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It saddens me how much NJ is sh*t on. I’m in NY. Neighborly hugs if you want ‘em
A good portio of the NJ crapshoot seems to come from people in LI or NYC. Outside of NYC and LI, most people really do not sht on NJ as much as you might think.
The only true negatives on NJ are:
-The tax burden is insane and getting worse. Property taxes are going up another 5-12% next year. Buying a home in NJ is becoming not so worth the additional costs and escrow.
-Charge to get on beaches.
-Sprawl
Which are really only, true 1st world problems.
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I honestly don’t know how or when the stereotype of New Jersey being terrible started.
Best education system in the country. Some of the highest property values in the country. People want to be here. Extremely wealthy suburbs near Philly and NYC.
Actually fairly scenic and pretty areas in the state. Some really nice and historic suburbs in both South Jersey and North Jersey. Some of the nicer beach towns on the East Coast.
The French aspect of New Orleans is exaggerated. New Orleans is more of a melting pot than anything else and is in fact a very American city. The French Quarter is the only part of town that existed before the Louisiana Purchase and the architecture you see there was actually built by the Spanish after a large fire when Spain also ruled Louisiana. The famous food has French but also heavy African, Caribbean and Spanish influences. Very few people also speak French in the area.
Everything about voodoo is also played up for tourists, not many people really believe in that.
I hear that with Metro Detroit the ghettoes and crime are exaggerated and that despite the dire straits the city itself is in, Metro Detroit has a whole actually has a pretty healthy economy all the wealth and business is just in the suburbs.
Not a metro area, but as far as state characteristics being exaggerated, Montana is not all the postcard mountain scenery and people don't hike, fly fish, camp, or hunt all the live long day but many actually have jobs and live in the real world. South Dakota does not all look like the Black Hills.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and these are some of our stereotypes:
*ultra liberal, socialist viewpoints- There is some truth to that in certain parts (Oakland, Berkeley etc.), but the vast majority of people have moderate views. I actually know a surprising amount of Trump-supporting Republicans!
*earthquakes- Anywhere in CA can get earthquakes, but major earthquakes are actually very infrequent. The most severe earthquake in my 40+ years of life here was the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989. Building codes are strict and most buildings and other structures can reasonably withstand a large quake. I'd take living with earthquake risk any day of the week over having to worry about tornadoes or hurricanes. There's no "earthquake season" here by the way, whereas tornadoes and hurricanes are a yearly concern in some parts of the country.
*everybody works in tech- Yes, tech is a major industry here, but not all of us are in it. Almost everybody knows somebody working in tech but many of us aren't in that industry ourselves.
Yes, it's strange how those giant tech corporations keep expanding in our "socialist" cities.
Why haven't they packed up and moved to conservative "pro-business" states?
Another stereotype is that there are tent camps in every park and human waste on every corner.
Not so. And in decades of living in SF, I have yet to see a used needle on the sidewalk.
A good portio of the NJ crapshoot seems to come from people in LI or NYC. Outside of NYC and LI, most people really do not sht on NJ as much as you might think.
The only true negatives on NJ are:
-The tax burden is insane and getting worse. Property taxes are going up another 5-12% next year. Buying a home in NJ is becoming not so worth the additional costs and escrow.
-Charge to get on beaches.
-Sprawl
I've often seen/heard Toledo, OH referred to as a "Little Detroit".
While there are some obvious similarities between the two cities, this moniker is often given to infer that Toledo experiences crime on par with Detroit which has never been the case.
Up until a record-breaking 2020, Toledo mostly had homicide totals in the 20s and 30s over the past decade despite having a population of just under 300k.
There are some very blighted and crime ridden areas in the city but the portion of the city that is actively dangerous is far smaller than Detroit's equivalent areas.
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