[Cicero]

Much of it was university related. The high tech industries around Rte. 128 in Massachusetts owed their start to MIT and Harvard. In New Jersey, it was mostly Princeton and Rutgers.

But with skyrocketing taxes, insurance costs, etc., it's no longer as attractive as it was.

[BigTom85]

But with skyrocketing taxes, insurance costs, etc., it's no longer as attractive as it was.

Exactly! High taxes, high insurance, increasing government regulations, and the unions are all contributions to why businesses and people are leaving the state of NJ. The same is happening to NY and Mass. NJ is also very polluted! Driving on the NJ Turnpike up by Giants Stadium and Newark Airport is like driving through a 15 mile long gas chamber!