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I keep hearing people mention the shared media thing....I'm from Central Jersey, and have NEVER heard any news or commercials about Connecticut. Ever.
But to be fair, i don't hear about Maryland either. Most of our news centers on NJ/PA/Delaware.
And I know more people who go to Maryland then to Connecticut (for whatever reason). Ocean City MD is a popular place.
You're from CENTRAL NJ and you hear Delaware news? What is your definition of "central NJ"? Central Jersey, parts of at least, are genuinely evenly split between NYC and Philly media markets. They get both. Sounds like you're from South Jersey. DE's reach isn't even that far in NJ...
In my opinion NJ can be classified into 3 distinct parts. I think south jersey is more of a mid Atlantic place, where as north jersey is definitely in the dense NY/CT region. The hilly rural areas of NJ are most like PA imo.
You're from CENTRAL NJ and you hear Delaware news? What is your definition of "central NJ"? Central Jersey, parts of at least, are genuinely evenly split between NYC and Philly media markets. They get both. Sounds like you're from South Jersey. DE's reach isn't even that far in NJ...
If that person lives in the Philadelphia media market, the local news stations would cover anything going on in Philadelphia, its suburbs, South Jersey, Delaware, and the Lehigh Valley. If you live in Mercer County and turn on Action News, you'll see stories about murders in Wilmington, DE all the time. And fires.
New Jersey is more like Connecticut. Similar Demographics (Italian, Irish, Jewish, Puerto Rican and Dominican populations) both are surrounded by two major Northeastern cities that are located in adjacent states (Philly and NYC for New Jersey and NYC and Boston for Connecticut) both have ivy league schools etc.
I have lived in both Northern and Southern NJ. Burlington County, Camden, Glouceseter, and especially Cumberland and Salem counties are more like Maryland. The NJ shore counties are a split audience because they bring down more NYers (which by association aligns more with CT) but because they are beaches, align more with Maryland than Connecticut.
Otherwise, it's easily Connecticut, because Northern NJ has twice as many people as Southern NJ. Culturally, Northern NJ is considerably more aligned with Connecticut than Maryland. Maryland is not in the Philadelphia MSA (which would associate with southern NJ) however, the western part of Connecticut is in the NYC MSA, as is northern NJ. Therefore, the choice to me is clear that NJ has way more in common with Connecticut overall than Maryland, especially when considering social similarity for Northern NJ and Connecticut. Finally, consider land use planning. Northern NJ and Connecticut are way more frugal when it comes to how their suburbs are built out than is Southern NJ and Maryland.
Again, I believe this because of the weight of population distribution to northern NJ. If the opposite was true, I would probably vote the other way.
Actually there is one Maryland county within the Philly MSA, Cecil County.
I picked Maryland even though South Jersey specifically gives off a Maryland vibe to me and North Jersey does seem more like Connecticut. Central Jersey could probably say either way.
Actually there is one Maryland county within the Philly MSA, Cecil County.
Cecil County is not an MSA county, it's a CSA county. And Philadelphians view it as being as much a part of their metro as Washingtonians view Martinsburg, WV as being a part of theirs.
I picked Maryland even though South Jersey specifically gives off a Maryland vibe to me and North Jersey does seem more like Connecticut.
A Maryland vibe meaning...
Large Black population with Black suburbs
Large transplant population
Large African population
Large Central American population
Rockville Town Center-type developments?
Cecil County, MD is part of the Philadelphia MSA. I think many of the Baltimore suburbs reminds me of New Jersey though.
See you've already beat me to it lol. And I agree with the similarities between Suburban Baltimore and New Jersey.
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What is your definition of "central NJ"? Central Jersey, parts of at least, are genuinely evenly split between NYC and Philly media markets. They get both. Sounds like you're from South Jersey. DE's reach isn't even that far in NJ...
