RangerSteve, I've been to New Jersey, more than once. Parts of it are lovely -- and I have several friends who actually live there. Like Delaware or Rhode Island or Connecticut or Manhattan, it's not my cuppa -- not because of any issue with the state of the State, but because you have to go so far to get to something besides more people. I'll probably -- almost certainly -- visit NJ again, but I don't see myself living there. Of course, I never envisioned living in Idaho either.

Muppett, a lot of people who live in Alaska -- like a lot of the people in Idaho -- wish Washington DC would simply go away. A couple of bumper stickers I've seen in Alaska:

"If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot 'em?"
"I'm pro-choice: I choose to wear fur, eat meat, and own guns."

I suggeest you read "Fashion means you fur hat is dead" by Mike Doogan. It's a humorous poke at life in Alaska, written by a native Alaskan columnist, and like all humor contains more than a grain of truth.