N.J. has last laugh: No. 5 in livability

Philly Inquirer ^ | Thu, Mar. 09, 2006 | Troy Graham

[Huck]

New Jersey rocks. Where I live is farms and mountains, but I can be in Manhattan at a concert or cultural event in about an hour and change. I can be in the Pocono Mountains in about an hour. Or at the beach. We've got redneck towns, artsy towns, boring soccor mom suburbs, urban towns, pretty much whatever your taste is, we've got it here. It's not perfect, but it's pretty darn good.

[Huck]

Thought you might be interested.

[Puppage]

Camden: Nice place IF YOU'RE A BULLET

[2banana]

Who would have thought through the roof taxes, disarming the law abiding and massive corruption would have helped so much?

[lormand]

"But in Morgan Quitno's world, livability is measured by factors such as student-teacher ratios and per-capita spending on the arts..."

I would think that hailing this "research" as good, would be done at the DU website, not FR.

My measure of livablility is how far I live AWAY from Manhattan.

[facedown]

Who's laughing now?

Anybody with a working brain.

[NativeNewYorker]

[Huck]

lol! or razor wire :-P

[RexBeach]

Ah-hah! Now we know why Tony Soprano lives there!

[Huck]

Then I take it you're not laughing.

[Huck]

You do realize Tony Soprano is a fictional character?

[tcostell]

I moved to NJ from Westchester to lower my property taxes but the gun laws here are driving me nuts.

Apart from that though I don't really have any complaints.

[Vaquero]

Like my home state of NY....it is unlivable as far as repression of personal freedoms goes. I cant wait to leave for a Red State. Yes there are very pretty areas of NJ and NY. But the scum run both states and the scenery does not come close to make up for the Liberties lost.

[harpu]

"N.J. has last laugh: No. 5 in livability"

Yeah...just ask Tony & Carmella!

[generally]

You have to know what criteria are being used to rate the states. I've seen "livability ratings" based on income levels, poverty levels, availability of public transportation, SAT scores, tax rates, health care, number of books in the library, mortality rates,.......

Some of these things would matter to me. Others wouldn't.

(p.s. I'm not knocking NJ)

[Ken522]

I still like Florida - plenty of 'Jerseyites come here for the sun and warmth ... it's summer 11 months of the year in FL , instead of 3 months in NJ.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

I lived there and worked in Midtown Manhattan for 17yrs before moving to Penna. Some parts of Joisey are nice, but way too much of it is a fricking sewer and grossly-overcrowded. Ranked fifth? I *seriesly* doubt it.

[Huck]

I guess you don't like art or music very much. I like the best of both worlds. Nice, quiet, country living on the one hand, but access to all the pleasures of life on the other. I've lived in a dozen states, and been to all but 5. I wouldn't want to live in a place like, say, Alabama (been there, done that) where a lot of bands don't even do shows, where there's no pro sports teams, no mountains, no good restaurants, etc. I want it all, and NJ has it all.

[Incorrigible]

All this in spite of our governance!

[Cagey]

Hi there, Huck.

I think I recall you blowing a gasket on a thread once before when you were defending New Jersey.

Anyway, I'm with you in that it is a fabulous place to live. Now if we could just get rid of the sleezeballs in our government it would be Utopia.