Show some love (Jersey City, Montclair, Hoboken: vacation home, neighborhood, schools)

[KirbyJRT]

I grew up in NJ and could not wait until I turned 18 to leave. I love the NJ shoreline. The rest of it you can keep. The amount of people, the Turnpike, the parkway, the Pine Barrens, Newark, Rahway....

[66nexus]

Originally Posted by KirbyJRT

I grew up in NJ and could not wait until I turned 18 to leave. I love the NJ shoreline. The rest of it you can keep. The amount of people, the Turnpike, the parkway, the Pine Barrens, Newark, Rahway....

Lol @ 18 yrs old and prior how could you really have enjoyed Jersey anyway? Hell, my fun with this state (and a lot of places) started when I turned 18 and especially 21 when I could actually do things. But yet again...that's just me

[KirbyJRT]

That's true. But I have been back there lots over the years. My mom and one of my brother's still live there. I always can't wait to leave. Yes, I did have a good childhood.

Don't forget drinking age wasn't 21 in those days either...

NJ just wasn't the place for me and still isn't. Doesn't make it bad though.

[JerseyM'Fers]

Originally Posted by KirbyJRT

I grew up in NJ and could not wait until I turned 18 to leave. I love the NJ shoreline. The rest of it you can keep. The amount of people, the Turnpike, the parkway, the Pine Barrens, Newark, Rahway....

What let me get this straight...You say you couldn't wait to leave NJ but here I find you on a Jersey forum not to show love but to left people that from what i've read truly love jersey which leads me to believe deep down inside you also love jersey but het it ok it'll be our secret

[JerseyM'Fers]

Originally Posted by jerseygirlInTN

I agree with everyone, NJ feels like HOME! I grew up in MA & FL, then moved to NJ for 4 years, then PA, then MI for 3 years, and now TN for 2 years now.

Other than MA, NJ is HOME! The people, the culture, the food. We moved to TN for my husband's job after my parents moved to Memphis and WE STILL want to leave. We're moving back this summer or fall.

The South is glorified by people thinking that inexpensive living=happiness. You have to deal with:

Prejudice from Southerners
Insanely hot humid summers from March to October
Blood thirsty mosquitos from March to October
Lower salaries
High state taxes on ALL ESSENTIALS
Politicians allowing OVERDEVELOPING of areas
Country music ALL THE TIME
Shoddy construction
High crime
The WORST PUBLIC SCHOOLS in the NATION
ZERO funding of public schools via property taxes
High cost of private schools
TORNADOES

So all of you who think the grass is greener in the South, you may be surprised. If you value inexpensive living, then the South is for you. The South is great to visit, just not to live.

If you value FAMILY, GREAT PUBLIC EDUCATION, and varied culture/amenities then NJ is for you.

Hey i'm glad you posted because people are always whining about how expensive living it is in NJ which I will admit it's a little pocket buster HOWEVER what you just stated shows that although housing maybe cheap in the south they make up for it in other ways wouldn't you agree jerseygirlInTN

[KirbyJRT]

Originally Posted by JerseyM'Fers

What let me get this straight...You say you couldn't wait to leave NJ but here I find you on a Jersey forum not to show love but to left people that from what i've read truly love jersey which leads me to believe deep down inside you also love jersey but het it ok it'll be our secret

That'll work.

[66nexus]

Originally Posted by KirbyJRT

That'll work.

LMAOheheh

[Summer16]

When I see bashing of NJ in other forums, I often think it is out of ignorance. This state is so vast, and offers so many different ways to live that many bashers really don't know what they are talking about.

[cindy175]

Originally Posted by JerseyM'Fers

Well Jersey can't wait to get one of it's natives back. Come home soon

Noticed you're coming back to NJ and seem quite happy about it. We're thinking of moving down to Asheville, NC and wondered what parts of NC you lived in and how you'd compare it to NJ.

Welcome back!

[BrianH1970]

Originally Posted by cindy175

Noticed you're coming back to NJ and seem quite happy about it. We're thinking of moving down to Asheville, NC and wondered what parts of NC you lived in and how you'd compare it to NJ.

Welcome back!

I can at least speak for myself. We moved from central NJ to Concord, NC. We're coming back to NJ before year's end. You can look back on my posts and you'll see I stirred up quite a bit. However one post garnered me quite a few rep points and a few positive comments from some locals who have said that unlike 99% of the transplants that I "got it"...

I can honestly say that when I move back up to New Jersey, I'm moving back for the Jersey flair that I'm missing (as well as everything else). I wouldn't want it turned upside down by an influx of people from the south. There's nothing against the southerners in that statement, it just means that I would've preferred things to be left the way that they are. It's just that the southerners are losing that much more to the influx. That's where I sympathize with them as much as I do and I can kind of understand their bitterness or resentment towards people from the north. We clearly have our way of life, they have theirs. Theirs is rapidly eroding.

And to not go over everything all over again, you can go back over my posts to see why NC is as overrated as it is, why with all of the growth that it's going downhill as rapidly as it is, why you'll be running smack dab into what you think you're running away from.

And speaking only for myself, you can take the guy out of Jersey but you can't take the Jersey out of the guy. I can't wait to head back home.