A Warning to the people of Patterson.......

[NJSPEEDER]

........... i am headed your way. :D
lowe's has decided that i am needed up there to help set up and train all the n00bies in the new store. not sure where i will be staying yet, just know that i will be there from this tuesday through next friday.
anyone wanna hang out or if anyone has any tips of where the fun/action is around there let me know.

[Teds89IROC]

the new route 20 store?

[Kojak]

the new route 20 store?

I went past there today and their were a bunch of cars and people outside of it. I figured they were setting up because it didn't seem open yet...

[NJSPEEDER]

i guess thats it. i have absolutely no details yet. i got the phone call on my day off yesterday to let me know i had to be up there at 2pm tuesday.
what kind of area is it? major highway or more of a 4 lane local route? what hotels and good places to eat are near by?

[ar0ck]

Its a major pain in the ass to get to! Its on Rt.20 its a sorta mini highway that runs along the passaic river. Your gonna be real close to alot of us. let us know obviously where they are keeping you!

[Fleetwiz]

Paterson is Nasty, stay in Elmwood Pk next town over maybe 2 miles away
decent hotel at the corner of Rt4/208.
Check out the Hot Grill in Clifton not far from Lowe's
RT 20 is a busy road 3 lane divided hwy
WARNING- STAY AWAY FROM DOWN TOWN PATERSON

[NJSPEEDER]

unfortunately they decide where i am staying. it is usually a holiday inn or something similar. as long as they have internet access and the sheets are clean i don't really care what/where the place is.
they also set us up for meals someplace in the area, but i know in two weeks i will get tired of seeing the same menu for lunch and dinner everyday.

[Knipps]

unfortunately they decide where i am staying. it is usually a holiday inn or something similar. as long as they have internet access and the sheets are clean i don't really care what/where the place is.
they also set us up for meals someplace in the area, but i know in two weeks i will get tired of seeing the same menu for lunch and dinner everyday.

you're not going to find clean sheets in any hotel in paterson

[maroman88]

my dads side of the family lives in elmwood park, we used to own a building in downtown paterson....yea great area lol

[BonzoHansen]

Is the Naval Base still open in Patterson? :) (or was that patterson-plank road?)

There used to be a Camaro-Firebird Yard in Patterson.

[NJSPEEDER]

nah, someone stole all the boats :p

[BonzoHansen]

nah, someone stole all the boats :pThe only boats I saw there were canoes....:wink:

[ar0ck]

The old Camaro-Firebird place turned into a Tuner shop.

[Fast92RS]

........... i am headed your way. :D
lowe's has decided that i am needed up there to help set up and train all the n00bies in the new store. not sure where i will be staying yet, just know that i will be there from this tuesday through next friday.
anyone wanna hang out or if anyone has any tips of where the fun/action is around there let me know.

Hey My step brother is the district manager of lowe's.

[Savage_Messiah]

there's only 1 T

[NJSPEEDER]

Hey My step brother is the district manager of lowe's.

whats his name? which district?

tell him i am the greatest worker ever and deserve at least a 25% raise when my review comes up in february. lol

[NJSPEEDER]

there's only 1 T

like i care :finger:

[The Fixer]

Tim, I will be heading to the awesome Lowe's in North Bergen tomorrow morning to buy a zillion ceiling tiles to re-do the drop ceiling in my basement. I'd wait until you're working at the new store, but my bulk garbage pickup is this Wednesday so I gotta get the project done before then. I'll come by the new store anyway though, I'm sure I'll need other stuff!

[Savage_Messiah]

Steve... screw north bergen and that 1&9 hellhole... just go up knickerbocker into NY, theres one there

[The Fixer]

Steve... screw north bergen and that 1&9 hellhole... just go up knickerbocker into NY, theres one there

True, but the North Bergen Lowes only charges 3.5% sales tax, vs. 8% in NY. And I have to buy a few hundred bux worth of tiles, so I'll save some coin. Besides, the earthquake-sized potholes don't bother me, I'm going in the Jeep! :)

[79CamaroDiva]

definitely check out hot grill in clifton. i would go with someone who has been there before or youll be in for a real treat.. i will NEVER order when i go there again. since the guy yelled at me about gravy fries.. they are the soup nazis of fast food :lol:

there's all kinds of places to eat around there, you can get to any major highway.. maybe ill come up and say hi one night after work, i need to visit a few people from around there anyhow

[GP99GT]

if youre going home on friday night, you could stop by and join our weekly northern friday meets

[Teds89IROC]

:stupid: and yes, hot grill owns!

[NJSPEEDER]

i will be up there and looking for some fun to have pretty much every night. lemme know when you guys are getting together and i will try to make.

[slasherbarb]

Paterson is Nasty...
WARNING- STAY AWAY FROM DOWN TOWN PATERSONok...if you're not from paterson or have ever live in paterson, you really have no right to say that..for most of you, you've only driven through paterson and saw more minorities and got scared...paterson is NOT that bad...telling people to stay away from downtown paterson is stupid...yes it get scary at NIGHT, but during the day, i like hanging out down there...awesome stores, only 3% sales tax, and i know a lot of the store owners since i have lived in paterson for 22 years...i know i joke about it, but i like living here...all im saying is don't knock a place if you haven't been there for for than 20 minutes...

back to the topic...tim, i hope you enjoy your time in paterson...let me know if you need any info about anything in town...

and PS- Libby's > Hot Grill

/rant

[nj85z28]

paterson is nasty in some areas, but i never had any problems being there..we used to hang out in paterson all the time when i lived in clifton

[chrisfrom nj]

the best go go bars are in paterson

[NJSPEEDER]

i will find out tomorrow if the new store is actually in paterson or just in that area. they are not very clear about that sometimes. if a store is in a bad area there is also a very good chance that the hotel i stay in will be 10 minutes or so away. they don't like putting us up in rough areas or hotels :)

[chrisfrom nj]

lets all meet up at a go go bar one night

some cop got killed in paterson

[ar0ck]

Tim its in Paterson, it boarders Elmwood Park though across the Passaic.

[njfastestcamaro]

gota hit up the hill spot if anyone from paterson they now what i am talking about i see alot of car get races off up there some fast car but it only an 1/8 mile with suck i might be up that way friday night if anything getting off

[ar0ck]

The hill isn't as big as it used to be. They busted that up long ago. Once in a blue moon something happens really early in the morning.

[njfastestcamaro]

i wa sup there last week for a race with a red gto on juice and blower to an all motor mustang $2,500 mustang busted gto ass

[maroman88]

lets all meet up at a go go bar one night

some cop got killed in paterson



off duty 23y/o cop got shot and killed like 2 nights ago at braodway chicken during an armed robbery, and i was thinkin about starting off as a cop there....

[NJLT1SS]

I moved out of Paterson over a year ago after living there for about 28 years, wish I could have afforded to move sooner. A very good friend of mine is a cop in Paterson, has been on the force for about 2 years now, with the last year being in plain cloths narcotics officer. Some of the stories he tell me, holy ****. Most of the crazy stuff happens downtown after the sun goes down. Thank god I lived in the Hillcrest area, a few blocks away from Totowa and Wayne, so I was far away from all of that crap. Even after living there for 28+ years, I could get so lost downtown, cause I NEVER went downtown for anything, except when I was getting my motor done at Ceralli's Competition Engines.

Ok, as far as places to eat or go, there are a TON in the surrounding towns like Wayne, Totowa, and Clifton.

I would have to vote for Hot Grill > Libby's.

[NJSPEEDER]

i got the address today, it is the new store that someone mentioned on rt20. not sure where i am staying yet, i am sure it won't be too far away though.
how bad is that neighborhood?

[Fleetwiz]

RT 20 is OK u r on the outshirts It's called Eastside, you are right on the river