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Snoo_35864 t1_jeen0mc wrote

Reply to comment by CanWeTalkHere in These NJ counties saw the largest population drop as residents migrate to other areas by madrid987

I think they use the ACS database. It stands for American Community Survey, which is conducted by the Census Bureau. They survey 3.5 million ppl every year via mail, phone and/or in-person interviews.

Not saying this is the reason, but as somebody who lived in one of of the counties with an outflow, I've got a lot better things to do with my time than answer survey questions. Mail in...either is in the trash or lost on my desk. Phone...if you don't show up as a contact, I don't answer. In-person...get off my porch!

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Snoo_35864 t1_jeefyj7 wrote

Reply to These NJ counties saw the largest population drop as residents migrate to other areas by madrid987

I'm not sure what the point of this article is. You could comfortably fit two Essex counties and most of two Bergen counties inside the footprint of Ocean county and even with that, Bergen has the largest population, followed by Middlesex (whose footprint is not small), with tiny Essex at third. If all 11,000 people migrated to huge Ocean, its population still wouldn't be close to any of the top three. Heck, if 11,000 people moved just from Maplewood to Toms River, we would still have more than half the population remaining.

Yeah, nobody is happy to pay high taxes and high rents in northern New Jersey but let's not fool ourselves into thinking there is any kind of exodus out of northern NJ.

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Snoo_35864 OP t1_je36i4d wrote

Reply to comment by srddave in Be careful out there by Snoo_35864

No, just water. Internet says if you want to test for Lyme, put in a baggie with a moistened paper towel. If tick dries out, you can't test. Also if tick has chemicals on it, they can't test. Fwiw, this tick was DOA.

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Snoo_35864 OP t1_je365lt wrote

Reply to comment by Thisismypasswprd in Be careful out there by Snoo_35864

I brought it to the clinic in case they wanted to send it for testing. They didn't. Said I could if I was curious.

They gave me two large doxycycline pills and said since the tick wasn't on me for 48 hours, the odds of transmission were very low. The doxy was precautionary. Said I could come back in six week for a blood test to see if I had Lyme exposure but in the meantime watch for flu-like symptoms.

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Snoo_35864 t1_ja0is6s wrote

Reply to Moving back! by Consistent-Heat57

Look into Mill Run Apartments in Union. Their website indicates there is a small (540 as ft) 1 br apt available for $1745. Mill Run has a pretty big footprint; lots of small buildings. Looks well-maintained.

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