There's the part north of Trenton, where the people root for the Mets and Yankees and the part south of Trenton where most folks root for the Phillies. But this state has pursued a fiscal policy predicated on the notion that the economy will always grow as handsomely as it did in the 1990s and that the value of stocks will rise every year by 10 to 12 percent. And that the one that's been lurking 'round the corner for months may never even set foot here. We've made, we're told, the painful transition from an economy dependent on heavy industry to one that hinges on research, technology and service.
New Jersey is Soft-Landing City.