[SkyPilot]

The taxes in NJ suck, as do the gun laws, and liberal politics.

However, it ain't all de Blasio's hell hole.

Some counties in the state are solid Republican, and much of NJ is a lot more desirable than NYC these days.

My son recently purchased a home a suburban area of another state on the east coast. The housing market there was nuts. A home would go on the market, and there would be 25 offers, half of them cash and well above asking price.

The market for homes in suburban and rural areas of the country has become extremely competitive.

People want OUT of the cities. Same thing in the rich North Shore of Chicago, or in Seattle, Portland, and other cities. Go to Zillow and search if you don't believe me.

You're nuts if you live in St. Louis - that place will explode into a racial powder keg soon. Probably Antifa's and BLM's next target.

[21twelve]

I worked in the town with the Red Mill for eight years. The first half in a cottage about 20 minutes away in the woods. The second half about 5 minutes away in a condo in the woods.

Still pretty country out there, and still a lot of country folks. Although getting less so every year. Even when I was there 30+ years ago in the old cottage, would hear folks with their new McMansions in the country complain. “Something just MUST be done about the smells from that cow pasture!”

[woodbutcher1963]

I am seeing it first hand here in southern NH. People are moving here from NYC, MA, CA and paying prices we see as crazy. The prices people pay at the top of the market. The real estate market has been going up here for eight years straight. The biggest percentage increase is in the last year.

Of course, this is also being pushed by record low interest rates(2.9% for 30 mortgage). My first mortgage was 10.375.

The funny thing about this article is that some of the really rich people on the upper east side of Manhattan never even go over to the upper west side. It is an old money thing vs the new money people. This author sounds like she comes from the old money crowd. Their kids go to $30K/year daycare/kindergarten. Prep schools and Ivy League Universities. If your kid is smart they go to Princeton, Harvard or Yale. If they want to be a doctor the choice is Harvard or Dartmouth. If they are dumb, they go to Brown.

[angcat]

Beautiful Clinton.

[JimRed]

Some counties in the state are solid Republican, and much of NJ is a lot more desirable than NYC these days.

Refugees fleeing New York have rendered our once-reliably-red county purple over the past couple of election cycles.