nopistons94

we get enough snow in jersey rowtareh to warrent a snow thrower lol. Im sure BD gets the same amount we do a little more north. We have snowfalls in excess of 6" at least 2 times a year

boxrs4sale

jersey sucks ***

spaceman Spiff

bend oregon has gotten a couple of feet the past couple of days, a foot overnight...

nopistons94

lol, half hour from the beach, hour from NYC, 45 min from philly, 6 hour from canada, I'd say we have it pretty good

BrandonDrecksage

yeah..this area usually gets a bit more..I drive back and forth 2 times a week to middlsex NJ in central jersey...and I noticed that when it snows there..we almost get tiwce as much in pa. it sucks...friday night in middlesex was a nice night..and then my rents called me and told me it was snowing in pa..so I had to rush home so i wouldn't get stuck going up hills.

nopistons94

ya for some reason PA gets like slammed even though we're only like 30 min away from areas that are getting over a foot and we just get like 4-6. I mean I can't complain, but I have the Bronco and also we just got a neon 5 spd that ill be driving more thru out winter to save on gas a little

1988RedT2

Let's see...



"New Jersey is the worst state in the nation when it comes to providing rental housing that's within the financial reach of its residents ... This year's report says about 44 percent of New Jersey renters can't afford a two-bedroom apartment, and 57 percent can't afford a three-bedroom apartment. Housing advocates say apartments are too expensive for thousands of New Jerseyans because of higher rents fueled by a robust economy, stagnant salaries for low-paying workers, and an unspoken prejudice against the poor. ... `Even workers earning $7 or $8 an hour, such as child care workers, home health aides or machine operators, must work two jobs to make ends meet,' said [Lucy] Voorhoeve [of the Housing and Community Development Network of Net Jersey] ..."



"[New Jerseyans] spend more per pupil to keep school buses on the road than any other state ... Last year the cost of transportation in New Jersey averaged nearly a thousand dollars for every student who rode a bus. ... [The State Commission of Investigation] found bid-rigging, intimidation, even, in one case, evidence of murder, as bus companies jockeyed to preserve contracts. Some districts do receive multiple bids, but others say they get only one, from the same company, year in and year out. Prospective competitors fear vandalism or worse."



"Despite continuing decreases in crime during the 1990s, the number of people behind bars in New Jersey increased ... As of ... April 1, 2000 ... there were 47,941 people in correctional institutions in the state, up from 18,848 from a decade earlier. ... Overwhelmingly, those behind bars were people of color. The census found that 59.7 percent of those in correctional institutions were black, 20.3 percent were white and 19.6 percent Hispanic."



"Three decades after the civil rights movement and the nationwide push to integrate public education, New Jersey's schools remain among the most segregated in the country ... More than half of the state's black students now attend schools where at least 90 percent are minority students, the fourth highest rate in the country ..."



"I recently visited the Wayne office [of the Division of Motor Vehicles] on Route 23 (after I couldn't even get in the door at the Route 46 office). I entered at 12:30 p.m. A sign in the entrance said there was a `28-minute wait for service.' I stood on line for close to an hour. Out of 12 service windows, only four were open. Two were for licenses, one was for registrations and the last was a cashier. To make the wait even more frustrating, we were treated to the sarcasm-laced `humor' of a female supervisor on the public address system. ... Those approaching the counter and asking why the wait was so long were invited to leave if they planned on `voicing any more comments on the state of service.' ...



"One-fourth of all property in New Jersey, 1.2 million acres, is enrolled in the farmland assessment program ... Only one-third of the 66 biggest owners of farmland-assessed property say farming is their primary business. The other big "farmers" are developers, builders, real estate partnerships, individuals and corporations whose interest in the land is not agricultural. ... The law has spawned a huge cottage industry of hobby farmers, owning almost 10,000 subsidized `farms' of under 10 acres. ... `If you take all the food that the fake farmers raise, you couldn't feed all of New Jersey one breakfast ... ' says retired potato farmer Joseph Serafin ... `All you have to do is ride through North Jersey and see the estates,' he adds. `It's socialism for the wealthy.'"



"The president of a New Jersey-based national construction firm yesterday admitted he routinely authorized payoffs to public officials throughout the state, saying municipal corruption is so widespread that companies are forced to offer bribes to get work."



"... Severe smog remains a dangerous health problem in all of the New Jersey counties analyzed by the American Lung Association ... `We have some of the worst air in the country,' said Michael Calvin, an environmental consultant for the American Lung Association of New Jersey."



"The nation's death rate fell to a record low last year, with fewer Americans succumbing to the major killers: heart disease, cancer and stroke. ... In New Jersey, the mortality rate ran counter to the national average, increasing to 864 from 858 per 100,000. There were 13 other states where the rate increased."



"New Jersey's aging, pockmarked highways are taking their toll on cars. Drivers spend six times more on auto repairs caused by bad roads than the state spends to fix those roads, according to a study released Tuesday by two public interest groups. That's worse than the national average, where the cost of car repairs outpaces road repairs by four times. ... The result: Nearly 36 percent of New Jersey's urban highways are rated poor or mediocre -- 13th worst in the United States, according to the study.



"With the highest pedestrian fatality rate in the country, New Jersey ... I have conducted research for 25 years on urban transportation throughout the United States, Europe and Canada and have never found motorists as inconsiderate, impatient and reckless as in New Jersey. Car drivers flagrantly violate the legal rights of way of pedestrians at crosswalks and intersections, ... In contrast with California, drivers here almost never yield to pedestrians in mid-block crosswalks, and they often endanger pedestrians at intersections by making right or left turns through crosswalks, even speeding up to beat pedestrians through."





That's just a small, somewhat random sampling of things that are wrong with NJ. It's a nasty, politically corrupt cesspool. I was born and raised there, but today I am glad to call the Commonwealth of Virginia my home.

nopistons94

too long and don't feel like reading that post, but I love NJ and always will

Rob x-7

keep driving that old bronco like a idiot.... then what will you drive when you brake it?

BrandonDrecksage

its colder here because of the elevation...by usually 5 degrees..