Moving Out of New Jersey: The Mass EXODUS 

I rolled out of North Jersey 25 years ago. Best thing I have ever done. I split and relocated to Southside Virginia. Less expensive, better weather and a whole different way of living. You can greet a stranger and they don't look at you like you have 2 heads.

Its fun up here, but its just too expensive in the tri-state. Working hard just to give it back in taxes and high cost of living. It’s getting harder for young people to buy a home and start a family. Also a lot of people in my age group (30s) are sick of the politics here, things have gotten too weird. I don’t blame people for leaving.

I moved out of NJ in the late 90’s and have lived in NC for the last 25 years. Low income taxes, low property tax and better weather. I pay $1800 a year property taxes on a 1800 square foot house. Please don’t move here and vote the same way you did in NJ and turn this state into the same kind of mess.

Lived in NJ all my life and will be getting out as soon as my employment situation allows it. The state is too expensive and government is too intrusive.

Taxes forced me to move 10 years ago to Naples, FL and we have never been happier!! We saved an absolute fortune and just a much better quality of life.

Our family moved out of Hudson county because of crime. We moved to Sugar Land, TX. Mainly crime and better schools for the kids. Politics sucks in NJ too!

Lived in NJ from 1967 through 2019. Moved to South Florida. Florida is a free state as to personal rights with lower cost of living and much better weather.

I moved from NJ to texas for 5 years and i have several opinions about this… 1. People in NJ tend to have a very “grass is greener on the other side” mentality- i think being so close in proximity to big cities, beautiful landscape and nice beaches but not exactly “in it” makes people think everywhere in the country must be better. I for one took for granted the proximity of things in NJ and thr diversity. In Texas, if you want to go visit another major city it’s 3-4 hours away, by then you could be in boston. The south has some nice parts to it but most of it is so spread out nothing is a day trip. Everything is also so commercialized in Houston and Dallas, everything is a chain and nothing is walkable. 2. Weather- people don’t like how cold it gets but every state has some form of bad weather, here in texas it gets to 115 in the summer and will stay at 105-110 all of june-august. Last weekend, midway through October it was 95 which is miserable when you just want to enjoy fall weather. I would take our cold over this blistering heat for months on end any day. 3. Culture- new jerseyians are around so many different cultures that they too want to experience something different as well. I have very strongly noticed a lot of people from the north will come to texas but not a lot of texans will leave. Why? it is not in culture, look at the way they feel about family, hometown pride, state pride. I mean almost every country song is about coming back to hometowns, loving the south, highschool reunions you get my point. So many native texans feel as if they have no reason to leave, no it because their state is better, but it’s not culturally as common. Again these are my personal opinions, i have lived in Houston for 5 years, lived in almost every neck of it too and this theme has been pretty prevelant. I am very excited to say i am moving BACK to NJ and will never leave our crowded, pizza loving state again.

Moved out of New Jersey a year ago and it was the best move of my life. I relocated to North Carolina for quality of life and much Lower taxes. Like Gov Murphy said if taxes are your problem than New Jersey isn't your state. Well taxes was my problem, so my family and I left. Sick of paying high taxes and dealing with snow storms lol

For the people who are moving from NJ to CA, I hope you have your acting job and not just trying to live the dream. For people in the tech industry, making a six-figure salary in NYC is better than making it in SF. Quick comparison. Homes in Compton (yes, that Compton) are going for $500K. And I’m sure they’re not going to send their kids to public schools there. $500K gets you a decent home and a decent public school system in Jersey. If you think gas prices are high in Jersey, imagine paying $5 a gallon. And there’s no alternatives for commuting. At least if you work in NYC, you can take the train in. In CA, you’ll be spending an hour and a half to travel 10 miles. Grew up in Jersey. Went to school and worked in Florida for 7 years. Lived in NYC for a good 8 years. Lived in CA for 9 years. Finally moved back to Jersey and it’s surprisingly not bad. To me it’s way cheaper than CA and more bang for your tax dollars.

I moved from toms River New Jersey to northeast Georgia in April 2021. There are a lot of New Jersey plates that were down here especially in new subdivisions. I also see a lot from New York as well.

Great video!!! We actually moved out of Woodbridge, NJ in mid 2019 and went to Florida. We have been vacationing via cruises from Florida to the Bahamas for awhile. We love the year round beaches and just love the weather. What we did sacrifice was the wages.....literally 50% lower. But we had a good amount of equity in our NJ home to pay off our debt and down payment for our FL home. No regrets, especially going outside in Jan/Feb and just smelling the warm ocean air here on the Treasure Coast part of FL. So this was more weather and environment reasons to move here then anything else, and it was not a GET OUT of NJ and go anywhere else. All in all we hate the snow and love the tropics.

I escaped in 1981. I'm now retired and my tiny (I was disabled in my forties) ~60K income is poverty tier in NJ where it wouldn't buy me gutter space. It goes MUCH further in the Carolinas (I've property in both) and about half is discretionary. The Carolinas and Georgia are rightly popular. Move inland and away from major cities and you can live very well with few hassles. I haven't locked my back door in thirty years.

The grass is not greener on the other side. I have 2 friends and myself that moved out…I’m the last one coming back. July can’t get here soon enough!

Not shocked at all. If it wasn't for my kid I would've left NJ as well. I love it here, but I dislike all the tolls I have to pay to drive around in my own state. Not to mention property taxes are getting nuts.

I’m a young business owner I live in New Jersey my whole life. I cannot keep up with the higher taxes and the cost of living. Most importantly we keep giving my money away I don’t see anything back. I’ll be moving to Texas

I live in northern NJ and they are building new condos and town houses all over the place, and people are moving in in droves. The roads have never been so crowded, traffic and noise pollution are at an all-time high. I can't speak for the entire state, only my small portion of it, but this whole mass exodus thing I've heard of for years contradicts what's going on.

Hi Jackie - great video! I'm leaving NJ in a year or so for Blufton SC. I loved NJ and raising my children here. The state has so much to offer with the close proximity to NYC, great schools, mountains for skiing, parks, shore etc… NJ doesn't seem as attractive when thinking of retirement and being an empty nester. I'm looking forward to exploring moderate weather, lower taxes and less hills to climb on my bike! LOL

I immigrated to NJ in 2015 and can’t wait to immigrate again to different state and specially NC. The reason is simple, which is OLD looking houses and VERY expensive !! The tax is insanely high! Goodbye folks.

Moving to near Dallas Texas from Princeton area. Main reasons: taxes, nice weather, better politics, less crime.

We are thinking about moving out only because we are unable to find homes within our budget. We love our town but we can't afford the current prices. We don't want to be house rich and money poor. But I wouldn't move south because of my job and my family is on the Northeast. Family support is priceless (we lived away from them before and it was not easy). Considering central to upstate NY. I appreciate this video!

I left Princeton in 72 and moved to Seattle. Lived there 20 yrs. Now live on the N. Olympic Peninsula. It is beautiful here but I still miss the land in Central N.J. If I was rich and could afford to maybe make a mistake I might move back to Princeton. But as I am it is not going to happen. If you are young and love the land where you live, think about it before you leave and start a life somewhere else. There may not be any going back.

Grew up in NJ in 50's and 60's. Left to go to college in midwest. Then Army. Then grad school (also in midwest). Kept my legal residence at my parents' home all those years. I could license my car for $10/year and no state income tax in NJ back then. Married a gal from the midwest and we lived in IL then MN before moving to AZ 22 years ago for retirement. Many high school friends, both those who stayed and those who didn't, are moving to low tax, low COL, better weather states like FL, Ark, TX, AZ, and NV. NJ taxes are some of the worst and politics are crazy. Homes are so very expensive. None of us would ever go back.

Born and raised in NJ. Have lived here all my life however plan on moving to Ga next year. Looking forward to this change. I will always be a Jersey girl however the high cost of living, politics, just to name a few, are some of the reasons I will no longer live here. Plus I can’t stand the winter/snow weather.

The taxes are insane they charge you a departure tax .. the homes are so over priced it’s no way to live especially with a family !! Basically NJ you will be strapped for money owning a home there stay away

Wow. interesting to watch and interesting to read comments. My husband and I trying to buy house here in NJ for the last 6 month but we get outbid every time (yes, we do offering over asking price). Thus we checked what we can get "down south" for the same money and we was very pleasantly surprise with prices. We love NJ, and would prefer to stay, but now seriously considering moving to SC or GA. Working remotely.

Sadly, I will move in the opposite direction... I live happily in North Carolina, but will have to move to New Jersey for work. The taxes are 3 times higher, and the houses are so old, there's no new construction. I will get out of there as soon as my husband retires.

Moving out because the Political wokeness

I’m 29 from Somerset, I’m thinking of moving to Florida, Silicon Valley or Seattle Washington. They have a lot of tech jobs there. I love nj but recently to many foreigners and it’s over crowded. I love Jersey people but recent I run across everyone but people native to nj and most are assholes if I’m being honest. Does not feel like nj anymore. I’d rather pay what I’m paying somewhere warmer, nicer and less crowded.

I own in NJ and California San Diego to be exact The cost of living is approximately 50% lower than Jersey . Homeowner insurance for the same coverage that I have in NJ is 50% lower . Electrician Plumbers over 80% lower . Food restaurant tabs around 30% lower. The cost of homes are about 50% higher than in NJ but property taxes are 1/3 lower. Beaches are free and the weather is so consistently mild that your AC and heating bill are almost non existent. There is a law in California you can exercise this once if you are 65 or older and you decide to move from a very low income area from a small home with very low property taxes to a very high income area and purchase a mega mansion, you can take the low property taxes with you to the new location. Property taxes are frozen at the time of purchase and only go up according to inflation and go down during recession. The property taxes remain frozen until you sell the property but if you sell to a family member they remain frozen at the original rate. Lawyers are not used when purchasing a house all is done at closing by the realtor and the bank another savings. Finally the weather is the best most consistent in the world the roads are pristine and are constantly maintained and in San Diego we have no fault line . Since 2007 when I built my home in Carlsbad, I’ve experienced three earthquakes all in NJ. I only keep my home in Jersey because selling it I will loose too much money and family resides here. My wife and I go back every 10 weeks averaging 6 months in Jersey and 6 in Southern California

Think being a sanctuary state might have something to do with it?

Well done Jackie. I was planning to relocate to New Jersey. Just the price to high

I escaped in August of 2020. Moved to Tennessee near Nashville. It is far better in TN. Cheaper to live, more freedom and better weather.

Government of NJ said: If you don't like the constantly increasing taxes then maybe NJ isn't the place for you. What else do you need to hear before you wake up. Oh NJ now wants an exit tax applied to people who sell their homes and buy in in a more tax friendly state.

Based off of these studies, I believe people are leaving New Jersey not so much because of the cost-of-living but more so a change of scenery and weather, especially those who migrate to Florida and California and the Carolinas. It just seems to me that New Jersey doesn’t have enough scenery to offer for the cost-of-living.

Hi Jackie! I think the younger people ages 25 to 35 are the highest group wanting to leave Jersey. It must be tough in your line of work, real estate, if people can’t afford to buy a home up there, especially younger first time buyers. Even if your making a decent salary, say $65k yearly, a lot of your hard earn money is going to taxes and insurance. Jersey also has a lot of people moving out to retire in Florida or North Carolina. It’s basically affordability. You know New Jersey is an expensive state if you decide to take it on the giddy-up Jackie, right? LoL!

Well the people moving out should reflect in homes coming on the market- I'm ready and waiting for more homes to come on the market to hopefully lower prices (as we cannot change property taxes but we can at least get a lower mortgage payment). Im saving my money and improving my credit to make the move to Bergen County- I live in NYC and am just ready for a change. Thanks for the content

Moved to SC. Tired of paying NJ taxes.

I’m one of those who is considering to move out of Jersey asap.. But I still want to be close to NJ because most of my family are still here. So moving down south or the west coast is not my option. I have done some research but I still haven’t fully decided yet, but so far, I’m leaning towards Columbus, Ohio; Raleigh, NC; or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.. These are 3 buzzling cities that have costs of living almost 1/3 less compared to NJ. Statistically, these 3 states are also equal to one another in terms of everything - from housing, to healthcare, to education, crime rate, etc.. North Carolina though has an advantage in terms of the weather.. and has a more diverse landscape/scnery compared to the other 2 states.

We are moving out to PA . Houses 🏘 there at list 100k lest than NJ. And taxes are lower. Bye 👋 👋 👋

I lived in Phillipsburg NJ back in the 70s,80s as a kid and loved it, lots of family there. My parents moved us out of state in 85'. I thought about moving back a few years ago but then I saw the property taxes and that shut that idea down right away. I live in Maine now and have a house thats 3100 sq ft on 6 acres and my taxes are about $3500 a year. In NJ a 1200 sq ft house on a plot of land smaller then my house now might have taxes of$4000 or more. I love NJ but wow, those taxes hurt. I miss going to Great Adventure every year too lol.

Moving to TN because there’s no state tax on retirement income (IRA withdrawals, social security & pensions). One of only 2 states like that. Murphy’s attack on the Second Amendment and gun rights, woke schools, high property taxes and decrepit infrastructure are the reasons.

I'm on the outskirts of Elizabeth. I'd like to move somewhere else that's warmer and nicer. You asked about California and wondered why people would consider it (coming from NJ). I've thought about it-- though it'll never happen because my wife won't want to leave NJ-- but I would do it because 1) the weather 2) scenic beauty and 3) I'm becoming an RN in December and RNs in California make a LOT of money, which would more than offset any increased cost of living. I've also wanted to move south, but the lower wages sucks. Though we would technically probably be fine, especially with the equity from our house... We'd probably make at least a good 200-250k profit if we sold it now. But again, none of this is going to happen anyways. I'll just have to put up with some stuff I don't like and appreciate the good things about NJ.

My brother-in-law moved from New York to Seattle. He did it because his significant other got a job as a professor there and he got a tech job there as a computer programmer.

Just saw this. I grew up in NJ, left the state to go to college, spent about 3 years there and then moved and vowed never to come back. This is what is great about NJ: After living in NJ you can live ANYWHERE in the US and it's BETTER. I'm gay and I'd move to the reddest south there is before moving back there. What a dump. Not the "Garden state", the "Smokestack state"! Yuck! I live in Minnesota now - love it!

I’ve recently retired and lived in Jersey City my whole life. I just got a $4000 a year tax increase in my property taxes. That money can’t be used for traveling but has to go to the bureaucrats instead. I’d like to run away quickly but I’m not irresponsible. Of course selling my house is an option which will be necessary to buy a new home somewhere out west like Las Vegas. No income tax weather is better than Florida due to the dryness. I’ve just had it and I’m disgusted with nonsense on a daily basis. Because of the sharp tax inc, I really don’t see much positivity for the future. I guess I’m just getting old and cranky.

I left NJ in April 2021 to South Dakota and I'm so happier for it. Murphy sux and the whole locked down did it for me.. went to a free state, plus the taxes sux. I will say I miss is the food.

People are leaving NJ to these weird obscure places for the natural beauty. NJ is an industrial wasteland with power lines and strip malls all over the place. Another thing is the racism. Young Italian men are violent and scary, young black men are violent and scarier. There's also the rampant drug problem !! Living in NJ means spending a majority of your life inside a house, that gets depressing, if you're not stuck indoors all day a person wastes hours of their life driving around inside a car. Speaking of driving, NJ has the WORST roads that are confusing and make no sense !! It's impossible to get around without a GPS and the roads are designed so poorly one can easily miss a turn or an exit. Let's not forget the WORST traffic on the planet. Healthcare SUX so bad in NJ !! don't ever get sick or have an acute problem !! wait times are horrendous. Doctors are over worked and NOT pleasant to deal with.

After living my whole life here I’m moving out when I retire in the very near future. The cost of living here is too high and our freedoms are infringed on too much. Tx was high in my list but it is becoming too purple, not the great red state it once was. TN is high on my list, but it will be one of the states that does not tax retirement income.

Hi I moved out of NJ because as a young working professional, it was either between New York or some other city. I decided to go to Seattle. I lived here for the first 24 years of my life, and I wanted to go somewhere different.

I can tell you why NJ people are moving to Seattle. Amazon. My brother and some of his coworkers, friends, neighbors, No joke, (My niece goes to school in Washington State with 2 friends that she originally went to school with in NJ) all originally living in Upper Middle Class towns in Bergen County left high paying jobs in the Financial Sector in NYC to move to Washington for higher paying jobs at Amazon. The weather isn't really that much different than NJ weather. There is no state income and the property taxes are generally lower.

Bailed out of new jersey 15 years ago to Florida, mostly for better work . Now I'm retired. Don't miss jersey at all

4k to 5k a month (after taxes) will enable a couple to survive decently in north nj. It will cover property tax, utilities, food, insurance, internet, and a few nonessentials (eating out, netflix, etc.) This assumes mortgage is paid off, cars are paid off, no vacations, no children, and company-subsidized medical insurance.

Left Jersey last year after 28 years to Tampa Fl is the beautiful weather. The cost of living in Jersey is crazy, super high property taxes as well

I moved from NJ to the beautiful free state of TN in April 2021. Hands down the best life changing decision I've ever made! The politics in NJ are terrible! It has become an overtaxed, liberal, corrupted, sanctuary wasteland. Murphy hammered the final nail in the coffin for NJ to sleep in. Glad I live in a RED state now! I have no desire to ever step foot in NJ ever again.

Moving out of NJ. Been here 41 years( except my military years). Taking the wife and kids to Florida. We are sick of the taxes, the politics, and winter. No particular order 😊. If tomorrow is not a guarantee then I want to live my days out on the beach year round with no income tax, lower property taxes, and it’s has everything Jersey has that matters. Wawa 😂

when you folks leave NJ,..NEVER FORGET WHY YOU LEFT!!!!!!! Dont bring the idiot progressive policies with you. There is a reason the taxes are lower where you move to.

Moving to So. Cal in Orange County from NJ. One of the best school systems, beautiful weather, lowest crime rate, many places to visit with family year round and plenty of jobs.

Trenton and Princeton are in the same county and property taxes are unreal. Crime overflow from Trenton is also influencing moves. I am waiting to retire to Boston.

I'm leaving for Hollywood, Florida, because of many things. NJ is too expensive. I wanna pay for my breast surgery myself, but not $10,000 in NJ. It cost $2000 in Florida. I'm also single. No kids. I'd rather see palm trees, not pine trees. There's no income tax in Florida. You don't need to pay to go on the beaches in Florida, not to mention the NJ state beaches suck and they're all green and cold. Florida has beautiful waters that you could see in the water and even beautiful coral right up on shore. Also, to sleep better if you ever own a home and fear claiming bankruptcy, you won't lose your home in Florida. Not to mention NO SNOW! NO COLD!

The cost of living is why I had moved, everything is high and for what. Taxes, home taxes, car insurance, so I moved to North Carolina been here 22 years. I miss home but not enough to move back.maybe if I hit the lottery

NJ is a joke.

Left NJ in the dust years ago. Now live in PA and FL. When I see new home construction in NJ, I just scratch my head !! Suckers !!!

Taxes, POLITICS, Government, traffic, tolls, crime, weather, No second amendment consideration AT ALL, HIGHWAYS, and $$$$. Lived there from 1956-1981. Got out for sanity, better weather, southern charm and having a firearm in order to protect yourself is NON EXISTENT! GREAT PLACE TO GROW UP

Jackie I like your honest approach to this video and I agree with everything said about NJ. I find Jersey shore people very odd. It's like they are all brought up near the shore and think the world revolves around their tiny proviclel towns. Nothing changes where they live. I don't think many of them ever leave the state hence their provincial attitude.

I was born and raised in NJ. I live in a red state now with no state income tax and it's 2A, so as a senior that is very important to me. In NJ you can't even buy your kid a Sling Shot as it's considered a firearm...

Young folks are moving to Seattle and CA. My son moved to Seattle after he graduated and he found a lot of new and old friends from NJ

Governor sucks. Most densely populated overly crowded state in the country. High taxes, expensive cost of living, unaffordable housing, strictest gun laws, least free state in the country, either too cold and wet or too hot and humid, etc.

They are coming to Florida. I can talk for Southeast Florida. The house prices have become too high and rentals too. After Covid and Democrat politicians screwing their states, CA, NY, et al, Florida's prices have increased to a point that housing is not affordable to the locals, the average Joe. They have to rent a room in their rentals to afford the place and forget about buying a house. A 2/1 single family house is rented for $3,000 and there aren't many for rent. There is more demand than supply for rentals. The cities are becoming more crowded by the day. People, please stop voting Democrat and stay in your states. You need to change your politicians and stop the nonsense.

we're always gonna have alot of inbounds cause we are surrounded by S-holes in every direction..Philly, NY, DEL. all dumps, i'm in S.Jersey, i see Cali., and Ill.tags all over, we just bought 4 acres in Maine, can't wait to get out of here

Lived in Bergen County for 28 years of my life unfortunately, what a horrible horrible place. So happy to finally get out of there. All of my friends like me didn't choose to live there and wouldn't have, they only did because that is where their parents chose to raise them. Why anyone would WILLINGLY live there, I have no idea. I would say someone needs a serious phycological evaluation if they think living in Bergen County is a good idea. As the upcoming generations get older they will continue to move out of NJ as quickly as they possibly can.

Yeah man, after emptying our saving accounts to purchase our 1st house in Bergen county NJ, now we are finding ourselves barely making the ends meet. And mind you both wife and I are working with two kids…. It’s not fun. You really have to make individually more….

We moved from New Milford NJ to Leander Texas and have not looked back once yet. We miss the food but not everything else. Wish you all the best

We are looking at homes in western Pennsylvania. Retiring next year. Too expensive, my property taxes are too high. The home I am looking at is 1500 a year in taxes, and it's a nice large lot.

Have my home on the market, moving to Ohio. Laid off in June 2022... we've been thinking of moving to Ohio to be close to family for some time. NJ is just too unaffordable, when we hit retirement age we would have to move anyway.

Please do more videos on the economic opportunity of living in NJ and working in NYC The jobs Commute Taxes Safety? Is it viable??

I recently decided that I’m moving out of New Jersey as well. I’ve lived in New Jersey all my life. But my property taxes are ridiculous! I’m embarrassed to tell people how much I pay in property taxes. I saw newer houses down south for much cheaper and extremely low property taxes. I would love to sell my house and move there now, but I have to save more money first.

I was born, raised and lived in Beachwood, NJ my entire life. I inherited my family home at 27 years old and still gave up everything to move. I don't feel safe living in a hard blue state and it's ridiculously expensive for what you get. Living in SC now. I miss NJ, but I feel like it failed me and I had no choice but to leave. I don't see NJ getting better in the near future.

Got my pension plus savings… flew to the Philippines… $1=₱50… living like a prince…

I escaped in 1981 and had a blast seeing more of the rest of the US and world thanks to the Air Force. You have to be a millionaire in net worth to live decently in Jersey in 2023. OTOH I retired at 47 on six acres in South Carolina (same terrain as central Jersey in the Low Country) on a very low income of about $60K (due to back damage I can't work) yet half my income is still discretionary. $60K wouldn't buy gutter space in Bergen County. I went back last year to visit and everything is even more expensive, crowded and hectic than before. Do your research, take vacations where you consider moving, and if you plan right when you cash out your old home you can live very well elsewhere. My parents cashed out in the 1990s retiring in Michigan and Virginia. The traditional point of living in NJ after WWII was to make money in your choice of city then sell out and retire somewhere affordable and that works a treat. If you want to own land (not just a house) and have a lot more personal space it's no contest. If you want a major income boost in retirement escaping NJ overhead is unbeatable. My property taxes on two houses (plus garage and large workshop) on six acres are a little over 800 bucks a year. Low overhead means I can travel and afford to be quite comfortable on a very low income so I'm basically recession-proof. Come on down to the Carolinas and Georgia! There's plenty of room in areas that look like semi-rural Jersey did in the 1960s.

Florida, normal policies, normal taxation, normal freedoms, speech, firearms,..etc,..

If you don't agree wvith the policies of the democrat party, there is no hope. High taxes on workers go to support those who won't work. Native NJ born but Expat since 2006.

Can't wait to leave. 5 more years in this dump.

Me and my husband retire in 2 years. I've been wanting to leave NJ for years, been here all my life. Taxes, etc. Is out of control. For the last the last 2 years investors have been buying and building new 3 story developments in all the cities surrounding where I live. The parking is distressing and most parking in NJ has meters. The houses in Union County are to close together, It's a breath of fresh air when I stay everyother weekend with my daughter and her family. That's where I want to move as soon as possible. Yes it snows but that's fine with me. Taxes, homes and land are alot cheaper.

Love it here in south jersey, but the taxes and laws are just stupid

Hey Jackie, I'm planning to leave NJ within 2 years. I'm working as a registered nurse. I graduated this past May. Planning on saving and getting experience and leaving to start a family with my bf in another state. I like the idea of Pennsylvania, but not sure. Delaware another option.

From what I experience from living in NJ and knowing people that left and seniors that stayed, most people I see left because of retirement. I live in a town with many older demographics and most that have stayed were because they had excellent pensions from working in public sector jobs or very good unions so they had no need to leave (such as retirement savings being drained by high taxes). But I can definitely see retirement being a huge reason. At 40, I can't even see myself being able to afford NJ by the time I retire let alone the rest of the USA. And yes. I notice a huge increase in foreign demographics. My wife is Indian and a large number of Indians along with Asians such as Chinese, Koreans, and Filipinos have become part of the NJ population.

Hi Jackie I am actually looking to move into New Jersey. New Jersey has the highest autism population in the country and many parents move to NJ with their autistic children because there are so many programs and schools for autistic children. You should consider making videos on this topic.

counting the days to get out of new Jersey the cost of living is out of control 🤨 PA

I work in NYC and Live In Pennsylvania 10 minutes away from Trenton. I would of loved NJ but those taxes.

I got saved in Colorado and was happier than ever but sadder than ever came to new jersey near Princeton NJ for winter got stucked first week I was here in snow and it was ocotober ...so I wanted to go back but 5 months later right when I was suppose to leave I messed up and met a beautiful woman. She sure is especial and very nice ..but before I became christian I was mgtow and was also never happier. Women just take time energy. My happiness doesnt come back and is living me little by little. She got a job so got better but she SI better than your woman and any woman I met... Still single life w Jesus Christ is better

Welcome to N Delaware.... the hidden gem... $2000 property taxes... zero sales taxes 2 hours to NYC 40 mins to Philadelphia 2 hours to DC 😀

Hi California here. NJ is moving to CA for high paying jobs in tech field and weather. I think our taxes are the same you have to pay federal and state, sales tax is over 9%. Housing costs in the Bay Area are higher than Jersey. Groceries, eating out etc., is the same. Main difference is housing costs are higher. Wages might be higher too, but it doesn't matter because you will use it to pay for housing., either apartment or house will run you more. I have done lots of traveling within the US, and anyplace there is a good job market with good paying jobs and you would actually like to live there, the housing costs are going to be high, because the demand is there. I personally am surprised at what's happening in Maine, one of my favorite places to visit. Housing has gone up so much in Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Kennebunkport, York etc, yet they don't have the job market of NY or CA. Would love it if you could explain that anomaly.

Politics, crime,traffic,taxes,ignorance, corruption, Police brutality and good ole boy system, gangs, pollution, noise, safety, freedom

Yes cause living here is stressful. The high cost of living here is NUTS!!!

Get out of NJ before the coming wave of taxes will feel like a tusmai. All the people that have left, and there are thousands leaving , guess what u will be stuck paying for all that have left and are going to leave.

Well if I’m gonna pay that much I might as well do it where I wanna be (Cali)

I will be waving bye to those who seem to think the grass is greener elsewhere. Perhaps we can ease some of the crowding that way.

Bought a house in Pa for 45k taxes $900, in town with mass transit. On disablities 11k a year SSD but here can get to doctors, the Y, Art classes, Shopping, church and the buses are a $1 a ride, or $4 to Pittsburgh, No not everything like in NJ is available when you can afford it, but hey my house was move in ready a 1st time I could afford a starter home at 57 years old!!! Without HUD!

You say your reviewing New Jersey, but that’s not true. As many North Jersey residents do, you completely disregard the beautiful southern half of the state. South Jersey is a hidden Gem!