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View Poll Results: NJ vs PA
NJ 65 40.12%
PA 97 59.88%
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Old 01-17-2015, 03:06 PM
 
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The PA suburbs are more Jewish, as well (I'll post the stats later).
NJ as a whole has more Jewish people (2nd to New York; % wise) and overall diversity. Not sure why people are focusing just on south Jersey...
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Old 01-17-2015, 04:24 PM
 
Location: North by Northwest
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NJ as a whole has more Jewish people (2nd to New York; % wise) and overall diversity. Not sure why people are focusing just on south Jersey...
Yes, this is true. I was only responding to soug's post, which specifically compared SEPA and SJ.
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Old 01-18-2015, 01:32 PM
 
Location: Philly, PA
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So funny i've never heard of a rival btw NJ, AND PA. I will say that each portion of NJ pretty much feeds to the major city on their end .

North Jersey - New York
South Jersey - Philadelphia
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Old 01-18-2015, 02:24 PM
 
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So funny i've never heard of a rival btw NJ, AND PA. I will say that each portion of NJ pretty much feeds to the major city on their end .

North Jersey - New York
South Jersey - Philadelphia
I actually haven't heard of this rivalry, either. Maybe it's because I live in NE New Jersey. In many aspects, they're not actually very similar, especially outside PA's two major cities on opposite ends of the state.
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Old 08-17-2016, 09:36 AM
 
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I have finalized and finally moving from NJ to Bucks county PA. Good school district, new constructed homes. Happy with my move.
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Old 08-17-2016, 11:14 AM
 
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PA hands down
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Old 08-17-2016, 11:23 AM
 
Location: Cbus
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For me it's easily NJ. Much more educated, wealthy, coastal location, much fewer backwards rural communities.
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Old 08-17-2016, 11:36 AM
 
Location: PA
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Ah, a thread I can finally comment on with some actual knowledge.

I am from PA, but I live within 10 minutes of the NJ border.

When it comes to the states themselves, PA offers more in environment, but NJ has some pretty unique places, like Pine Barrens. In PA you have the flat southeastern area, the hilly/mountainous center and northern areas, etc. NJ strikes me as mostly like southeastern PA, with the added benefit of the coast. I am not too crazy about NJ's coast considering how built up it is, but that's just my personal tastes.

When it comes to civilization, NJ again mostly feels like southeastern PA. It's densely populated, alternating between beautiful towns like Princeton, uglier towns, strip malls, and the occasional stretches of forests and fields. I also notice a higher prevalence of 'apartment neighborhoods' in NJ, again a testament to how crowded they are.

The people. I really like the people from NJ. I've met the "famous" wise-cracking Italian-American idea made manifest in one woman from NJ, and I absolutely loved that kind of persona, granted you're their friend. I notice a lot of diversity in NJ too, especially with a massive influx of Indian-Americans. Southeast PA also has growing numbers of Indian-Americans, but they're still in much greater numbers in NJ. PA seems to have more middle eastern Americans. Overall, they're similar to this [southeast urban] area of PA. Can't complain.

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I could go on, but I feel like I'm going to repeatedly say "it's alot like southeast PA". If we lump Southeast PA in with NJ, then we are comparing two wildly different regions: NJ vs. non-Urbanized PA (+ Pittsburgh I guess). I like PA, but that's just a bias towards how we have more environmental variety through the virtue of greater size. Would I want to live in NJ? Not really, but it's not as bad as its reputation precedes.

One thing that really stood out in NJ that I never saw in PA was Lakewood. It is a HEAVILY orthodox Jewish area. I was really surprised at how distinct it was, just driving past the community.
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Old 08-17-2016, 11:44 AM
 
Location: PA
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I have finalized and finally moving from NJ to Bucks county PA. Good school district, new constructed homes. Happy with my move.
Glad you like it here. Maybe I'm not appreciating it as much as I should
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Old 08-17-2016, 04:34 PM
 
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New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania.

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