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My experience with it all was... suffocating. Particularly from Middlesex County through Bergen County. When I used to live in North Jersey for college, it aways felt like a breath of fresh air whenever I'd go back home to visit. Maybe some towns even in the metro NYC area are decent when it comes to the things that I mentioned. I haven't been to all of them, but I have been around the area enough to have validly (IMO) formed the impression that I have.
There are part's that are suffocating like New Brunswick area and rt. 1 however that is Central NJ. North Jersey has more scenery then South Jersey, more major highways (less congestion) then South Jersey, more Fortune 100 Corporations, more money, better fashion (I go to south jersey and see people wearing jerseys, etc and it seems ghetto), better looking people (my opinion), more restaurants.
There are part's that are suffocating like New Brunswick area and rt. 1 however that is Central NJ. North Jersey has more scenery then South Jersey, more major highways (less congestion) then South Jersey, more Fortune 100 Corporations, more money, better fashion (I go to south jersey and see people wearing jerseys, etc and it seems ghetto), better looking people (my opinion), more restaurants.
A tree or a river is scenery. A building is scenery. Your statement makes no sense.
Been living in southern New Jersey for over 30 years. Actually I live in southern most New Jersey (Cumberland county).
South Jersey has a particular charm that grows on you if you can accept it for what it is. Lots of fun roads to drive. Some good food if you are willing to look hard. Some nice people.
That freaks me out. I don't mind flat land in the middle of nowhere with trees.
I actually rather like the lack of trees and the flat, wide, open landscapes. Must be the Ukrainian steppe blood in me. My favorite South Jersey landscapes are the agricultural ones: big wide open spaces. Always a pleasure to drive through those areas.
I actually rather like the lack of trees and the flat, wide, open landscapes. Must be the Ukrainian steppe blood in me. My favorite South Jersey landscapes are the agricultural ones: big wide open spaces. Always a pleasure to drive through those areas.
I love those areas, but there's always a tree line, wind break in the distance. That makes it not scary for me.
I loved the vast fields of sunflowers I saw in Northern New York, vineyards and lavender farms in PA, salt marshes in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, but there are always some trees.
There are part's that are suffocating like New Brunswick area and rt. 1 however that is Central NJ. North Jersey has more scenery then South Jersey, more major highways (less congestion) then South Jersey, more Fortune 100 Corporations, more money, better fashion (I go to south jersey and see people wearing jerseys, etc and it seems ghetto), better looking people (my opinion), more restaurants.
North Jersey has mkre scenery than South Jersey? Sure, if you're only talking about NWNJ. Otherwise, I don't think so. North Jersey has TONS of congestion, what planet are you living on? Most of the rest of your post just reeks of snobbishness and ignorance.
It's not just South Jersey.....ALL OF JERSEY STINKS!!! TAXES AND QOL SUCKS!!!
I like the QOL. Taxes are high yes, but, compared to other NE states like MA NY etc, you get a great value for your home. I could hypothetically buy a 300,000 home in NJ net to a train with direct service to NYC (Or Philly) with great schools and a cool town center. Back home that would be upwards of 600k.
Granted, taxes are murder. But NJ provides a great QOL with high wages and great food. Recreation costs like going out to eat and buying drinks are remarkably lower in NJ than places where I lived in the past. You can thank Diners, and toooonnsss of local places for that. You get what you pay for basically.
I still think NJ is the best value state in the Northeast Maybe on the East Coast for the amenities, salary and options you get.
I like the QOL. Taxes are high yes, but, compared to other NE states like MA NY etc, you get a great value for your home. I could hypothetically buy a 300,000 home in NJ net to a train with direct service to NYC (Or Philly) with great schools and a cool town center. Back home that would be upwards of 600k.
Granted, taxes are murder. But NJ provides a great QOL with high wages and great food. Recreation costs like going out to eat and buying drinks are remarkably lower in NJ than places where I lived in the past. You can thank Diners, and toooonnsss of local places for that. You get what you pay for basically.
I still think NJ is the best value state in the Northeast Maybe on the East Coast for the amenities, salary and options you get.
NJ is 8/10.
It's not so much the state tase, but it's the local (city and county) that will kill you in Jersey. I understand the purpose of the taxes are to educate the kids as well as provide services for police, fire, and EMS, but the fact of the matter is that the taxes are so high in NJ, that NJ had it's lowest population growth ever in it's history (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Je...ate_population), and I wouldn't be surprised if NJ declines for the first time along with NY, CT, VT, WV, and IL as well once the 2020 US Census becomes official.
I can agree that NJ provides better communities if you like the more suburban life, but overall when it comes to it's cities (Newark, Paterson, Trenton, Camden, Atlantic City, etc.), life sucks and I can understand why people from NJ move to states like FL, GA, TX, NC, and even SC because taxes have taken a stranglehold on it's citizens. I'd rather be in PA, but even then PA is letting me down every year and when I get my opportunity, I'm gone from this country.
I like PA over NJ, but even then, there's just no can do spirit that was there when Rendell was governor and PA as well as NJ has degenerated because of the corruption and cronyism that infects PA and NJ. I wouldn't be in no other place in America than over in the East Coast, but even then, I have to move on.
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Northern New Jersey Has More Scenery
