What is the Jersey attitude?

[erikaNJ]

Here is just my general opinion... South Jersey is a little more friendly than north jersey. I have lived in NJ mostly all my life, but am not so stuck here, that I haven't traveled other places in the states. I went to NYC a couple of times.. and haven't been so offended by the lack of courtesy in my life. Especially in the hospitals! People that love Jersey do have a "Jersey attitude" but can still be very nice, but can also be very harsh when disrespected. NJ Housewives is a sham. I don't even know where they get those people from. NJ is very cliquey, though... I must agree. But you get in where you fit in. The south is very nice... but is about 10 steps behind on everything. My family coming from Waycross, GA (home of the Oakeefanokee swamp) they're very southern.. very warm, and inviting... but everywhere is different, and everywhere has different people. Jersey does however... have the best beaches LOL. We have 24 hour diners, don't pump our own gas... yet we still have the lowest gas prices.., have a very eclectic bunch of people, and we know how to navigate a circle correctly. It's not that we don't know how to drive... other people just don't know how to drive HERE. Hey... I'm not so great at driving in NYC. And nobody says "Joisey" - that's a myth. Jersey had a rep. way before HWONJ and the Sopranos. But, my grandfather owns a nursery business... and believe me.. the 'Mob' is still alive and poppin... he got them all the time as customers. I love NJ... and if you don't like it... move already... there's nothing stopping you. Everywhere has it's problems... it is what you make it.

[RKO113]

Originally Posted by BPerone201

What kind a friggen question is that!?

LOL

I grew up in NYC/Long Island and have lived in NJ (Monmouth County) for 9 years now.

My experience is that there are not so many more purely rude people here but that rude and ignorant is a lethal combination.

[NewJerseyMemories]

Originally Posted by Fairfax Mom

New Jerseyans will tell it like it is - not like the Southerners who can be very polite but fake.
One thing about the show - New Jersey women really do look and dress like those ladies -

I don't.

[lugger]

North and Central Jersey takes after New York City very fast paced and aggresive and have a rougher attitude, less polite, more road rage, more rude, etc...

South Jersey takes after Philadelphia which is more of a laid back take it easy kind of a city. "City of Brotherly Love" people in South Jersey are more southern like. South Jersey people are nicer and more polite they are not in a rush all the time due to their enviromet.

I lived in south Jersey for 16 years and now live in North/Central Jersey for the last 12 years.
Not everybody acts like this in these parts of Jersey but in genearl that how the parts of Jersey is!

[JustACool1]

To the OP:

North Jersey and South Jersey are like two completely different worlds. The ladies from Housewives of New Jersey are all from North Jersey. All of New Jersey has that sorta "tell it like it is" attitude and our manners may not be as good as people from other states, but the whole just a flat out a**hole attitude is mostly North Jersey. Just how people say everyone down south is a lot nicer, it's the same thing in Jersey. Southern Jersey folks are a lot more laid-back, tolerable and courteous than North Jersey people. Even our accents are different. A lot of people from North Jersey think us South Jersey people sound country.

[ambroasia]

people in NJ, especially those that are living in bergen county, tend of come off very hostile, angry, territorial, even if the territory they are being territorial is not theirs, especially the open road (they are nut so behind the wheels), and they do not know when to back off , even though they are at fault. these people need education in having a common courtesy