Okay, I don't want to get into a tax discussion, but taxes in northern NJ are pretty much like this all over. Would I prefer somewhere else? You bet since I am not a Jersey Girl to begin with. Grew up in Massachusetts which really isn't much better.
For our tax dollars, though, we get garbage pick-up without having to put the cans at the curb. We have recycling pick-up. We have excellent snow removal and a wonderful police department. We have recreational sports teams for soccer, baseball, basketball and lacrosse for every age group. The bulk of our taxes is, of course, our schools. Our high school - with its 800 or so students - was ranked 6th in the state, better than regional schools with lots more money, better than the wealthier communities, better than all but 5 towns.
I would rather pay taxes than tuition, so here I am staying (until my kids graduate and I make the move north that I have been dying to make since I was five years old).
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