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Old 02-11-2013, 11:04 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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What do you think will become of New Jersey in the next ten, twenty, thirty years, and beyond? Will we keep bumbling along or do you think there'll be significant changes in the coming years? Predictions can be based on fiscal, economic, academic, social, and other matters. Do you think things will change drastically or will we keep bumbling along? How does the state's future tie in with the region and country as a whole?
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Old 02-11-2013, 11:10 AM
 
Location: The East
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Close proximity to the United States most alpha city NYC will make overcrowding an issue for a long time to come.
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Old 02-11-2013, 11:34 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Close proximity to the United States most alpha city NYC will make overcrowding an issue for a long time to come.
True.

I don't know if this is a real trend or just temporary, but apparently US urban areas grew faster than suburbs in 2011 for the first time in decades. If people start moving back to the cities for economic and social reasons, I wonder how this potential trend would impact New Jersey. This would certainly affect the infrastructure, but I think it could be a good thing for the state's cities.

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Old 02-11-2013, 11:51 AM
 
Location: NJ
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It has been well established by the electorate than NJ's past is NJ's future.

Nothing on the horizon to even suggest the electorates criteria to select legislators to represent them will ever change.

Apparently the electorate is completely satisfied with Nj as it is.
Why would anyone expect anything to change.
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Old 02-11-2013, 12:21 PM
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Location: The Sand Hills of NC
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NJ shore,

NJ transit,.......................................... .... carpooling,




Lake Hopatcong,
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Old 02-11-2013, 12:34 PM
 
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If property continue going up 6 to 8% a year, in 20 years, people will simply refuse to pay property tax all together. You have to understand, there are a lot of people retiring and on fix income. They cannot afford a 20k to 30k property tax per year.
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Old 02-11-2013, 01:11 PM
 
Location: Central Jersey
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population decline, spike in Hispanic and Asian populations
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Old 02-11-2013, 02:17 PM
 
Location: NJ
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If property continue going up 6 to 8% a year, in 20 years, people will simply refuse to pay property tax all together. You have to understand, there are a lot of people retiring and on fix income. They cannot afford a 20k to 30k property tax per year.
if they live in a house with 20-30K in taxes, they can afford it.
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Old 02-11-2013, 06:32 PM
 
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More Staten Islanders. We need to secure our borders.
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Old 02-11-2013, 06:41 PM
 
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Higher taxes, worse traffic, worse transit, more "fiscal crises" (state, county, and municipality). Blatant corruption at all levels of government. More laws passed regulating our every small decision, imitating NYC and California. A greater gap between the poor and the rich, with the middle squeezed even more.

As the Book of Job says, "Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward", and the state is no different.
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