u/Ryguy41202

In my decade of driving I've been pulled over a handful of times. Every time, the officer has asked me where I'm coming from and where I'm traveling to. Why do they do this? Obviously, I comply and tell them where I'm going and where I'm coming from just to be cooperative. I'm just curious as to why this seems to be common practice. Is this investigative or are they just making small talk?

In my decade of driving I've been pulled over a handful of times. Every time, the officer has asked me where I'm coming from and where I'm traveling to. Why do they do this? Obviously, I comply and tell them where I'm going and where I'm coming from just to be cooperative. I'm just curious as to why this seems to be common practice. Is this investigative or are they just making small talk?

I'm 24 and I feel like I'm drowning everyday. High housing costs. Student loans, soaring prices of gas and food. Abysmal job market. It just feels like it's impossible for anybody younger than 35 to be getting ahead right now. I'm sure many other people my age feel this way but God damn something has to give eventually. This is undoubtedly one of the most difficult times to be an adult in recent history. Our Gen x parents had it significantly easier in just about every way. To be this age in the '90s would have been a fucking dream! EDIT: I am referring specifically to how increasingly hard being an adult in the US is becoming.

Hello, I was pulled over in New Jersey about an hour ago for making an incorrect turn. I also did not have a current proof of insurance with me at the time of the traffic stop. The officer explained to me that I committed three violations which result in summons. However ,he did not issue me any physical evidence of these violations. He just said please email me your proof of insurance within the next 24 hours which I did immediately, by the way, once I got access to it. He didn't mention anything about having to appear in court or really anything that would lead me to believe that I'm being charged with anything. The resolution was sort of ambiguous like he didn't say that I would need to do anything to resolve it other than sending my insurance to him, but I don't remember him mentioning anything about a warning. I also forget some of the details just cuz I get so flustered in these kinds of situations I don't get pulled over often. If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated, especially if you're an officer in New Jersey.

24m here. I've been living on my own with a roommate for about 8 months now and my God is it expensive. My mom warned me beforehand and said things like "it's probably better for you to just live with us until you can save up enough for a down payment on a condo or lower cost piece of property". But of course, I let our culture take control of my life because I felt pressured to move out and be independent. But it's been very difficult to afford and I'm working full time. I don't make that much money but in theory, I make enough to where I should be able to afford everything. But between the cost of housing, food, gas, health insurance, etc. I have like literally $0 left over for any discretionary spending. How are the younger generations supposed to cope with this? I think the solution long-term is for wages to increase significantly or the cost of housing needs to decrease even modestly to allow for people to have breathing room. Of course this is not an issue that is exclusive to people that are younger than 30, but I feel that my generation is being affected by it the most. Don't want to dox myself but I live in Absecon and between myself and my roommate, we pay 2,000 base rent but with utilities, that comes out to about $2,500 total between the two of us and we live in a thousand square foot apartment. Even a decade ago the same apartment might be $1,500 or perhaps even less. This is a rant mostly but also just complete hopelessness about the future for my generation.

Location: New Jersey, USA. I was recently hospitalized and developed a condition that will limit my ability to work for several months. I am currently in a lease with a roommate and have been responsible for half of the rent. Unfortunately, because of the condition that I developed, I think it is unlikely that I will be able to reliably afford my portion of the rent moving forward. I know you can't really negotiate a lease, but I figure that at least in my state there has to be some sort of option available where I could either find a replacement tenant or I could pay a fee or forfeit my security deposit to be able to exit without damaging my credit. Do any legal professionals know if I can plead my case using medical documentation? I truthfully will not be able to work the job I was planning to work this summer due to a heart condition that I was diagnosed with. This is unfortunate because I don't want to screw over my friend and I actually like this new place. For context, I'm a 24-year-old male and I'm still young so I could easily move back in with my parents. I'm not worried about that. I'm just worried about whatever consequence this will either have on my credit or my relationship with my friend. Thank you to anyone who replies.

I'm in Absecon. I was recently hospitalized and developed a condition that will limit my ability to work for at least several months. As a result, I don't think I'll be able to reliably afford my portion of my rent with my roommate. Can anyone who is either a lawyer or has experienced something similar Give me any sort of advice on what next steps I should take? It seems like my options are to either find a replacement tenant to take my place or I could likely pay a fee or forfeit my security deposit in order to get out of my lease. I think the second option would screw over my roommate though because then he would probably be responsible for the full rent once I leave. I also reached out to my leasing agent and consulted with my roommate, but I figured I would reach out to see if anyone has experienced this personally. Does anyone know if I would be able to plead medical hardship or something to that effect to help my case?