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Snoo_35864 t1_jeefyj7 wrote

Reply to These NJ counties saw the largest population drop as residents migrate to other areas by madrid987

I'm not sure what the point of this article is. You could comfortably fit two Essex counties and most of two Bergen counties inside the footprint of Ocean county and even with that, Bergen has the largest population, followed by Middlesex (whose footprint is not small), with tiny Essex at third. If all 11,000 people migrated to huge Ocean, its population still wouldn't be close to any of the top three. Heck, if 11,000 people moved just from Maplewood to Toms River, we would still have more than half the population remaining.

Yeah, nobody is happy to pay high taxes and high rents in northern New Jersey but let's not fool ourselves into thinking there is any kind of exodus out of northern NJ.

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imchasingentropy OP t1_jeefjsl wrote

Reply to comment by SeparateAddress9070 in NJs wealth inequality continues to get worse. Why should we be surprised when our governor is a banker? by imchasingentropy

As mentioned in another comment, he supported the plan to develop Liberty State Park, which is certainly not good for lower income people. As I mentioned, he supported a recreational marijuana program that only allows big business in.

And I don't think voting for a Republican will do anything either. Both parties are bought and sold by big business, running us quicker and quicker into systemic collapse. This is more just a vent, until our country gets off this stupid two party system that are both the same party, we'll continue downward until we only have wealthy and broke.

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takemynerjy t1_jeeevw4 wrote

Reply to These NJ counties saw the largest population drop as residents migrate to other areas by madrid987

I just don't believe annual population estimates anymore after they were proven so inaccurate by the 2020 Census.

Every year from 2011-2019, the annual surveys said we were losing population, especially cities. The media and certain think tanks went rabid over it. Then the actual count showed we net gained people from 2010-2020.

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SeparateAddress9070 t1_jeee0br wrote

Reply to NJs wealth inequality continues to get worse. Why should we be surprised when our governor is a banker? by imchasingentropy

I don't see how anything Murphy has done would be exacerbating inequality? In fact he's done quite the opposite. Yes it's a major problem, and yes he's still a corporate liberal and not someone on the left, but what do you propose? A conservative? Who will lower the taxes of the wealthy and cancel benefits that help the underserved?

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GarmonboziaBlues t1_jeeddjx wrote

Reply to comment by Mr_Matt_K in These NJ counties saw the largest population drop as residents migrate to other areas by madrid987

Apparently I'm the only person who moved from FL to north NJ last year. Every realtor I spoke to up here was totally shocked. One even went so far as to comment "Well at least it's all the shitty ones who are moving away to FL." It was in that moment I truly realized I was moving to the right state.

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BoroBagels t1_jeebwyz wrote

Reply to What’s your go to hot dog spot? by trees_bees_knees

Has anyone ever been to that hot dog guy in Bridgewater (hot dog joe) on main street, by chimney rock road on the way to Target/Costco? Always wanted to stop by but the entrance is funky and I can't tell if the stand is open.

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