NJ people..why would you wanna leave this? (Camden, Dover: 2009, living in)

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by FlyersFan

just like dodging bullets in Collingswood from neighboring Camden may not be for some either ?

Your lies have no bounds. You disparage a classic historic town that is safe and family friendly in that fashion. This is why Collingswood was ranked by Philadelphia Magazine as number one in the region for price growth of homes and property. But keep dreaming of your Ocala, crosses burning in my front yard are not my thing!

[Newarkbomb]

some of it's true, some of it's random, and some of it is off.

[FlyersFan]

Originally Posted by DailyJournalist

Your lies have no bounds. Ahhhh....just as you would have us all believe that all who live in Ocala are rednecks and belong to the KKK which surely can't be true ? Better learn that if you live by the sword that you die by the sword. You disparage a classic historic town that is safe and family friendly in that fashion. This is why Collingswood was ranked by Philadelphia Magazine as number one in the region for price growth of homes and property. Would that be price growth in the historic WW2 3 bedroom one bath brick row homes that make up a good portion of Collingswood, especially along the polluted Cooper River ? Basically much of your "historic" homes aren't even occupied by full time owners but rented out to low income renters by those who don't wish to live in "historic" Collingswood. The only thing historic about Collingswood is the extent of your delusions about this town.....is it possible that you may have been hypnotized lately and not properly removed from the spell ? But keep dreaming of your Ocala, crosses burning in my front yard are not my thing!

Not many burning crosses to be found in front yards in Collingswood to be sure.....how about a few abandoned cars ? Speaking of cars....I wonder how many cars disappear off "safe" Collingswood streets each night only to be found stripped on neighboring streets of Camden the next morning ?

[NYC1DAY]

Originally Posted by FlyersFan

Not many burning crosses to be found in front yards in Collingswood to be sure.....how about a few abandoned cars ? Speaking of cars....I wonder how many cars disappear off "safe" Collingswood streets each night only to be found stripped on neighboring streets of Camden the next morning ?

you live in nj and you are a flyers fan

do you realize that you are making fun of your own metro area?

[cyntmac]

Use transit. You can walk to things in Collingswood.
Then you won't have to worry about abandoned cars.

[TheEmissary]

Originally Posted by NYC1DAY

Different people like different things

The only thing that I am going to say is for you to click on the NC forums and see how many of those 100,000 people that moved to NC liked it

I live in SC. A lot of people move here from Jersey as well, but not many of them stay

Well, there you go!

I post on the Charlotte forum and while there are some unhappy campers, the vast majority of newcomers seem to have adapted quite well. As for the differences between NC & SC, one native of Charlotte described to me many areas of SC as being "one screen door away from Hell"! I suspect that many New Jerseyans would find the lack of services and dubious schools, too heavy a price to pay for SC's low tax rates. There is "cheap" and there is "too cheap".

It might be fun for SC and NJ to exchange Governors for a year tho'! A Confederate Flag flying next to the State House in Trenton would generate a few new threads! Ya think!

[NYC1DAY]

Originally Posted by TheEmissary

Well, there you go!

I post on the Charlotte forum and while there are some unhappy campers, the vast majority of newcomers seem to have adapted quite well. As for the differences between NC & SC, one native of Charlotte described to me many areas of SC as being "one screen door away from Hell"! I suspect that many New Jerseyans would find the lack of services and dubious schools, too heavy a price to pay for SC's low tax rates. There is "cheap" and there is "too cheap".

It might be fun for SC and NJ to exchange Governors for a year tho'! A Confederate Flag flying next to the State House in Trenton would generate a few new threads! Ya think!

What a person likes is all personal preferences, which change with age.

My best friends parents moved to SC from Colts Neck. They have been here for 5 yrs and are now looking to move because they dont like it.

They are searching for another city. They dont want to go back to jersey, but they are at their boiling point with SC. They checked out the Jacksonville area. When they came back they said "there is more rednecks in Jacksonville than in Charleston". I just laughed

I am only 25, but if I was retiring right now then I would pick the Phoenix metro area

[gold dust]

OP: that was great to read! Thanks for posting! I grew up in upstate NY but I can relate to a lot of these things. I remember Bamberger's .... too funny!

[FlyersFan]

Originally Posted by NYC1DAY

you live in nj and you are a flyers fan

do you realize that you are making fun of your own metro area?

The fact that I follow the Flyers as a team doesn't mean I enjoy the City of Philadelphia. Walk though Philly sometime......its a dirty, filthy city. Even the people who live there can have much pride in their city to allow it to slide into that type of deplorable, trash strewn condition. Is it rich in history, yes......but, what it represents now is kind of sad.
As far as Camden goes....well....its the murder capital of the United States based upon population and the state police had to be brought in to police the city because of so much corruption......for me, the only positive thing about the "metro" area is the Flyers.

[TheEmissary]

Originally Posted by NYC1DAY

What a person likes is all personal preferences, which change with age.

My best friends parents moved to SC from Colts Neck. They have been here for 5 yrs and are now looking to move because they dont like it.

They are searching for another city. They dont want to go back to jersey, but they are at their boiling point with SC. They checked out the Jacksonville area. When they came back they said "there is more rednecks in Jacksonville than in Charleston". I just laughed

I am only 25, but if I was retiring right now then I would pick the Phoenix metro area

I think it's much easier to adjust to the South in general, if you're retired! Working down here is a completely different ballgame. It's funny, friends from Colts Neck convinced me to move here! I'm partial to the Charlotte area because it's large and has things to do. Smaller cities can get "old" quickly, once you've been "there" and done "that". Jacksonville sure isn't Miami tho'! Perhaps Atlanta, or Savannah (for something smaller) might be a suitable alternative.

I hope that "by the time you get to Phoenix", there'll be some water there!