Northern New Jersey is a pile of poo! Southern New Jersey is a red neck haven. The Shore is nice, sometimes. You would be close to NYC, which has it's +/-'s .
Check out this link. It compares New Brunswick NJ to Pburgh. It's your closest listed city so the economies are similar. But I would escalate the new brunswick numbers by around 20 - 25% across the board since Edison is pretty much a burbs area.
well if she was moving out around where i'm at I would throw a BBQ and welcome her Texas style. I have enough ladies to take care of, so another one would be bad unless she needed or wanted a friend
but to each his own go get her if she will allow you too