How much I hate NJ (sale, unemployment rate, cabinet)

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by EB2

So, by all means, tell me where these FL jobs are, because my area - a large urban area - is suffering a 10.4% unemployment rate.

I hope you are able to get out of Florida soon and move to a state that will provide you more opportunities and better wages. All the people that I knew in Florida have up and left to the Northeast or Texas. Florida is definetly not a place to make a living and its getting worse everyday. Best of luck to you and keep your head up.

[Blondie621]

For the original poster, alot of Jersey and N.Y. people are also re-locating to a gorgeous area of S. Carolina!

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by Blondie621

For the original poster, alot of Jersey and N.Y. people are also re-locating to a gorgeous area of S. Carolina!

Oh yea, South Carolina is great,lol. Its 12.1 unemployment rate and hillbilly culture is such a draw.

South Carolina jobless rate virtually flat in June - Yahoo! Finance

[tommyc_37]

Originally Posted by Blondie621

Washington Twp. since 5 years old by the lake there. I think the only town in Bergen with a lake you can live on. Ridgewood has one but it is for swimming.

Wow, you are comparing Washington Township in NJ to Florida?! Laughing my a** off. Washington Twp, NJ is all class, while Florida is ... mostly trash. Hey, if you like it better down there, God bless, but you're coming off a little too much like "look at me, look at me".

[EB2]

Originally Posted by DailyJournalist

I hope you are able to get out of Florida soon and move to a state that will provide you more opportunities and better wages. All the people that I knew in Florida have up and left to the Northeast or Texas. Florida is definetly not a place to make a living and its getting worse everyday. Best of luck to you and keep your head up.

Thanks...me too. I've been wanting to get out of this state all for about 2 years, ever since I moved here (and those two years I was in my mid-teens. I wanted to move back to Michigan, never got to even go back and visit...so, I found a new place...in central FL - time came and went, I wasn't able to go [worked at a camp, and that's how I found the area], and the love of the place wore off [plus it was incredibly rural so little job opportunity - I still love the area, don't get me wrong, but it isn't practical for someone my age, unless I'm farming] - then came the only reason I wanted to stay in FL was to go to UF - which changed when I started researching colleges the summer between my sophomore and junior years of HS - and found Montclair State...and well, the rest is history....and I wouldn't change it for the world).

I realize NJ has its problems, it isn't perfect, no place is. But, I feel SO much happier when I'm in NJ than I do here (even when I'm not doing touristy things in NJ - which is much of the time when I'm there, so I know "local" day to day life, short of working [I've done the whole fun NYC travel during rush hour, for example, etc etc]).

FL will always be here should I decide I want to come back to retire...or maybe I'll just stay in NJ

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by EB2

or maybe I'll just stay in NJ

You wont regret it!

[EB2]

Originally Posted by DailyJournalist

You wont regret it!

I don't think I will. I love NJ far too much

[VeradoDan]

Originally Posted by DailyJournalist

I hope you are able to get out of Florida soon and move to a state that will provide you more opportunities and better wages. All the people that I knew in Florida have up and left to the Northeast or Texas. Florida is definetly not a place to make a living and its getting worse everyday. Best of luck to you and keep your head up.

LOL. Yeah, the whole state of Florida has "moved out." Geez, give me a break. The FL unemployment rate is one percentage point higher than New Jersey's. The only difference is that, in my opinion, when the national economy recovers, companies will be relocating to states with lower taxes, like Florida. Sorry, but New Jersey is not attractive to business owners due to punishing taxes. It simply isn't.

Florida is a perfectly good place to make a living. Millions of Florida residents make a perfectly fine living. I'm not sure where you lived down there, but where I lived for school, in Tampa, people had geat jobs, the economy was good and it was a great place to live. Times are tough in general right now, and Florida is no exception. There is no reason to believe that their economy will not recover like every state's will.

As I mentioned before, if you are a journalist, you are doing your readers a disservice by not recognizing the plight of the New Jersey middle class resident who is literally being squeezed out of this state with taxes and housing costs. Have you ever attended a public meeting of municipal or county government? How about attend a forum with a state cabinet member? I have, and I have tried to represent the beleaguered taxpayer in my stories and the questions I've posed to public officials. You seem, on the other hand, to live in a fantasy land where this state (the most expensive and corrupt in the nation) is some sort of utopia. We have negative population growth with everyone that is moving OUT, shouldn't that tell you something?

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by VeradoDan

LOL. Yeah, the whole state of Florida has "moved out." Geez, give me a break. The FL unemployment rate is one percentage point higher than New Jersey's. The only difference is that, in my opinion, when the national economy recovers, companies will be relocating to states with lower taxes, like Florida. Sorry, but New Jersey is not attractive to business owners due to punishing taxes. It simply isn't.

Florida is a perfectly good place to make a living. Millions of Florida residents make a perfectly fine living. I'm not sure where you lived down there, but where I lived for school, in Tampa, people had geat jobs, the economy was good and it was a great place to live. Times are tough in general right now, and Florida is no exception. There is no reason to believe that their economy will not recover like every state's will.

Florida cities are consistently ranked at the bottom of the pack when it comes to areas for young professionals. Florida's lack of quality employment opportunities and low wages are well documented. Florida is one of the top states in forclosures and is leading the nation in tent cities. I know Florida well and Florida's loss of population proves it. While the new census estimates are showing that the Northeast is once again growing. Florida has had a horrible times attracting businesses to the state and is suffering from severe brain drain.

Re/Creating Tampa - The Worst City for Young Professionals

University of Florida News - Recession discouraging people from moving to Florida

Survey says Florida losing luster | HeraldTribune.com | Sarasota Florida | Southwest Florida's Information Leader

BTW, Florida has a 10.6 unemployment rate and thats not counting the poor underemployed stuck in Florida's min. wage jobs.

Unemployment Rates for States

[Leylandi]

I am in my 2nd year of living in NJ and will leave by years end. I really hoped I would learn to like it but I realize it is just different strokes for different folks.