NY is WAY better than NJ

Great Rebuttal! But here are some more reasons why New Jersey seems to be the best state ever than New York. Family Life - New Jersey is not called the "Garden State" by chance! Early well-heeled New Yorker's knew that New York was where they made their money, but the suburbs of New Jersey were the places to raise their families. Suburbia at its best is the towns that are close to the George Washington Bridge:Fort Lee, Alpine, Closter, Demarest, Park Ridge etc. Just go to Columbia University and you will notice all the reserved "Doctors Parking" areas are full of New Jersey number plates! New York does have its suburbia, but the commute time from NYC to say Long Island can be like two hours one way! As far as high paying jobs go New Jersey has the headquarters of some of the most prestigious chemical and pharmaceutical companies in the entire nation. Merck, Hoffman LaRoche, Pfizer, Hess, Mobil etc. Having worked in Real Estate, the number of Chinese people that have moved into towns like Tenafly, Teaneck, Ramsey, and Saddle River is astounding. As soon as they have made a sizable amount of money from their China Town businesses, the next step in to move to New Jersey, where their family will be safe and their children will be educated in superior schools. Not everyone can afford NY "prep schools" tuition at such a schools runs around $30,000 per pupil per year! Transportation - New Jersey has excellent bus and rail systems, especially to New York City. Very few people from New Jersey, who work in NYC, drive themselves. They either take NJ bus transport or the train. Every city in Bergen, Passaic and Morris counties has a very comprehensive rail system and bus system transporting commuters to NYC. Locally, the bus and rail systems are not so developed, but this is being rectified. Both NJ Bus and Rail Transport are looking to hook up more towns with more frequent bus and rail stops. The recently open Frank Lautenburg Rail Hub in Secaucus is an example of expanding rail service in New Jersey. It should be noted that New Jersey is noted for its many highways and the amount of cars that its citizens drive around the Garden State. Roads- New Jersey towns have better maintained roadways than New York City. There are so many potholes in New York's Time Square area, on the way to La Guardia and JFK Airports and in many boroughs, like the Bronx and Brooklyn. It is a standing joke that New York roads are notoriously badly maintained. Hospitals- Even though New York City has three great Hospitals, New Jersey, can boast a health-care system that is comparable and often superior. For example, they are easily accessible with plentiful free parking. Hospitals like Hackensack, Englewood, UMDNJ, and Ridgewood are constantly upgrading their services and offering cutting edge surgeries, which no longer necessitate patients traveling to NYC. Patients also save money because their relatives do not need to live in the city when they are in a New York hospital. Taxes - New Jersey, even though, it is one of the USA's highest taxed states, still beats the cost of living of New York. This is one of the reasons so many young families are fleeing the city and moving to New Jersey. High rent, expensive food prices, and state, city and sales taxes. Culture- Concerning culture, New Jersey compares most favorably. The building of NJPAC, the New Jersey Lincoln Center, is a wonderful cultural center that has stopped many New Jerseyans commuting to the city for opera, symphony concerts and big name artists. New Jersey has sizable theatres at its many universities like Rutgers University (the George Street Playhouse), Princeton, (The MacArthur Theater) and The Meadowlands, (Giants Stadium) where homegrown big name entertainers, like Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and Snooky, perform regularly.