New Jersey Residents Rank Their Home State Shockingly High

New Jersey has its positives and negatives and New Jerseyans sure love to complain about the state's negatives.

I have always been a cheerleader for my home state. I have been to 39 states and I have yet to find one I would rather live in.

Sure, it's expensive...but to me, it is well worth it.

I turned to Facebook to see what my fellow New Jerseyans thought of their home turf.

I was pretty surprised by the results.

Once I hit post on the question, I assumed I would have been met with a barrage of negative comments.

I would see comments about just how expensive the state is, how corrupt the state is, and just how terrible the state government is.

Yes, I did get plenty of comments along those lines.

What I wasn't expecting was to see the other New Jerseyans love their home state just as much as I do.

I had only asked to rate New Jersey between one and ten, so I was shocked to see people rate New Jersey with a solid eleven.

This brought a smile to my face.

I broke out my handy dandy calculator to find the average rating from all of the comments we received, including those who rated New Jersey with a big fat zero.

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The average rating of the good 'ol Garden State is a 7.21! (This is with one person rating New Jersey a -10...rude!)

See, I told you it was pretty shocking.

I figured it would be below a 5.

See exactly what New Jerseyans think of New Jersey here: