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TagsBY TOM HESTER SR.
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
It turns out that New Jerseyans have a love-hate relationship with the state they call home.
A poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University finds that 78 percent of voters say the Garden State is a "very good" or "fairly good" place to live and 81 percent rate the state "very good" or "fairly good" for a vacation.
Sixty-one percent say they will vacation or sightsee in the Garden State, and 72 percent would recommend a New Jersey vacation to out-of-state family and friends.
But 67 percent of voters are "somewhat dissatisfied" or "very dissatisfied" with the way things are going in the Garden State.Life is a beach for New Jersey voters as 49 percent say Jersey Shore beaches are their favorite attraction, with 13 percent who most like Atlantic City casinos, 9 percent each for the boardwalk or sightseeing, 8 percent for amusement parks and 5 percent for lakeside beaches.
Ninety-four percent of voters say tourism is "very important" or "somewhat important" to New Jersey's economy.
"If the weather ever settles down, all will be peaches and cream on the beach and the boardwalk. Vacationing New Jersey voters like the ocean," said Maurice Carroll, the poll's director.
"There's no place like home, New Jerseyans say, as a place to live and, even more, a place to vacation. They're troubled by problems in the Garden State, as are voters everywhere in these difficult times, but they still love New Jersey."
The poll was taken between July 8 and 12. Quinnipiac surveyed 1,587 New Jersey registered voters.