The honest truth is that I enjoy all of my friends and family in NJ. You could pay me 1 million bucks to move back here but my current compensation is less than 1/3 of what it would require for me to move my family back. I enjoy the diversity of mountain bike trails in New Jersey. I enjoy some of the road riding up north down south and out west. I enjoy all of my riding buddies. I’m not even against anyone that personally wants to stay here or says that they enjoy NJ. Personally, having been on the other side now realize how much greener the grass is as far as quality of life for my family. Yes I made a decision to move, and maybe overlooked salary and compensation. I am human. The truth is most people I talk to cannot wait to get out of NJ. But if you put them on the spot in an Internet for him they get very defensive. Understandable, it is a New Jersey mountain bike forum. The opposite of my situation is a guy like Utah. He seems very content with staying in a smaller house, paying off his bills and having great trails across the street, I think my previous area of Hazlet, which is in the Area of Hartshorne and Huber got way over populated way too fast and drastically affected the road riding and trail systems. Even my commute got worse by a longshot. I really have no ill intent with this post, but I will state my opinion, and even defend my opinion. I’ve had people that have posted on this thread that really did not care other than to bully me for the last eight years with their Internet power. That shows the person they are am I a hypocrite for looking forward to Wednesday night chimney rock ride? I don’t think so. And anyone that knows me knows that my online voice and opinion are strong I am a hypocrite to an extent as well, as I always thought that someone working in end NYC was nuts for living on the border of Pennsylvania. I still do not think I am wrong with those thoughts as the commute has not got any better in the last 10 to 15 years. if anything, it is far worse. In the end, the voices that have shown an opinion here support my general theory. People are in NJ for the money and benefits. If the money and benefits were not here, they probably would not live here.