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Old 02-09-2011, 06:45 PM
 
Location: West Orange, NJ
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Plus a high sales tax compared to most states.
sales tax is about par for the course. many places have close to 10%. ours was 6% for years. and you have many towns that have the 1/2 sales tax rate to shop in as well. i pay 3.5% more often than not.
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Old 02-09-2011, 06:56 PM
 
Location: West Orange, NJ
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Property taxes are very very high.
The income tax is relatively low for an income tax state... unless you make $150K+ (married file jointly). NJ income tax is a big game hunter tax. IE $150K+
Sales tax is actually rather average. It excludes food, medicine and normal clothes. Many states do not give the clothing exemption.
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Housing Very high tho coming down a bit.
Utilities about 10th highest of 50 states. Oil heat is killer expensive.
Gasoline is relatively cheap.
Groceries seem moderately high.
Generic items are higher than average. I know when I went to a Walmart in KY there were several items that I buy regularly that were ~10% lower. Saw the same thing in OH when I visited the inlaws.
i'm often amazed at many groceries being cheaper than northeast PA, where i grew up. it's hit or miss depending on the product. i like my cheap gas, great public transportation, etc. etc.

my car insurance could be better, but it's no worse than family that lives near philly, or any other major city really. people pay more than they should often because they don't shop it around either.
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