Who would have thought through the roof taxes, disarming the law abiding and massive corruption would have helped so much?
This author is on drugs.
New Jersey is a godless viper den.
One wonders why they wouldn't include things like taxes and vehicle insurance rates (inclusive of accidents, theft, etc.) in determining the "liveability" of the states? God knows topics like those two are discussed around dinnertables each night.
It would also be interesting to see how crime rates (which have plummeted in shall-issue states like Florida...) were factored into this report. Many once-great cities of New Jersey like East Orange, Camden, Trenton, Newark, Plainfield, Irvington, Paterson, and others cannot be visited by normal residents. This is especially true after daylight hours.
~ Blue Jays ~
In other words, confiscating wealth in order to finance government intervention in areas where it doesn't belong, or where government funding is of dubious value.
That sounds like an odd barometer to use when you're measuring livability.
Do they have a corresponding freedom index, so that I'll know where not to move to?