Maybe they will figure out that big government, high taxes and powerful public unions are not your friend...
Maybe I’ve missed it, but is there one single thing in this nation that millennials see as positive for them?
I must be hearing only the worst from the 2-5% habitual whiners.
All Jersey jokes aside, I tell my kids that NJ was a great state to grow up in in the 80’s. Actually, it was a great state for a long time. Most of the state is small suburban towns, you have NY about an hour away from half the state, and Philly the other half. The shore is accessible and uniquely Jersey, but the other end of the state is mountains and country and pretty rural. Sports teams, theater, higher eduacation options everywhere. It really was great at one time.
However, housing costs are insane and taxes in particular. It is not uncommon for a middle class family to have a property tax bill in excess of $10K and most times its pushing 20K. The state is ridiculously diverse and getting worse, with a huge illegal immigration problem that has turned towns i knew as a kid into something resembling a third world parody. So it’s no wonder millenials see it as a bad choice. Problem is, we’ve already ruined Florida, NC and are now starting to ruin SC as people’s flee. I think when i retire, as odd as it sounds, I’m going upstate NY to a little slice of nowhere to just relax and get away from everything.
26 years ago, give or take, when I was a young pup living in NJ my old man pulled me aside and said “Son, if I were a young man just starting out on my own in life, I’d go anywhere but New Jersey.” He was from upstate NY originally and lived out west for years too so he had a different perspective than my south Jersey born mom. And his perspective was that even then, NJ was taxed too much and had too many draconian laws and regulations. I didn’t listen and I married a Jersey girl and have a family with her and that would not have happened had I moved then so I won’t second guess my decision BUT to all you millenial Freepers who haven’t settled in like that yet, there’s a big country out there that’s more free and less expensive than NJ. Go experience it!