In a a recent poll commissioned by Gannett/Monmouth University, and reported on by the Associated Press, 49 percent of New Jersey adults said they would consider moving out of state.  This poll comes on the heels of a Rutgers University study which showed that New Jersey’s ever increasing population exodus is starting to have significant fiscal and economic consequences on the New Jersey economy.

 ”The poll points to a real possibility that active working adults and higher-earning retirees will leave the state in greater numbers, leaving behind a generally low-income senior population,” said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute. “This could put added demand on public services, but with a diminished tax base to carry the costs.”

The [Gannett/Monmouth] poll found 28 percent of people wanting to leave citing America’s highest property taxes as the leading reason; 19 percent mentioned the state’s generally high cost-of-living, with 6 percent citing housing costs and 5 percent citing state taxes.

Other top reasons for wanting to leave New Jersey include the weather, environment, longing for a change of scenery, overdevelopment, congestion and government corruption.