Response to Amina's N.J. Richest state post

It's very ironic that our state is the richest state with two of the poorest cities. I actually find that a little humorous. When I first came to this school, I was around so many people from New York. Every time they heard I was from New Jersey, they would express to me how bad of a state I hail from. They would tell me how poor the state is, how boring it is, how small it is and etc. One of my suitemates always reminds me that a foreigner never comes from his home country to visit New Jersey because there’s nothing to do there. Instead, they come to New York because of all it has to offer. Everyone loves to go visit the city. New York has so much to offer tourists and even citizens of the state because of how elegant and interesting it is.

When I found out New Jersey was the richest state, I immediately ran to my suitemate to gloat in his face about my home state. He was in denial and actually had to see it for himself before he would even begin to believe it had any truth to it. The mystery question is why New Jersey is richer than New York. New Jersey is a smaller state in mass than New York. With all of New York’s tourist attractions and other economical means, it still does not measure up to the economy of New Jersey. This simple economical fact is a mystery to me and my suitemate as we continue to do research and to find out why “boring New Jersey” is richer than “the great and wonderful New York.”