I live in NJ, land of the Sopranos and similarly crooked government (both parties). The last 3 governors, aided by a Dem assembly/senate have been jacking up taxes on a regular basis. Businesses and people are fleeing south; I know so many people who have moved to Charlotte, NC that I refer to it as “New” New Jersey. When I moved to New Jersey in 1987, I thought it unfairly got a bad rap; it now deserves every bit of revilement/ridicule it gets. The cities are all slums; most cities in other states at least have a nice area and a sketchy area, but our cities have no such nice areas. Camden leads the nation in crime and is a black hole for state funds, with Newark and Atlantic City not being far behind. One would think Atlantic City would be a jewel, with all the gambling money, but it’s a huge slum except for the immediate casino area (which is tacky at best).
The sad thing is that the people who in the Northeast (and rust belt states) who vote for all this nonsense, then feel the need to move away for more affordable and safe living, vote for the same things in their new states which ruined their old ones. New Yorkers ruined New Jersey, or more accurately, put the last nails in its coffin. New Hampshire used to be a conservative oasis in New England, until the Massachusetts libs and Vermont hippies moved in and turned it blue. Now, it’s just a matter of time before it will be the same way.
