Is there a correlation to the state’s tax rates?
How do other high-taxed states rate?
“How do other high-taxed states rate?”
In the more laid back left coast states and particularly in the SoCal, LA area it’s not unusual to see workers already at happy hour by 4:30 PM. I worked at a help center once and frequently had to support their clients remotely when no one locally was around late in the day to offer assistance. Don’t know if they’ve come up with a survey for that region yet, but with the SoCal traffic I can imagine morning lateness likely is also an issue. Around here we do deal with heavy traffic in the morning and lateness because the region is so heavily congested, but we often stay late after hours to make up for it.
I believe it is a combination of congestion in an ageing infrastructure and the fact that punitive taxes have chased away many of the people who show up on time (white people).
“Is there a correlation to the state’s tax rates?”
Yes, there is perfect correlation between this problem and the stupidity that abounds in New Jersey when it comes to electing people to public office. Most New Jerseyites are looking for government to provide them a free ride, but don’t really understand that their “free ride” isn’t really free at all.