North Jersey vs. South Jersey (Newark, Toms River: relocate, suburban, moving)

[hollygolightly]

North Jersey and South Jersey are so different! I've lived in both areas, as well as the metropolitan cities that either are just outside of (NYC and Phila.). It's apparent that most people on this forum favor, or have more knowledge of, one or the other.

Would it be crazy to have separate forums for each??? Any input is appreciated...

xoxo hollygolightly

[DITC]

Originally Posted by hollygolightly

North Jersey and South Jersey are so different! I've lived in both areas, as well as the metropolitan cities that either are just outside of (NYC and Phila.). It's apparent that most people on this forum favor, or have more knowledge of, one or the other.

Would it be crazy to have separate forums for each??? Any input is appreciated...

xoxo hollygolightly

I couldnt agree more with you. This is the real Mason Dixon as Maryland/Delaware to PA is too blurry.

[JackedInPrinceton]

They are very much completely different... But at the end of the day we are all still New Jerseyans!

[lammius]

Originally Posted by hollygolightly

North Jersey and South Jersey are so different! I've lived in both areas, as well as the metropolitan cities that either are just outside of (NYC and Phila.). It's apparent that most people on this forum favor, or have more knowledge of, one or the other.

Would it be crazy to have separate forums for each??? Any input is appreciated...

xoxo hollygolightly

The idea to create separate subforums for New Jersey was brought up about 6 months ago. There was a poll, and the majority of people voted against subforums. Despite the difference between North and South Jersey, it seemed people felt that:

1. People have very different definitions of what North and South Jersey each include.
2. Some people believe there's a Central Jersey, others do not.
3. Someone seeking to move to New Jersey could potentially relocate to any of the two or three regions. For example, someone posting saying "Need a place to live 1 hour from Manhattan" could post in North, Central or even South Jersey subforums seeking the same advice. Most people seemed to think it was simpler to keep up just one NJ forum.

Read through this thread to see the blow-by-blow: Should we add the NYC metropolitan area sub-forum?

[AnesthesiaMD]

I wanted to split the forums into East Jersey and West Jersey but nobody would listen.

[Busch Boy]

I am one of those that believes in a Central Jersey! Here is what NJ (IMO) should be broken up into:

North Jersey:
Sussex County
Warren County
Bergen County
Passaic County
Morris County
Essex County
Hudson County
Union County

Central Jersey:
Middlesex County
Somerset County
Hunterdon County
Mercer County
Monmouth County

South Jersey:
Ocean County
Atlantic County
Burlington County
Gloucester County
Camden County
Salem County
Cumberland County
Cape May County



And for those who insist that there is no Central Jersey, then just make Monmouth part of South Jersey and everything else on the Central Jersey list part of North Jersey.

[DITC]

Ocean County is Central Jersey. Toms River area is all ex-NYers. People are starting to move farther south toward LBI.

[Busch Boy]

Just because Ex-New Yorkers are moving into the area, does not make Ocean County part of North Jersey (or part of New York if we look at it using this logic). So if we had an influx of Mississippi and Alabama natives in Bergen County, does it make it a county that's part of the south? In a geographical sense, it would always be part of North Jersey.

[Busch Boy]

Originally Posted by Busch Boy

Just because Ex-New Yorkers are moving into the area, does not make Ocean County part of North Jersey

Sorry I said North Jersey. I meant to say Central Jersey.

[DITC]

Originally Posted by Busch Boy

Just because Ex-New Yorkers are moving into the area, does not make Ocean County part of North Jersey (or part of New York if we look at it using this logic). So if we had an influx of Mississippi and Alabama natives in Bergen County, does it make it a county that's part of the south? In a geographical sense, it would always be part of North Jersey.

Alright calm down I'll get technical here. Most people I know from Toms River area (NJ natives) tend to align with NY, fly out of Newark etc. Burlington/Camden people usually only go to Ocean County for LBI, and rarely anything north. 9 of 10 people in the Philly metro have never even been to Seaside, Pt Pleasant, Belmar. Toms River has little connection with Cherry Hill area (exception: congressional district).

Case in point, NY-bound NJ transit is already in Point Pleasant and Bay Head (Ocean County) and they are proposing an extension through Jackson, Howell, and Lakehurst (again Ocean County). There are express buses running from Ocean County to Port Authority. Real South Jersey is suburban Philadelphia and AC area.

Southern Ocean County is the buffer zone I guess. Maybe route 72 is the divider, I have no idea.