mipafox 438 Posted December 21, 2014 Update time! I noticed people have been dropping like flies in recent months so time for an update. Crusher's is still the best Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimC 1 Posted December 23, 2014 Old poll...for me, former LEO and left NJ for FL 8.5 years ago due to the gun laws and the NJ economic situation. LEOSA works just fine for me wherever I travel. I have a FL CCW but rely mainly on LEOSA even while in FL. My wife and I are currently in NJ for Christmas. Carried all the way up and will do so all the way back...legally. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T Bill 649 Posted December 23, 2014 Rethinking my options. Going to see what can be done in the new year. More than likely before we get a new governor. NJ will impolde under its own debt with an all Democrat government by then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carcano 14 Posted December 23, 2014 Rethinking my options. Going to see what can be done in the new year. More than likely before we get a new governor. NJ will impolde under its own debt with an all Democrat government by then. Might be worth sticking around to witness it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
magnawing 5 Posted December 24, 2014 I'll watch from Texas as NJ implodes politically. This signature is AWESOME!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bignic83 0 Posted December 24, 2014 I'll watch from Texas as NJ implodes politically. This signature is AWESOME!!! Come on down, we got plenty of room here! You can help offset the libtards coming from California! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
magnawing 5 Posted December 24, 2014 I'll be in Spring on Jan 5th. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dman2112 6 Posted December 24, 2014 He'll yes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS1200XL 4 Posted December 29, 2014 I just got back to SC after visiting family for the holidays. Holy crap! I think I got sick from the lack of freedom and the scent of fascism...no really, I've been sick the past couple days...now I'm back in SC and I'm feeling better! If the family wants to see me anymore they can just come and visit! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crusher 0 Posted December 30, 2014 Proud to say I got out in Aug. Now I'm in AZ and loving life. I don't say that to gloat. I am doing the same work for less pay and yet I've never been happier. Freedom is a great thing. For those thinking about it I can only say that it is in fact even better then I thought. Good luck and happy New Year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scrappy 0 Posted January 4, 2015 Just mailed my lease back yesterday. Before February ends, I'll have a NC license. And before July ends, I should have my ccw. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot 358 Posted January 5, 2015 Run for the border, gents... NJ.com: People are fleeing N.J. faster than any other state, moving company says Nearly two of every three families making an interstate move involving New Jersey last year were leaving the Garden State, the highest rate in the country. New Jersey had the greatest percentage of outbound moves of any state nationally last year with almost 65 percent departing, according to a company which bills itself as the largest transporter of household goods in the country. The Garden State has led the nation in outward migration for the fourth time in five years. In all, United said it tracked 4,003 moves out of New Jersey in 2014 compared to 2,169 inbound. Nearly half of those leaving New Jersey were bound for Florida (15 percent), California (14), Texas (9) and North Carolina (7.5), spokeswoman Melissa Sullivan told NJ Advance Media. Retirement and jobs were the top reasons to leave the state last year, according to a United Survey of departing New Jerseyans. About 42 percent reported leaving for a new job or company transfer. Forty-one percent attributed their move to retirement. More than half (56 percent) of people leaving New Jersey were over the age of 55, with 22 percent older than 65. Among the other states where more people moved out than in, New York's rate was second at 64 percent with Illinois third (63 percent). Two other northeast states also ranked in the top 10 — Pennsylvania was ninth and Connecticut 10th. United Van Lines has been tracking moves for 38 years, it said. While residents are fleeing New Jersey in far greater numbers than people are arriving, that's not the case in many states. In Oregon, nearly two-thirds (66) percent of the moves are inbound; In South Carolina and North Carolina, about 61 percent of the moves were inbound. The study took into account 255,848 moves in all. United is the mover for about 400 of the nation's Fortune 500 companies, Sullivan said. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted January 5, 2015 ...Among the other states where more people moved out than in, New York's rate was second at 64 percent with Illinois third (63 percent). Two other northeast states also ranked in the top 10 — Pennsylvania was ninth and Connecticut 10th. Ack!!! No! No! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS1200XL 4 Posted January 6, 2015 Just leave your damn NJ attitude & politics at the door! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan_G 0 Posted January 6, 2015 I moved to Maryland last week. A step up but not much better. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustang69 505 Posted January 6, 2015 My concern is it's not just conservatives leaving NJ. I see liberalism as a disease. Older liberals leaving NJ are just going to infect someplace else. My wife and I have spent our last several years vacationing across the country looking for areas we'd like to retire. One of them is Asheville NC. I swear I read that was a place the Obama's were considering once they trashed the country (I mean leave the Whitehouse). It just seems that liberals, when they want to leave behind the mess created by liberalism, gravitate to more conservative areas - then slowly destroy them by bringing their liberal beliefs with them... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS1200XL 4 Posted January 6, 2015 My concern is it's not just conservatives leaving NJ. I see liberalism as a disease. Older liberals leaving NJ are just going to infect someplace else. My wife and I have spent our last several years vacationing across the country looking for areas we'd like to retire. One of them is Asheville NC. I swear I read that was a place the Obama's were considering once they trashed the country (I mean leave the Whitehouse). It just seems that liberals, when they want to leave behind the mess created by liberalism, gravitate to more conservative areas - then slowly destroy them by bringing their liberal beliefs with them... Ashveille is where they are headed. That said, its always been sorta liberal because of the large UNC campus there. Columbia is sort of the same due to USC. But still FAR more conservative than anything in NJ....except maybe parts of Sussex. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted January 6, 2015 You are like locusts! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackandjill 683 Posted January 6, 2015 Can you walk into a store with someone minding their own business with an open AR on their back ? If not, stay in NJ :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carcano 14 Posted January 6, 2015 Just leave your damn NJ attitude & politics at the door! Hopefully anyone with enough common sense to leave NJ would start fresh with an open mind. If you witness uncontrolled fist pumping, you know the NJ mindset has infected your area. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot 358 Posted January 6, 2015 Unfortunately, people from NY/NJ have a tendency to want to re-create NY/NJ wherever they go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carcano 14 Posted January 6, 2015 Unfortunately, people from NY/NJ have a tendency to want to re-create NY/NJ wherever they go. Maybe it would be best if all gun owners escape from NJ and the State experiences a Nuclear cleansing...wait 100 years and check the genetics of anyone moving back and or reproducing. Keep the anti's and undecided in other anti-gun States. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeremyP 0 Posted January 8, 2015 My mom called me yesterday and asked if I heard the news. After 43 years... Mercedes-Benz is latest to leave NJ, moving from Montvale to Atlanta. Looks like it's not just people leaving the Garten State. I feel bad for those that are going to be left behind with out a job. I'm glad businesses are coming into the Peach State. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bzer1 15 Posted January 14, 2015 http://www.salon.com/2015/01/13/chris_christies_jersey_nightmare_why_his_state_hasnt_touched_the_economic_recovery/ More good News. Punch out Maveric!!!!!! Unfortunately no one in a position to do anything about the dismal conditions here cares. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TripCarl2 1 Posted January 14, 2015 Working with the family now to plan our journey to free America, Our boys are still young, and I'm not sure I want them growing up in the North East. I'm from the lower Hudson valley in NY originally and my wife is from Brooklyn. We lived in both in addition to Bergen county now. And to be honest we are in great town, but the cost of living and daycare is far out pacing our salaries. Our property taxes have doubled since we bought our house, with out any major changes to it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
njpilot 671 Posted January 14, 2015 Girlfriend just accepted a job in Jacksonville, FL. Be heading down in about 5 weeks. Will be keeping the house here for a while until we find a house to buy there. Unfortunately, I may still be commuting back and forth to work up here for a while, but we will be residents of FL. Yipee!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted May 16, 2015 Happy Hunting, NJ Pilot. Hope to see you some day. OK, update time. We are dropping like flies so it is time to update the poll. But I think we probably missed several that left and didn't see it this year, and probably never will. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob0115 1,105 Posted May 16, 2015 I just bought and will be a part time resident for another year or so as I have obligations to business partners to finish out some time. I'm leaving for the following reasons and in this order: taxes, NJ has the highest tax no matter which tax you are speaking about and they are the only state to tax estate and inheritance (double tax my goodness), weather, my wife can't take the winter anymore, gun laws. The gun law item is a symptom of a larger issue on NJ crushing your rights. This a deep blue entitlement state and you can see it by the immigration and emmigration. Skilled or educated workers are leaving and they are being replaced by foreigners--not a great long term recipe. Also, although Chris Christie hasn't been a great friend to gun owners, he's held the line on taxes. Property taxes have had their slowest rate of growth in history and he won't sign increases on income tax. I wish somehow they could fund the public pensions through better management but it ain't going to happen as they've been neglected for too many years. With regard to the entitlement state, the continued pandering to unions and illegals by the democrats have bled us dry. The only solution when Sweeney becomes governor is going to be tax increases on those who actually produce something. I'm not down with that. In Florida my state tax is 0, I bought a house in a country club with 2600 taxes and a 933 dollar HOA which inlcudes internet, cable, phone and my family golf membership. I'm a couple miles from the beach and the state income tax is 0, the estate tax is 0. Also, driving around all week down there running errands I noticed none of the roads were in disrepair. This spring I've paid for more tires than I care to discuss. After this rant I think the biggest thing that's driving me away is the deep blue liberal NJ. The weather I'd tough out but don't have to now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex V 99 Posted May 16, 2015 The wife is going back to school in September. Once she is done, and once we save up with us both working again we are selling the condo and blowing this popsicle stand! Not sure where yet. I just got back from Atlanta, Georgia is nice lol. More than likely it will be VA, PA it NC. Who knows. As long as it's no longer Nj. Only thing that upsets me, is most of the better places to live are so damn hot! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
