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10-03-2007, 02:28 PM
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Devout Northeasterner
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Metropolitan Philadelphia
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Originally Posted by sprtsluvr8
Some people don't mind showing their ignorance. Do you think North Carolina passed New Jersey in population recently with only rural towns? There are plenty of them, but there are a couple of urban areas too. Maybe they aren't recognizeable to msjbrent unless they are decaying and declining...
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Pot/Kettle?
Because New York, Boston, and Philly are in such dramatic disrepair...  I know I'm being really original by saying this, but it needs to be said again apparently. I'm sure Charlotte, Wilmington and Raleigh are all charming cities, but they aren't comparable to the cities in the Northeast in terms of size, culture, and history. I'm sure that's all the poster meant. |
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10-03-2007, 04:31 PM
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Senior Member
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"Dec 10: First freeze!"
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Jersey City
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Having lived in both (though only very briefly in NC) I pick NJ hands down. The two are very different places. I like to visit NC but living there is not for me.
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10-03-2007, 07:04 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NJ
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Originally Posted by Ankhharu
NC hands down. Beautiful state, nice people, less crime and pollution than NJ, etc.
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yet another completely off base generalization about my poor little state, lol. i'm quoting an old post, but NJ is generally not a crime ridden place on the whole. Once you get outside your Newarks and Camdems (which REALLY skew any rankings), it's pretty darn safe. A lot of NJ towns routinely make the Top XXX safest in the nation. The crime here is pretty much isolated to "bad" areas, which are *easily* avoidable. |
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10-03-2007, 07:18 PM
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Senior Member
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Most of my extended fam are from the Carolinas (notably NC). Although I actually like NC for what it is, I'm just too built for NJ. NC has too laid back a style that I can't really adapt to. I'm used to being able to get to a diner in under 10 min no matter where I am LOL. The peeps are cool though
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10-03-2007, 07:21 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sprtsluvr8
Some people don't mind showing their ignorance. Do you think North Carolina passed New Jersey in population recently with only rural towns? There are plenty of them, but there are a couple of urban areas too. Maybe they aren't recognizeable to msjbrent unless they are decaying and declining...
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Given the size of NC versus NJ, NC should have passed NJ a long time ago. Hell, NJ shouldn't even be in the top dozen most populated |
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10-03-2007, 07:49 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Hanover PA - Just moved!
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New Jersey! I love New Jersey! it just has a bad rep and many people are ignorant when it comes to jersey. been to both states and prefer NJ  |
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10-04-2007, 11:05 AM
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Forever a Yankee
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: North Jersey
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One of those old old nice brownstones in downtown Jersey City and a summer place on Long Beach Island and maybe a small cabin up there in the hills by the NY/PA border
You said money was no object right??? |
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10-04-2007, 12:01 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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If money was no object I would be living in a gingerbread victorian house in Cape May, New Jersey.
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10-04-2007, 03:59 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Charlotte
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 66nexus
Given the size of NC versus NJ, NC should have passed NJ a long time ago. Hell, NJ shouldn't even be in the top dozen most populated
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Actually NJ should be highly populated considering it borders two of the biggest cities in the country.  |
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10-04-2007, 08:50 PM
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The land of bougainvillea, citrus and palm trees
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Mesa, Az
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tewhann
NC. Regardless of $$.
Way too much pollution in Jersey.
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Ditto-----and, the weather is much, much better in NC, at least the eastern part of the state.
I will admit if I ever decided to leave Arizona and head E of the Rockies, it would likely be near Greenville NC or similar-----that is how comfortable NC was to me when I visited many years ago |
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