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We have a lot of them, but the three main ones are "Land of 10,000 Lakes," "The Gopher State," "The North Star State."
Officially, the state motto is "L'Étoile du Nord" ("The Star of the North"). I think it's absolutely perfect and doesn't need changing at all. The rest are all unofficial nicknames, but we can throw "The Gopher State" out.
I agree with K-Luv and also will say that having been born/raised in NJ I'd have to say that most of those are perpetuated stereotypes that NJ seems to have gotten away from over the years,except in perhaps the northeast part of the state around places like Jersey City...I won't argue with that
Although I do agree with the references to corruption and the exit part,lol that cracks me up when my friend from there still refers to everything as an exit! I don't think in all my time living there I referred much to exit numbers as much as just the actual towns etc.
Me too I referred to the township and/or what backroads to get there.
New Jersey is the Garden State
Tourism slogan is "Come See for Yourself" (GAG ME!)
I like alternatives such as:
New Jersey: Come SMELL for Yourself
New Jersey: You Gotta Problem Widdat?
New Jersey: Hurry, we're almost full!!!
New Jersey: What happens here stays in a landfill.
New Jersey: One state, under indictment
New Jersey: We don't pump our gas, we pump our fists (guido fist pump, anyone?).
New Jersey: Which exit?? F--- you, that's which exit!!
New Jersey: Save water. Drink wooder! (more for the South Jersey folks)
And my favorite: New Jersey, where the weak are killed and eaten!
North Carolina: "The Carolina which is home to slightly better drivers than the other Carolina but you should be always be on the lookout for highway stupidity at all times no matter what".
Too long? Okay then, "The Other Carolina. The decent one, not the bad one".
I saw a list of funny ones once -- the best I recall is
Indiana -- the northernmost southern state'
Seriously, the one I'd really use is: "No, it's Iowa". The answer to "Is this Heaven?", when the ballplayer came out of the cornfield in Field of Dreams.
I"m currently in South Carolina. I'd change it to "Heritage, not hate. The south doesn't need to rise again for it has already arisen, and actually wasn't that down in the first place."
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