No kidding. What a hellhole!
I was thinking of moving down to Durham. My company has a branch there, and there are a lot of nice old houses in Durham with preservation credits and tax abatements available. Living would be a heck of a lot cheaper than in suburban NJ.
But this case has really soured me to the whole idea. I still might wind up in North Carolina, but the idea of moving into an old house in Durham and fixing it up is pretty much by the boards. Who wants to move into a jurisdiction that is so hostile?