Time for a middle class exodus

[NewHomeHappy]

Originally Posted by njkate

You need to hop over to the FL forums....property taxes there have been going up there as well and again it'a all relative to the incomes.

Poeple, working people any way don't seem to get it.
Sure your taxes are cheaper but you aren't getting the services either.

My sons taxes in Marietta GA are cheap but the schools leave a bit to be desired, he has to pay for garbage pick up, they don't recyle at all.
.there are always trade offs..many of these places, not FL, have sales tax and you pay tax on shoes, clothes & food.

Take a gander in places like TN, SC, MS what you will pay to register a new car...it's based on the value ..might be the reason a lot of the south is clunker heaven

hit the nail on the head. You said it girl !!!!

[Shizzles]

Originally Posted by kev959

"With Christie in power it is clear that NJ will become more of a state for the rich only and I think we will see the middle class mostly gone by the end of his term. As it is the middle class has been slipping out of NJ since Whitman made life hard on us, now Christie will nail the final nails in the coffin"


It's like minded people like this who have helped make NJ what it is today. If you had any sense you'd realize how foolish your comment is. How will NJ be a state for the rich only? By lowering your taxes? NJ has finally gotten a Gov who will help to increase what YOU keep from your paycheck. Not sure how that or lowering property taxes spells doom for the middle class. Would only seem rational that all would benefit.

The problem is the government workers are the only ones who make up the "Middle Class" in NJ, anymore. NJ will become like NY, where you have the corporate/wall st rich, the government middle class and the welfare crowd.

[jerseygal4u]

Originally Posted by njkate

I'm not saying she should. She said NC has many jobs & apts at $600, I said try and find a salary for more then $10 p.h. unless you are a professional....cheaper rents, homes, taxes equate to cheaper salaries.

I'm just sick of the mantra of how cheap the south is..unless you are retired with no mortgage it's all relative

thank you for that statement. people dont realize that. i am an rn who made 36.00 an hour in nj. my pay now is 20.00 and they even want to cut that. so as i said before if u buy a house for 300,000 making 36.00 an hour its unattainable. but so is a house for 120000 with a 20.00/hr 0r 40000 a year. oh and those taves dont include trash pickup and sewer charges and certainly no good school system. or the drive 2 hours to work{gas money} not even the safety nets jersey had.

[jerseygal4u]

Originally Posted by onegreatnurse

I have to agree. I thought about going there as a nurse but when the s**t hit the fan, I was afraid that even nursing jobs would be hard to come by and decided to stay put. I noticed that there wasn't that much in the way of nursing jobs and that what was there wasn't that great and didn't pay very well, so as others pointed out, it's all relative.

you are soo right. went from 36 per hour to 20. all they have here are home care jobs with no unions to protect you. and on top of that my health care premiums are still the same at 440 per month, the same as up there. and as always if u graduated from a school in nj its even harder to get your foot in the door. bottom line no nurse should move from nj to nc. nc isnt a nurse friendly state,in the way of wages anyway.