[FrostySS]

Originally Posted by cellsafemode

I lived in pa and nj for the first nearly 30 years of my life. I'm well qualified to label nj as a crap hole. Even their state motto is a joke...the garden state? Gardens where? in the swamp scattered central nj or the industrial wastelands to the north and south? Or maybe the gardens are in the paid public beaches?

What state is doing things right? You have the bible belt states that keep trying to legislate religious based laws, you have an incumbent system in all states that makes unseating corrupt politicians extremely difficult. You have a bunch of states gerymandering their districts. You have pretty much every state giving away tax breaks to huge businesses that make tons of profit that they shuffle around so they pay lower % taxes than most citizens and that profit ends up in the pockets of the rich who hoard their money - effectively removing it from circulation.

Which states are incentivizing low income housing that isn't intended to create ghettos? What states are doing something about runaway health care costs? What states have a good legal system in place that's not incentivizing filling jails or creating environments that make it easier to turn to illegal activities than legal ones? Which states do all that and generate more money to the fed than they take back?

They all suck, but there are plenty that suck less than new jersey in ways that make your daily life much improved. The salting of the roads alone is enough to make it worth moving out if you like driving your car.

My post was a joke, nice ramble though, no one cares chief lol