You have so well described NJ and the property tax situation there.
I saw this coming ten years ago, sold my house in NJ at the height of the market, and moved to southern DE.
Low property taxes, no sales tax, and close to the beach and the rural countryside.
NJ is a beautiful state—it is far more than what is seen along the NJ Turnpike—but it is becoming unliveable and unsustainable.
Whether it is run by the Dems or the GOP, it just gets worse.
Demographically, the folks with means are leaving in droves, only to be backfilled by those who live off of government assistance. That is a sure fire recipe for disaster.
It is a shame; it was a great state in which to grow up. So much variety in such a small area (all within a reasonable driving distance). Mountains, farms, beaches...all within a couple of hours from each other.
BTW, some of the replacements aren’t on government assistance; we’re importing a lot of Asians to replace white-collar Americans (so they are paying taxes). Whole rental developments are filling up with them (and as I understand it, the same thing is happening in SE Pennsylvania).