Yes, people who have already made a shit ton.
Just like the rest of us. NJ is the same as everywhere else, people want to save some money and get their kids nice things. Anyway, Seacrest out, I can't follow the logic here.
The Covid effect.
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Lol. My son lives on one of the worst blocks in Southside. Right on the corner of East Carson and 14th, just where everyone says not to live. He loves it. He has a huge renovated 2 story modern loft and only pays $1275. All his friends who live in other cities think his place is worth about $5k month. But yes, any other nice fully renovated home will be closer to 7 figures than I'd want.
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Johnny Utah
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Just a rambling man. Basically I was making a statement to how congested NJ because since Covid. I should have been more specific and said that NYC just decided to buy every piece of real estate up 15 miles west of Manhattan on the east coast of NJ. Sure people have been leaving NJ for a while until covid. In my mind the people leaving in most areas never stopped but the 5% coming into NJ came to the very specific metro/nj shore area.
To be clear, you pay higher income tax to work in NJ and live in MD but complain about it when you have a place in PA.
Yeah but the PA place is only due to the oil & gas rights. Otherwise he’d sell it to fracking interests and buy an estate in the Frederick Watershed where he could retire and bitch all day about NJ on the internet.
thegock
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Faceplantrob
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Hey Stouffer's mac and cheese is straight 🔥 no shame in that
thegock
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Exactly, like living in the mtbnj forums and bitching about everyhing Dave Taylor says every time you can since 2015. We’re obviously of the same highly regarded nature.
Pearl
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Johnny Utah
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I just sold and moved thirty miles further south. Feels like Wall was when I was a kid. I hope they keep coming so I can sell at a large profit and become a snowbird in 20 years. My meals out here cost almost half of what I paid in Point, there is minimal traffic and no one bothers me. I housed up big time and am on two acres vs. my old 125x125. NJ is a great place - it is expensive, but you can make a lot of $ and have steady opportunities. The shore in NJ will keep building up until it looks like Fort Lauderdale.
krink
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I am a mountaineer.
It’s “take me home country roads”, not wooo weee. Lol
I’ve brought many NJ friends back on biking trips to Morgantown. The riding is kick ass. Join me sometime.
No mention of NJ at all, but apparently Ohio is the place to live.
Choose your parents wisely.
Riggedfmx
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Microphone drop ….🎤
Riggedfmx
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I’m just wondering when the chimney rock hammer ride is gonna start again… asking for a friend …😁🙄
Dave Taylor
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Coming from someone
Coming from someone who is itching to get out of NJ themselves.
Dave Taylor
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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.
knobbyhead
Next off the Island.
I was in Charlotte last November. Other than the major freeways, it felt every road was a 2 lane road with no shoulder and driveways every 10 ft. And 4 way stops every 10. IMHO driving there sucked.
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