South Jersey Nesties
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
umm, why do we live in NJ?
I was just on the money matters board and someone posted a picture of the house they just bid on...can't remember which state....but I was thinking it had to be atleast 500,000...NOPE...it was 230,000 and it was huge and beautiful!!!!!!!!!
Re: umm, why do we live in NJ?
I know isn't it nuts!!! We would never leave NJ either b/c all of are family is here but we keep saying that if we could get everyone to come with us we would
We had a friend move to OK and they a huge house for under 200,000 and their taxes were like 1500 a year!! I'm in the Pitman/Glassboro area and paying over 5,000 
and that's cheap for gloucester county. My poor parents are paying almost 8,000 and they don't have any kids in the school district.
I just don't understand what we have that they can justify the expenses....I always watch those home shows on HGTV and when I see people looking for homes in the 200,000 price range and I see what they can get I'm in shock b/c we paid more then that and live in a bungalow and they are getting shown 4 bedroom homes with inground pools and HUGE kitchens.
i think husband and I will always stay near the east coast. we will specifically stay in NJ until stepdaughter graduates (6 yrs)...then the world is our oyster!!! HA!
I could never leave the great Philly area. It's a different breed of people in the midwest and the south. I don't think we would fit in too well, plus I love being so close to the shore!
Taxes are a b--ch, but the schools in NJ are better then a lot of those other states.
I'm originally from the Mid-west, and I couldn't agree more. Friends of mine just built a 4 bedroom 3 bath house with a huge kitchen for $175,000 on three acres.
The prices here are ridiculous, I refuse to buy anything.
I think home prices are normal here for Northeast. You have to factor in that those states with cheaper real estate also have much lower salaries. It's all relative.
The taxes however are a different story! They suck.
At least this is true!
So many other good points. No matter what I'll prob never leave the state.