1. Immigration (to the sunbelt from Mexico) and 2. Cheap housing in the sunbelt. Those of us willing to pay a bit more for civilization prefer the NY.NJ area thank you very much. Hope you hayseeds enjoy Applebees and sitting in your car just to pick up some milk!
That's good. Ignorance is bliss.
These NJ dustups are fun. I'm just hoping I don't go psycho and get another time out! Actally, I totally knew I was gonna get a time out last time, but I felt it was worth it.
It's sad, but it seems like the entire country is becoming one big strip mall, where TGI Fridays passes for fine dining.
Most places that are called cities in the US don't meet my definition of a city. I really only count places with a viable downtown that doesn't shut down after business hours as real cities.