Staten Island Ferry - one of the city's top tourist destinations, capable of handling large crowds. And even that will be supplemented by other ferry service. The motor sports stadium? Don't even get started on that.
This whole thing is a "kitchen sink" proposal that was thrown together to get attention. What you see being proposed for the Meadowlands is a more serious attempt at something that could work.