The Biggest Losers - States in Decline

[ehidle]

My summary of population loss:

#1: California: -98,798
#2: New York: -98,178
#3: Michigan: -87,339
#4: Illinois: -48,249
#5: Ohio: -36,278
#6: New Jersey: -31,690
#7: Florida: -31,179

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/...ers/index.html

Looks like there are at least some people out there who can recognize when they're living in a cesspool....

[MostlyHarmless]

My summary of population loss:

#1: California: -98,798
#2: New York: -98,178
#3: Michigan: -87,339
#4: Illinois: -48,249
#5: Ohio: -36,278
#6: New Jersey: -31,690
#7: Florida: -31,179

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/...ers/index.html

Looks like there are at least some people out there who can recognize when they're living in a cesspool....

Let's all just hope that these people from NJ didn't leave their failed nanny state only to come to PA to make it a better nanny state.


Jan

[ehidle]

Let's all just hope that these people from NJ didn't leave their failed nanny state only to come to PA to make it a better nanny state.


Jan

Well, they certainly didn't go to New York, did they?

Oddly, I'm wondering why we are paying the Census bureau all the money to track migration when all we really need to do is collect data on address changes from the damn post office. Heh..

[fizzyone]

Let's all just hope that these people from NJ didn't leave their failed nanny state only to come to PA to make it a better nanny state.

Jan

Well, my family and I are 3 of those 31,690 from PRNJ. I think we've succeeded in leaving the NJ mentality behind.

[7998]

Let's all just hope that these people from NJ didn't leave their failed nanny state only to come to PA to make it a better nanny state.


Jan

Lets hope not is right. The new yorkers in NEPA are bad enough.

[H.E. Pennypacker]

Let's all just hope that these people from NJ didn't leave their failed nanny state only to come to PA to make it a better nanny state.


Jan

People aren't moving out because they're in love with the state...

[Dannytheman]

Other than Florida, what I see is TAXES and freedoms are the highest in the major States listed!

I sure would like to know where they all are going. We do have many Jerseyites moving into Northern Eastern PA, and it is causing all kinds of headaches. They want their guns, but they also want streetlights, sidewalks, and all the things that raised their taxes in Jersey.

[fizzyone]

We do have many Jerseyites moving into Northern Eastern PA, and it is causing all kinds of headaches. They want their guns, but they also want streetlights, sidewalks, and all the things that raised their taxes in Jersey.

Not all of them...

[rikilii]

Well, my family and I are 3 of those 31,690 from PRNJ. I think we've succeeded in leaving the NJ mentality behind.

Me too. I was *this* close to buying a Camaro and a gold chain too. Close call if I ever saw one.

Other than Florida, what I see is TAXES and freedoms are the highest in the major States listed!

I sure would like to know where they all are going. We do have many Jerseyites moving into Northern Eastern PA, and it is causing all kinds of headaches. They want their guns, but they also want streetlights, sidewalks, and all the things that raised their taxes in Jersey.

Strange, I think I get better services here in Bucks County. But then again, my property taxes are almost as high as they would have been in a lot of townships in NJ.

[ByAnyMeans]

Me and my fiance are proud to have been two of those that reduced NY's population. Feels great to live in a State of Freedom.