You are spot-on to ask about the ambulance. Access to medical care outside Jersey is largely crap. I found some affordable homes out of state, but none were within a 90 minute drive of a developmental pediatrician accepting new patients or with a short waiting list that accept our insurance. I’d love to leave but my kid’s doctors are here.

I'm in the same boat essentially - all my girl friends live in different states and I didn't move to NJ until after high school. I've been meaning to try putting myself out there, but I also feel like I've forgotten how to make friends in adulthood 🤣. My mom and stepdad live in Denville, Morristown is pretty busy on the weekends! My stepsister joined an improv group just for fun and to help with social anxiety. Something I am considering!

ETA: I have a friend out in Arizona who got a dog and started going to dog parks - she has made tons of friends that way! My personal experience up here is that people are very friendly and always willing to strike up conversation. Especially if you are a regular and go at the same times of the day/week. My first (both rescues) was terminally ill, so we weren't able to go often. My second absolutely hated strangers so it was a danger to other humans to take her. Maybe whenever I'm ready again I'll give it another go.

Wow she’s crazy. In East Brunswick we had Valeski trying to crack jokes in his messages lol, everyone hated him cause he was so corny

I don't think I'll ever be able to leave NJ.

But I have some friends that moved down to N. & S. Carolina, they love it there.

I know taxes and home prices are much more affordable there too.

What an ignorant statement. You can easily get a nice home in Irvington or E. Orange for under 450k.

Now maybe those aren't the most desirable neighborhoods ever, but you certainly can't say the tiniest house in ALL OF NORTH JERSEY starts at 600k.

There are definitely homes under 600k in North Jersey! (Maybe in less desirable areas, but still there)

"it must be nice to be a Montclair trust fund baby" is clearly an ignorant statement. They should take a visit to Irvington or Camden and we'll see if they still say that.

Interesting that they're posting about troubles finding a house in other places too lol. I guess the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

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Bye Felicia, glad you took your salty ass somewhere else:)

Cool. That’s great. Maybe get off this sub then? Sounds like maybe you’re actually bummed about not living here anymore and just projecting.

The old one is stupid. Most people are going to assume a local elementary school student did it and it was selected as part of a competition lol

There are also homes under $600k in North Jersey. To imply everyone in NJ is rich is honestly one of the most delusional, stupid things I’ve ever heard. It’s not the cheapest state but it’s also a great place to live. OP appears to be a troll or at the very least thrives on conflict based on his post history. He literally just posted about how his house hunting in St. Louis isn’t going well either and his marriage is falling apart because of it, so this post appears to be just another attempt (he posted his “bye NJ” post 200 or so days ago) to anger the sub.

Seems like the house hunt isn’t going well in St. Louis either. Nor is your marriage where you told your wife if she doesn’t like American culture, she can leave and now you are getting a divorce? What kind of troll are you? You posted the same stupid “bye NJ” thing almost a year ago on this sub. Do you just get off on pissing everyone off?

Truck n boat riding m, flag waiver who voted for a clown?

where'd you end up moving to? I've been thinking for the last year to leave nj too. I'm making around 50k a year, single, and takes considerable effort to find something decent to rent that's 1k or less that isn't in the hood. even with that price 9/10 times it's a studio apartment. plus i'm not much of a people person and I feel there's just too many people here for my taste... Tennessee or Maine i'm slowly looking into.

Yeah, having conversations with strangers in most public places in NJ is not very common/normal like it would be in the south.

Not to say you won't ever find someone nice on the street to talk to though.

That's cool, dude. Glad you found happiness.

Moved from Jersey to Texas and while the cost of living is much better, Jersey is where you'd want to raise a family. It has everything and is in a great location. I hope more folks leave so it's a bit easier for when I move back ;)

There is a New Jersey outside of North Jersey.

So to where did you move? Can you tell us specifically how wonderful it is? How long have you been? Do you have kids? The roads are well lit? An ambulance will get there soon should you need it? Is there culture? Good food? These are just questions. I’m genuinely curious.

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delusional to imply everyone in the state is rich

I hope you're happy with wherever you end up.
NJ may be expensive, but you'll soon realize that NJ has EVERYTHING, and you may miss it when you're gone.
Mountains up northwest, Beaches on the southeast, the most densely populated city in the country, as well as farm-towns with barely any population density.
Traffic may be bad here, but it's not much better in other places in the country with many interesting things to do.

Let the door hit you on the way out you cheapskate

A South Plainfield police captain was arrested for this and a chief in that town also had some sexual exploit problems.