Just the taxes? : )
The smell on the I95 corridor has driven me beyond the speed limit out of the state a few times.
New York, Long Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, etc. have been all become playgrounds for the wealthy liberal elite who are more than happy to push out hard working middle class Americans while claiming to be sticking up for the little guy. Frankly, having grown up on LI, I could never see myself moving back to the northeast region again. The ridiculous cost of living there is bad enough, but add to that the overwhelming population density. No thank you.
Too bad Mexico defends her border so well we could divert
the Jerseyites down there and show them what for!
I bailed out of Jersey in 1979. I went to California, and was happy until the socialists took over. IMO, both states are lost causes, but I am more saddened to see California slide into the socialist abyss.
NJ has the third highest tax burder behind _________ and ________?
I am not going to sign up to read the remaining 5 pages.
I hate driving in New Jersey. The entire northeast section is nothing but crowded highways, town after town with endless stoplights and traffic, and built-up sections everywhere. It is simply over-developed, and lacks character. Besides that, car insurance is pathetic, undoubtedly because there are just so many cars with lousy drivers everywhere you turn, and the odds of an accident are terrific. Just not a pleasant place. The only fun I have had driving in New Jersey is when I'm on the highway, headed out (and it's only a quick few hours to the Pennsylvania or New York border in any direction).
2004: Bought 2200 sq ft townhouse in my hometown in Burlington County, NJ for $308k. Annual real estate taxes were ~$7000 (and have since gone up).
2005: Sold townhouse for $340k.
2006: Bought 2600 sq ft single family home in Pinal County, AZ for $280k (on a big lot, even by NJ standards). Annual real estate taxes are <$2000.
I ain't goin' back to New Jersey.
Keep in mind that the sales tax will be 7% on October 1st.
Strangely enough, Maryland is still gaining population. But that is probably the result of immigration.
One of my measures of the NJ tax burden is how the morning rush hour starts earlier and earlier with each passing month. I live near I78 and where the sounds of traffic usually became continuous about 6:30AM, it now begins at 5:30AM as more NY commuters are traveling from PENNSYLVANIA. I call it the tax burden consequence!
Taxes driving people out of Jersey
Well, at least they're being driven -- because they drive like maniacs on their own.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Same thing is true for NYS.
The Facts on New Yorks Tax Climate
This is whap happens when folks elect Dems and RINOs...
The problem here is New Jersey's obsession with home rule. Every little village and town has its own municipal government and school system with an independent administrative apparatus. That is why property taxes are so high--people are paying for tiny little school systems that do deliver good value for the money but at an exhorbitant cost.
The public schools in New Jersey are among the best in the nation. Very large numbers of New Jersey high school graduates go on to college and move all over the country to staff investment banks and law firms which don't have enough local talent to draw upon. But their parents pay a high price, and it's no surprise that people choose to leave after their kids graduate rather than continue to pay high taxes.
Remember - those aren't taxes. They are 'an investment in our future.'
Thank you Lord
for planting me in "flyover country"