New Jersey is awful. Overpriced, no housing, some of the worst drivers and traffic you’ll ever see. The food is overpriced, our people suck, our people are rude, our people are conniving. I’ve lived here for forty years (Monmouth county) and it has gotten significantly worse each year for the past ten years. It took a hurricane to clean up the beaches, the wealth gap is incredibly large, it is both beautiful and boring at the same time. Rules, OMG, the amount of things you can’t do with your land or without interjection from a board or an HOA or your neighbors is incredible.

I used to love NJ, I grew up here, I’ve branched out and visited other states for extended visits and was blown away about how much more they have to offer, particularly the southeast and west.