:rofl: New Jersey is the armpit of the universe. There's some exclusive high end ritzy areas, but for the most part it's trashy, smelly, rude people and a toll booth on the highway that's $3 every 4 miles.

 

you've been on the Garden State Parkway?

 

Unfortunately.

 

Heh, NJ is the armpit of the world. Miserable state.

 

it's the price to pay to drive through such beautiful scenery

 

I love the south. No matter what. It'll always be home for me.

 

The higher end parts = New Jersey.

the factories and shit are not new jersey.

 

explain to me why. and dont give me that dirty polluted excuse. thats part of every state.

 

Newark, Trenton, Jersey City, Wildwood...every corner of NJ is dirtaaay.

i've seen the nice areas and they can't really hold a candle to the nice areas of PA

 

Alaska aside from the oil production it has also has the fishing industry and crabbing industry all of which are high paying jobs.

what they fail to mention in that article (conveniently) is that 56k in one area of the country is like making 36k in another part of the country due to the high cost of living. Anyone try living in some of these high population areas they mention on the amount of "average income" they also mention? Probably couldn't do it and if you could you sure wouldn't be living all that well.