My wanting to get out of NJ has been a growing feeling for many years. Most of my family moved to PA about 10 years ago, and ever since then, I have been thinking about moving. I just kept putting it off for a lot of bs reasons. Well, no more excuses. It's time to man up and make the move.

 

Life is too short to be stuck somewhere you feel held down. In NJ, I feel many of my personal freedoms are gone. Taxes are outrageous. It's overcrowded. Houses are too expensive.

 

I'll be done with grad school by May of next year, and come hell or high water, I'm going to be out of NJ by August. I'm still trying to decide on PA, FL, or NM, but I'm pretty sure it will be PA.

 

Anyway, does anyone else have a timeline to leave our "fine" state?

once I graduate from college im pretty much moving anywhere on the east coast that will hire me. congrats on getting out!

once I graduate from college im pretty much moving anywhere on the east coast that will hire me. congrats on getting out!

 

Thanks. I wish I had left when I finished my bachelors. You have the right idea.

My dream would be to move to VT, but I dunno if that is very realistic. I can always make it realistic...

I will have to put in another 2-3 years at my current job before I can be considered for a relocation package. My company has a big facility outside of Seattle (2nd choice) and one in North Carolina (3rd choice.) 1st choice is Colorado/Utah, but we only have satellite facilities there so opportunities will be limited.

 

Even 5 years ago, I never would have considered leaving. My wife was game to move from the day I met her. Since we became parents, I have very quickly come around to her way of thinking. I've lived here my entire life and just don't like what this state has become. It's too bad, really. There is so much good in NJ, but the bad overshadows it.

My new company is in Memphis, TN. I doubt I wanna go there, but I think I may end up in AZ (Phoenix) if my brother decides to move in 4yrs. Maybe even Dallas Texas area. If I was still single, I would have been out of NJ once I lost my job last year!

Many Jerseyans have relocated to PA...........not to be too far away from their family.......IMO......Good Decision.

Graduate with my b.s. this summer.  I hope to have enough saved to move to NH in 2 years.  My girlfriend has already agreed, so we are good to go by 2014.

Graduating college in May, and I'd be shocked if I was still here 2 years from now. I love NJ, I've lived in the same house since I was born. But over the past couple years, given the taxes and the housing prices, I've realized that this is probably not the place that I want to commit to settling down and starting a family in. My sister and her boyfriend are dead set on moving down to the Charlotte area, maybe just across the border in S. Carolina, and there's a pretty good chance I may be following them.

Oh yes I do, I'm in the hiring process for LASD as of right now, already passed the first phase of testing, waiting to hear back. Hopefully that will be my first class ticket out. Other than that, i still plan on leaving first chance I get.

Congrats, man. Mrs. Stag was born and raised in TN so she's been itching to get back there for years. The time might be coming soon - reasons for staying in NJ are dwindling. I used to be proud of being a Jerseyan, not so much anymore.

Not proud? (insert Jersey shore joker here)

Anyway, does anyone else have a timeline to leave our "fine" state?

 

Yup. 2007.

 

My dream would be to move to VT, but I dunno if that is very realistic. I can always make it realistic...

 

Keep in mind there are no silencers allowed in VT. Shame, really. Also, it snows like balls. Some places people get snowed in for months. And there are hippies that don't bathe.

If I could have moved out of Jersey I would of done so many years ago.I think that anyone who has a chance to move for this god forsaken state should do so ASAP!! As soon as my kids get out of school I am gone. I think I will have everything packed at my kids graduation and right when it's over we all go to the car and leave and never look back. I think if I got a job in any other state besides NY,MA.CA and maybe a few others I would leave now if it wouldn't make my youngest go nuts. I can't see how kids wanting to get out of the house and rent a place can make it in this state.

If I could have moved out of Jersey I would of done so many years ago.I think that anyone who has a chance to move for this god forsaken state should do so ASAP!!

 

Hey, we already know you hate Jersey, tone it down a bit LOL

I'm working on getting out of NJ after college myself, leaning towards MD or VA, probably VA.

Hey, we already know you hate Jersey, tone it down a bit LOL

 

Idk, godforsaken sounds pretty accurate.

 

 

Idk, godforsaken sounds pretty accurate.

 

Apparently not when I say it!

 

LOL

 

I hope to have a home in Florida within 3 years. I own the lot, I put in the sea wall, its ready for the house. My plan is to open Dq March to Oct and the rest stay in Florida. If I could find a good manager for Dq, and my parents also stay in Florida I don't think I would come back at all.

PA is the new NJ. My wife and i have been looking to get out of this dump for a variety of reasons, but the eastern part of PA resembles central NJ 15 years ago. Just wait. It will happen there too.

 

The NYers spill into NJ to escape the cesspool they came from, then they vote and conduct themselves the same way as if they were in NY. Pretty soon like locusts, they destroy where they move to and have to move on. I think its similar to the aliens from the movie Independence Day.

 

In conclusion...don't go where everyone else from NJ and NY is going.

 

http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2011/migration.html

I like it here.

 

Unfortunately, may not be able to afford to stay in NJ.

PA is the new NJ. My wife and i have been looking to get out of this dump for a variety of reasons, but the eastern part of PA resembles central NJ 15 years ago. Just wait. It will happen there too.

 

The NYers spill into NJ to escape the cesspool they came from, then they vote and conduct themselves the same way as if they were in NY. Pretty soon like locusts, they destroy where they move to and have to move on. I think its similar to the aliens from the movie Independence Day.

 

In conclusion...don't go where everyone else from NJ and NY is going.

 

http://www.forbes.co.../migration.html

now that's funny

We have already bought our vacation/retirement home in WV, and hope to make the permanent move in a year or so. It's a 7 hour drive from the kids and grandkids, but light years closer to freedom and sanity.