gleninjersey 2,134 Posted February 11, 2015 Lottery fever hit my office. One of my coworkers took up a pool. I don't want to be the only one coming into the office the day after the drawing so I pay my $5 insurance premium. I'm sure many other work places have the same thing going on. I m just curious how many people would stay in NJ if they "hit it big". So when your coworkers are dreaming about how they'll spend their windfall, ask them if they'll stay in NJ. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackandjill 683 Posted February 11, 2015 With that kinda money, I bet my "need" suddenly becomes justifiable for NJ lawmakers, cleos, judges and I will have more CCW s than my wallet can hold :-) Long Answer: No way staying. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jm1827 284 Posted February 11, 2015 Would be out in a heartbeat! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
remixer 1,645 Posted February 11, 2015 I would stay in NJ.. Ill be honest.... Nj is a great place to live... Sure Taxes Suck... Gun laws Suck but overall i love it That being said...... I would of course have a Home on a square mile in PA and Maybe Montana. I would get my guns there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malsua 1,422 Posted February 11, 2015 I would move before I collected my winnings so as to avoid dumping any more money into the corrupt cesspool in Trenton. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wojo 98 Posted February 11, 2015 I would keep my current house until my kids finished school. Maybe 'divorce' my wife so she could keep the NJ residence with kids here until they move on to college. Me, have a 'residence' like an apartment in PA until we figure out taxes, estate planning for the kids. My needs would be simple, a modest house and a hunting cabin someplace with land adjacent to a farm or other large tract. The rest would be for the next generations. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted February 11, 2015 Should have just posted this in the "What are ya drinking?" thread The day I left Jersey I might have said something similar. All that money, I'd have a home in Jersey as well. There's nothing in Jersey that couldn't be fixed with 7 neutron bombs. One of the largest pristine aquifers in the country, Pine Barens, cedar water, Coastal Physiographic Plain Province, fertile soils and great produce, ponds in the south, hills and lakes and streams in the north. A year after leaving Jersey I realized there is so much evil there that it probably couldn't even be flushed out of the soil. New Jersey is like The Pet Cemetery. The earth has gone sour, and sometimes dead is better. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blacksmythe 71 Posted February 11, 2015 I would become a very well funded agitator. I would flood urban areas with pro-2A propaganda and propagandist. From my ranch in Montana. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lunker 274 Posted February 11, 2015 I would become a very well funded agitator. I would flood urban areas with pro-2A propaganda and propagandist. From my ranch in Montana. Guerilla warfare. I love it. Fund primary challengers. I Wouldn't be happy until liberals in Jersey spat out my last name with the same venom they do for the Koch Brothers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
remixer 1,645 Posted February 11, 2015 Should have just posted this in the "What are ya drinking?" thread The day I left Jersey I might have said something similar. All that money, I'd have a home in Jersey as well. There's nothing in Jersey that couldn't be fixed with 7 neutron bombs. One of the largest pristine aquifers in the country, Pine Barens, cedar water, Coastal Physiographic Plain Province, fertile soils and great produce, ponds in the south, hills and lakes and streams in the north. A year after leaving Jersey I realized there is so much evil there that it probably couldn't even be flushed out of the soil. New Jersey is like The Pet Cemetery. The earth has gone sour, and sometimes dead is better. You managed to kill this thread already LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jm1827 284 Posted February 11, 2015 Guerilla warfare. I love it. Fund primary challengers. I Wouldn't be happy until liberals in Jersey spat out my last name with the same venom they do for the Koch Brothers. Definitely upset the apple cart. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Kinda like the anti-Bloomberg! I love it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1LtCAP 4,258 Posted February 11, 2015 i'd probably stay. there's a p-38 for sale in oregon(i think). in the ballpark of 100 hours on the airframe since restoration, 1 hour on each engine since major overhaul, and zero hours on props since major overhaul. i'd buy that. then get the certs i need to fly it. then south jersey would be seeing ww2's finest flying overhead at least once a month. i'd also buy a home in pa. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishnut 2,358 Posted February 11, 2015 Id stay. Other than the taxes and gun laws for the most part I really like NJ. I lived in Western PA for a while but I came back. However if I won the lottery I would buy a large chunk of land (50 acres minimum) in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and build a nice cabin and use that as a vacation property. Oh yeah id also have a personal chair lift built on the property for me to snowboard. I bet it would be fun to shoot targets from a chair lift LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howard 538 Posted February 11, 2015 First I would not waste my money on the lottery, investing in it is just flushing money down the crapper - you have a better chance of getting hit by lightning. That said, if you were to win big there would be no reason to move. You would have enough money that gun laws would not apply to you, you would be one of those that could buy a judge and get whatever permits you wanted. You also would not care about the taxes or the cost of living. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Displaced Texan 11,647 Posted February 11, 2015 Hell, I can't get out of Jersey fast enough as it is.....even a smallish lotto score would send our plans to vacate into hyperdrive!! Already have the ranch in the middle of nowhere.....just want enough to comfortably retire there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diamondd817 823 Posted February 11, 2015 I was actually struck by lighting when i was a kid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howard 538 Posted February 11, 2015 I was actually struck by lighting when i was a kid. Too bad you wasted your odd on that! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T Bill 649 Posted February 11, 2015 I'm gone in a 'Nj' minute. I would consider the 10 states NJ is directly opposite of. FYI, you aint gonna beat NJ out of its share of the taxes if you were a resident at the time the ticket numbers were drawn. Just not going to happen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10X 3,278 Posted February 11, 2015 1). Move to a Rocky Mountain state where I'd get the most favorable tax treatment 2) Cash in the ticket Only problem with the plan is that statistically, to EIGHT significant figures, the odds of winning the powerball lottery are the same whether you buy a ticket... ...or don't! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diamondd817 823 Posted February 11, 2015 Too bad you wasted your odd on that! Me too. I have a friend who's parents hit the pick 6 twice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krdshrk 3,871 Posted February 11, 2015 I would officially "Get out" but visit quite often. Pay off all of my relatives' houses, buy a place in FL and Vermont. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted February 11, 2015 Me too. I have a friend who's parents hit the pick 6 twice. Can you imagine how many lottery tickets that would pay for? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSD1026 48 Posted February 11, 2015 I would never stay.. im not a NJ native.. i dont have children (school systems dont matter to me).. taxes suck.. gun laws suck... no family here.. wife's a NJ native, but her family has pretty much all moved out of NJ.. absolutely no reason to stay (other than my job, which i would not even give them notice before them never hearing from me again) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malsua 1,422 Posted February 11, 2015 FYI, you aint gonna beat NJ out of its share of the taxes if you were a resident at the time the ticket numbers were drawn. Just not going to happen. You haven't earned it until you take possession. I bet you could tie their tax lawyers up for years. Spending a 2 million to save 10 million strikes me as a bargain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PD2K 115 Posted February 11, 2015 Bye bye Jersey...hello beaches, bikinis, and rum drinks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJM981 924 Posted February 11, 2015 I would become a very well funded agitator. I would flood urban areas with pro-2A propaganda and propagandist. From my ranch in Montana. This. Except I'd be across the river in PA starting my WWI & WWII machine gun collection. I'd go to law school and hopefully learn from pro-2A attorneys. Sooner or later Evan Nappan is going to want to retire. I'd also groom some democratic candidates to unseat the scum currently residing in Trenton. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSD1026 48 Posted February 11, 2015 This. Except I'd be across the river in PA starting my WWI & WWII machine gun collection. I'd go to law school and hopefully learn from pro-2A attorneys. Sooner or later Evan Nappan is going to want to retire. I'd also groom some democratic candidates to unseat the scum currently residing in Trenton. this wouldnt be necessary if you moved out of NJ.... just sayin' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krdshrk 3,871 Posted February 11, 2015 What if you don't buy the ticket in NJ? I think you'd be subject to the other state's laws and taxes no? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueLineFish 615 Posted February 11, 2015 This would be just one of my places. Lots of friends here. Would have places in PA, Florida, Wyoming and Arizona Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrfly3006 42 Posted February 11, 2015 Wifey and kids are very happy here so officially I would stay...but I would be buying property everywhere and having NetJets on call to fly anywhere..whenever I want Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites