Posted on 07/31/2006 11:47:02 AM PDT by george76
New Jersey is the perennial loser in the student migration wars: more of its residents leave the state to go to college than anywhere else in the country.
On the other end of the spectrum, so many students have decided that sunshine, mosquitoes and the Marlins are the essential elements of the college experience that Florida is the state with the highest net migration (the number who enter minus the number who leave).
Source: Interstate Commission for Higher Education; number of students in 2005 and 2015 are projections based on 2001-2 data...
The swelling population of 18-year-olds members of the demographic behemoth known as the echo boom, offspring of the baby boomers is expected to peak in 2009, when the largest group of high school seniors in the nations history, 3.2 million, are to graduate.
While a slow descent is projected to follow, the growing value of a college degree means record high enrollments every year until 2015, according to a June report from the United States Department of Education.
College-age populations of the Midwest and Northeast are shrinking, while those in the South and West are rising. States with large immigrant populations, like Florida and Arizona, are expected to see the most growth in the college-age pipeline.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Why Indiana? 'Cause that's where Notre Dame is. :)
The Meadowlands are actually fascinating.
The fires in the landfill burned for years because local fire departments wouldn't let their guys fight the blaze out of fear of what was burning.
More interesting, Secaucus was home to huge pig farms. Waste from restaurants and hotels would be shipped to Jersey for feed and bacon, etc. shipped back to NYC. However, the slop was not always just slop and pig farms typically had entire sets of china and silverware from the Waldorf, Plaza and other fancy hotels.
NJ, NY and NE as a whole are excellent places to live and work.
Heck, so much so I wish you all would stay up there!
NJ,
I think you confused my post with the one that posted pictures of an industrial site. That was not me.
To establish my credentials...
1. I was born in NJ
2. I lived there for great portions of my life
3. My family lives there and I visit all the time
4. I vacation there
5. I live in a neighboring state.
Your post ignored what I actually wrote... all of which is true. I refer you to my earlier post.
Philly is historic all right. Used to be great. Now people flee each year, they raise taxes, prevent school choice, etc. It is largely run down. I drive through there all the time. Chunks of concrete will fall off bridges and hit your car if you come at the wrong time.
All that aside, the Jersey shore is very nice.
You betcha....
Been to the Dunes.
I don't want to pump my own gas.
Ohio residents are over taxed. College costs here are skyrocketing. Retirees get no extra benefits. Am trying to figure out why I'm still here.....
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