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NJ is expensive as all hell but it is also a safe, enjoyable place to live. Lots to offer.

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It's absolutely lovely. The wealthier pockets remind of a less mountainy Switzerland.

I am one of those kids from a nice part New Jersey who left and will never back. We are legion.

Curious... Where do you live now and why would you never come back?

I could come up with reasonable objections but the truth is I was miserable as a kid, and I associate that misery with New Jersey.

I still pull over across New Jersey for food - especially around Edison, where I order banquet amounts of Indian food from Ruby Ke Kitchen Se to take back to my chest freezer in the woods of northern New England.

Plus, New Jersey begat WFMU - god bless them.

Yeah I can understand that. I do not like going or staying at places with a negative emotional connection. A few highschool friends of mine that I want to college with had a negative experience at our highschool. They did not have nice things to say about the town we grew up in and did not want to be associated or live there. Not everyone. Many do maintain a strong positive connection with the town.

I personally do not like the Jersey Shore. I dont like going there even though many people around me love going there. I had a few negative experiences there as a teenager and young adult.

Not OP but... there's the debt problem.

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2022/05/nj-state-owes-bondho...

That's as dumb as saying US has the highest debt among all countries and don't live there. Probably good to pick Somalia because they have low debt

Not similar at all. If you are deciding between states/cities, then the states/cities’ debt burdens impact your tax liability and quality/quantity of government services received. NJ does not have the luxury of being able to print money.

Same situation on federal government level, but US apparently has quite a bit of advantage considering the strength of the currency. Theoretically, if there was a country similar to the US with less debt, then they would enjoy an advantage. In the US, that is not theory since there are many different comparable states.

Warren Buffett has commented as much

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/25/full-transcript-billionaire-...

You're right. Debt is irrelevant these days.

Certainly not for everyone

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