No offense taken, N.J. is one of the countries best kept secrets.
Everyone pictures how it was back in the industrial revolution days.
The state was an industrial power house back then.
Landing at Newark airport does not help the image because that area
is pretty crappy, our larger cities are like everywhere else not in the
best of shape but our suburbs are some of the best in the country.
Also we have some of the best schools in the country.
When you combine that with 130 miles of nice coast line it is hard to beat.
NYC to the north and Philadelphia to the south also does not hurt us.
Except for the winters (which I hate) it is a nice place to live.