“I would leave this rathole of a state and join it.”
Is it the entire State or just the cities? I usually find ratholes are just that, holes in the States we know as cities.
Well, Essex, Bergen, Passaic, Union, Middlesex, Camden, Hudson and Mercer Counties - Counties with large urban populations. NJ has 21 Counties. But the liberals from the New York Metro Area and Philly area are constantly emigrating out to the suburbs and rural areas and changing them. The distance from New York to the opposite side of the state is about 50 miles or so. Probably the same for Philly.
Native New Jerseyians who are not libs - people like me - are getting squeezed out.