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.
1 posted on
03/09/2006 6:48:27 AM PST by
Huck
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To: Clemenza
Thought you might be interested.
2 posted on
03/09/2006 6:48:55 AM PST by
Huck
(space for rent)
To: Huck
Who would have thought through the roof taxes, disarming the law abiding and massive corruption would have helped so much?
4 posted on
03/09/2006 6:52:17 AM PST by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: Huck
"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.
5 posted on
03/09/2006 6:52:39 AM PST by
lormand
(...the wrong person came out of the water that fateful night in Chappaquiddick)
To: Huck
Who's laughing now?Anybody with a working brain.
6 posted on
03/09/2006 6:53:11 AM PST by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Huck
To: Huck
Ah-hah! Now we know why Tony Soprano lives there!
9 posted on
03/09/2006 6:55:00 AM PST by
RexBeach
("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
To: Huck
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.
12 posted on
03/09/2006 6:55:43 AM PST by
tcostell
To: Huck
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.
13 posted on
03/09/2006 6:56:00 AM PST by
Vaquero
(time again for the Crusades.)
To: Huck
"N.J. has last laugh: No. 5 in livability" Yeah...just ask Tony & Carmella!
14 posted on
03/09/2006 6:56:23 AM PST by
harpu
( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
To: Huck
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)
15 posted on
03/09/2006 6:56:51 AM PST by
generally
(Ask me about FReepers Folding@Home)
To: Huck
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.
16 posted on
03/09/2006 6:56:55 AM PST by
Ken522
To: Huck; sure_fine; beyond the sea
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.
To: Huck; Calpernia; Liz
All this in spite of our governance!
19 posted on
03/09/2006 6:58:27 AM PST by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Huck
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.
20 posted on
03/09/2006 6:58:34 AM PST by
Cagey
(You don't pay taxes - they take taxes. ~Chris Rock)
To: Huck
You live in Jersey? What exit?
24 posted on
03/09/2006 6:59:59 AM PST by
SengirV
To: Huck
New Jersey rocks BUMP from down the shore.
To: Huck
29 posted on
03/09/2006 7:02:27 AM PST by
Slings and Arrows
("Facts are a Zionist plot!" --MarkL)
To: Huck
Livability, let me see:
I'm on the GSP, its Friday rush hour, I am going past the "boneyard" on my way to the "hole in the wall."
And why should I like this????
(to all Freeper, you have to know north jersey traffic to understand this one.)
30 posted on
03/09/2006 7:04:22 AM PST by
Al Gator
(Remember always to pillage BEFORE you burn!)
To: Huck
Then why do you have to pay the bridge toll to LEAVE NJ?
31 posted on
03/09/2006 7:05:38 AM PST by
kenavi
("Remember, your fathers sacrificed themselves without need of a messianic complex." Ariel Sharon)
To: Huck
Memo to Troy Graham:
The past tense of "shine" is "shone".
35 posted on
03/09/2006 7:07:11 AM PST by
Ike
(Show solidarity with the Iraqis and end voter fraud: enact "blue finger" legislation!)
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