Essex County, for example, lost 73,098 residents, or 8.6 percent of its total population, over the last 10 years.
Essex County alone, he said, spends $1 million a month on the homeless.
Essex County was the first county park system in the country.
The next year, he took a job with Essex County.
But state and county officials say Essex County's problem will have positive results.
The average price in Essex County rose 18 percent, to $459,602.
Members of the regiment were recruited from across Essex county.
Essex County sold $5 million worth of bonds to help finance the center in 1998, the year it opened.
The east town line is also on the border of Essex County.
The south town line is the border of Essex County.