Bashing NJ I do get, but here is my question where do you go?? (Washington: lofts, condominiums)
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That's a stupid statement and not based in fact. Much of the homes being built in the newer areas like yours are the typical, cheap modern "developer" stye of construction and nothing like many of the older, sturdier homes in NJ.
And there are people here with more money in Bergen Country, Warren County, etc. So we beat TN there, too.
Of course your house would cost more in NJ, because it's not the cost of the home so much as the cost of the LAND. Location, location, location. That's why people can build huge estates on 5 acres of land out in the middle of East Nowhere for the same price that would get them a 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home on 1/5 of an acre in Bergen County.
And just remember the even wealthier rap singers, celebrities, athletes, authors etc. who live here including rappers Ja Rule and "Rev. Run" Joseph Simmons as well as his family members music mogul Russell Simmons and fashion mogul Kimora Lee Simmons, NY Giants coach Tom Coughlin, actor Danny Aiello, writer Mary Higgins Clark, Nets stars Vince Carter and Jason Kidd, Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, Jay-Z, Eddie Murphy, James Gandolfini, Chris Rock, Phil Simms, Stevie Wonder, Paul Sorvino, Maury Povich, on and on and on and on....
So if you're so impressed by "celebs" and think living near them is such a great thing then moving to Nashville from NJ is a dumb move.
Who's Alan Jackson? He gets no airplay in the NYC metro area.
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Its only 2 mil different, and housing costs less here. Its not in the middle of Nowhere. Its within 15 min of downtown.
I would never live in Bergan County. The houses there remind me of my childhood home, that my parents paid $3,000 for. Its so overpriced there to live with 1 bathroom, NO THANK YOU.
The guy driving the rental car shuttle literally crawled from the terminal to the rental station and announced several times that the "dangerous conditions" would mean a longer ride.
What, you mean he got out, and got down on all fours ? Did the rest of you stay in the shuttle, or crawl with him ?
Kate,
I'm just making a point that where I live isn't Hillybillys like some people that have never left the state of NJ think. I'm far from a snob. I do volenteer work, and have always done it. I feel right at home helping in a food pantry.
With the oil tank problem I had, I could never live there again. I did not trust that there would be a hidden tank somewhere. Snobs? Well a great deal of Manalapan is snobby.
Remember, I was raised on LI, on the water on a small island. My parents bought the house in 1955 for $3000., so I did not come from money.
My mother borrowed the money from a well off uncle, and paid it off in 3 years. She never had a credit card, and never bought more than she could afford. I see many on this board doing just that.
NJ was never my home. LI was, and TN is where I spent 4 years in College about 40 miles north of where I am now. I wanted a place I could be safe then, with all the Vietnan protests hitting all the colleges. I was in college when Kent State happened. TN has always been where I feel safe. 9/11 took the safeness of NJ away with it being too close to NY. We lost way too many friends that day.My husband was supposed to be at a Breakfast on the top of the trade center at his companies office there, someone else took his place, and they are gone.
You like NJ so fine, but it was just not for me.
I can't take the Shoveling of Snow, which we have never had to do here. Its cold, and in the winter the skies are gray. We have sun and blue skies even when it gets cold in January.
Diane G
That's fine. I'm glad you're happy there. Just remember that many of us are happy here in Jersey
As far as terrorism NO PLACE IN THE WORLD is 100% safe from that
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Its only 2 mil different, and housing costs less here. Its not in the middle of Nowhere. Its within 15 min of downtown.
I would never live in Bergan County. The houses there remind me of my childhood home, that my parents paid $3,000 for. Its so overpriced there to live with 1 bathroom, NO THANK YOU.
Diane
See? It IS the money; you finally admitted it.
And many people in Bergen County have more than one bathroom; I have 2.5 bathrooms.
I think you're too ignorant and cheap to live in Bergen County. You're much better off being a hillbilly who lives in the snooty section of a hick town.
9/11 took the safeness of NJ away with it being too close to NY. We lost way too many friends that day.My husband was supposed to be at a Breakfast on the top of the trade center at his companies office there, someone else took his place, and they are gone.
That's really sick of you to bring terrorism into this. How dare you? Would you say that to someone who lost someone in 9/11, to their face? I doubt it, but by saying it on an NJ message board, you might as well have.
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That's really sick of you to bring terrorism into this. How dare you? Would you say that to someone who lost someone in 9/11, to their face? I doubt it, but by saying it on an NJ message board, you might as well have.
I would've. I have no clue as to where you saw a hint of anything wrong with that post.
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