NJ missing from list of world's best hotels

Travel & Leisure magazine just came out with its annual list of the World's 500 Best Hotels. Unfortunately, none of them is in New Jersey, one of a handful of states on the East Coast that isn't represented. New York City has nine on the list, but if you are thinking about staying at any of them, don't forget your credit card - one with a high credit limit. The average per night rate at NYC entries is $740. In 2003, the average hotel listed was $474.

Those rates are so far out of my league that I don't much care about the price inflation. Of greater concern is the lack of a nice place to put up relatives and friends visiting me and my family in northern Ocean County. The dirth of options in the Jackson/Howell/Lakewood/Freehold/Millstone area is embarrassing. Won't someone put up a decent hotel in the area -- please?