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I try not to ponder these things too deeply. It's always been "Jersey" and "The City" since I was a kid. It's a Jersey thing, you know? Maybe because those of us who live in the state tend to identify ourselves as from "South Jersey" or "North Jersey" or "Central Jersey" (don't hear that last one too much, at least not where I live in South Jersey).
I try not to ponder these things too deeply. It's always been "Jersey" and "The City" since I was a kid. It's a Jersey thing, you know? Maybe because those of us who live in the state tend to identify ourselves as from "South Jersey" or "North Jersey" or "Central Jersey" (don't hear that last one too much, at least not where I live in South Jersey).
Where in Southern New Jersey do you live?(see how I did that)
I try not to ponder these things too deeply. It's always been "Jersey" and "The City" since I was a kid. It's a Jersey thing, you know? Maybe because those of us who live in the state tend to identify ourselves as from "South Jersey" or "North Jersey" or "Central Jersey" (don't hear that last one too much, at least not where I live in South Jersey).
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think most people in North Jersey identify themselves as from North Jersey. Just from NJ. The separation is more of a South Jersey thing, at least when it comes to self identification.
It's a recognized part of how people identify themselves or locations, culled over years of shorthand usage being passed down (like Philly, Frisco, etc.).
The existence of the Isle of the same name does not preclude another location thousands of miles away of being called the same thing (see Portland, Salem, Miami, etc.).
It is actually a source of pride to some that our state can stand alone as 'Jersey' without the qualifier.
To carry this further:
Why is "The Island" only referring to Long, and not Coney, Staten, Rhode, etc.?
Why are there multiple Washington Townships in such a small state?
What cruel people decided to have both a Morristown and a Moorestown?
Why isn't their the appropriate punctuation in Toms (Tom's?) River, if it is named for a guy names Tom (Thomas Luker)?
And strictly speaking about where I live - where are there multiple locations (in Jersey City, Newark) called 'Lincoln Park' when only mine has its own post office? Google News alerts are a pain to wade through to determine which apply to the little borough in Morris County.
It's a recognized part of how people identify themselves or locations, culled over years of shorthand usage being passed down (like Philly, Frisco, etc.).
The existence of the Isle of the same name does not preclude another location thousands of miles away of being called the same thing (see Portland, Salem, Miami, etc.).
It is actually a source of pride to some that our state can stand alone as 'Jersey' without the qualifier.
To carry this further:
Why is "The Island" only referring to Long, and not Coney, Staten, Rhode, etc.?
Why are there multiple Washington Townships in such a small state?
What cruel people decided to have both a Morristown and a Moorestown?
Why isn't their the appropriate punctuation in Toms (Tom's?) River, if it is named for a guy names Tom (Thomas Luker)?
And strictly speaking about where I live - where are there multiple locations (in Jersey City, Newark) called 'Lincoln Park' when only mine has its own post office? Google News alerts are a pain to wade through to determine which apply to the little borough in Morris County.
Always ,always when I hear people talk about the "Island"the questions is always Staten or Long ?Always.
All so it's Moores... town the other is Morris...town
Always ,always when I hear people talk about the "Island"the questions is always Staten or Long ?Always.
All so it's Moores... town the other is Morris...town
The poster was joking around about how the two names sound so similar.
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