[from occupied ga]

I lived and worked in NYC many years ago, and at least among the people I knew there was nary a conservative or even moderate voice to be heard. Guns? Horrified at the thought of them. Taxes? Tax “the rich” more. Government programs? Every one of my acquaintances had an idea for a new one or at least wanted to expand an existing one. Pay for getting more government? see tax the rich more. I tried to avoid political discussions because there was never any logic just belief in the Democrat party. One the the many reasons I headed back south. Another was the smug self impressed parochial attitude that nothing west of the Hudson River or North of Yonkers was significant (in the case of NJ they were probably right). Worst place I ever lived.

[Clemenza]

Actually NJ has the second or third highest per capita income and median income in the US (depends on the survey believe Virginia has the highest), higher than New York and also has a higher percentage of college graduates and advance degree holders than NY as well. And who has been driving NJ’s real estate into the stratosphere over the past year and a half? Good affluent liberals fleeing the city for Montclair, Maplewood, Summit, etc.

The idiotic stereotypes my fellow NYers (raised on Long Island and spent much of my adult years in the city) actually apply more to Staten Island or the south shore of Long Island rather than NJ. NJ is filled with progtards, Karens, illegals, and corrupt politicians but irony of ironies beats NY on many indices. The state of Bruce Springsteen died 40 years ago and was only a small part of my current state of residence.