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Kudos to frank for putting the idea out there to get this forum made and also to southbound for supporting the idea and lobbying for it; it was a very necessary addition versus what it was before.
I have no idea if it's something that they will even entertain doing, but it's worth a shot. I venture a name and slight definition change is maybe easier to achieve then the creation of a forum. I figured we'll give the poll a little more time to collect votes and then I'll run it up the chain and see what happens.
Looking at the other state forums the subforums tend to be city based, but there are at least a couple of "regional" forums including one in PA. I guess it all comes down to what they are really trying to achieve and what "rules" exist for the forums. If it needs to follow a certain model that makes sense to people not from the area and is based on some official designation, then so be it. However, the current makeup doesn't make much sense locally and the adjusted definition would include over 2 million people and there are definitely subforums dedicated to much smaller areas in terms of population.
Concur with you on this one completely Manderly6. It is a no-brainer. It would be like "The southern Illinois suburbs of St. Louis."
I think it makes sense. It makes people realize that South Jersey is part of the Philly market. I've met a lot of people who don't understand what I'm saying when I say I live in NJ near Philadelphia. They simply can't visualize the geography in their minds.
I think it makes sense. It makes people realize that South Jersey is part of the Philly market. I've met a lot of people who don't understand what I'm saying when I say I live in NJ near Philadelphia. They simply can't visualize the geography in their minds.
I know.. When I tell people in work where I live, they get a blank stare . They all think NJ is so far away.. When I tell them I am 14 miles away door to door they can't believe it..
Looking at the other state forums the subforums tend to be city based, but there are at least a couple of "regional" forums including one in PA.
True. Furthermore, "South Jersey" (as well as "North Jersey") is a fairly common term when describing (generally) where a person is from or lives in NJ. How many people say, "Oh, I am from the NJ suburbs of Philadelphia." I have never heard it once.
I know.. When I tell people in work where I live, they get a blank stare . They all think NJ is so far away.. When I tell them I am 14 miles away door to door they can't believe it..
Well, I guess it's nice to see that people outside the southern end of the state are just as clueless as those on the other end.
I live in Monmouth County, work in Jersey City. A woman in my office who lives in Manhattan can't wrap her head around the fact that I have a 90-minute commute to work. How can that be when I live in New Jersey?
The thing is, I had a similar conversation with another New Yorker a couple of years ago when I lived up in Bergen County and was traveling to Cape May. I mentioned that I had a four-hour drive ahead of me. How could I be driving for four hours from one place in New Jersey to another place in New Jersey?
Apparently, NJ is only a few square miles in area in the minds of some.
Never been to Linwood. I had to look it up in fact.. Nice?
Nice, quiet little Quaker town along the edge of the mainland, wedged between Northfield, Somers Point, and Egg Harbor Township. It's a prime destination for Longport, Margate, and Ventnor families fleeing the abysmal Atlantic City School District (with which they have a sending-receiving relationship on the high school level). Just a lot of nice parks, shady, tree-lined streets, and housing stock ranging from post-Civil War Victorian to sprawling, custom post-war ranches and splits to recently-constructed estates. There's also some hidden gems like a Maritime Museum and a 19th-century schoolhouse open for touring. Most of my personal experience with Linwood comes from going to Linwood Country Club, which we Jews founded back when Atlantic City Country Club and Greate Bay wouldn't touch us with a belly-putter.
yea.. If you drive from tip to tip of Jersey, it has to be a 5 hour trip by car..
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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801
Well, I guess it's nice to see that people outside the southern end of the state are just as clueless as those on the other end.
I live in Monmouth County, work in Jersey City. A woman in my office who lives in Manhattan can't wrap her head around the fact that I have a 90-minute commute to work. How can that be when I live in New Jersey?
The thing is, I had a similar conversation with another New Yorker a couple of years ago when I lived up in Bergen County and was traveling to Cape May. I mentioned that I had a four-hour drive ahead of me. How could I be driving for four hours from one place in New Jersey to another place in New Jersey?
Apparently, NJ is only a few square miles in area in the minds of some.
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