We're doomed. I've told my wife that when the people with money start to flee, they will put a tax on home sales so that if you do try to get out you will lose all the value in your home. Wait for it. She think I'm probably right but she still won't move.
Friends are moving back to IL to be near 8 grandkids. They are getting a 4500 sq ft house for 250k but the taxes are 10k per year. The taxes can only go up. The house was on the market 600 days.
Family connections kill you if you try to leave the Garbage State.
NJ should be investigated under the RICO statute.