Where does South Jersey begin? (Newark, Edison: 2015, school, garden)

[jerzdevil]

However.. despite where you think the line starts, I've known several individuals throughout the years who do these crazy commutes. One lives in Bergen county and works in cherry hill. One took a bus daily (if they still run now is another question) from cherry hill to Manhattan. These are outliers. Or drive/train from robbinsville NJ to jersey city. People do it to save money on housing, but only some individuals can pull it off in the long run. It's easier now with virtual meetings and work based online, to travel once a week and not 5 times a week. I had NY'er people coming to south jersey to work temporary assignments and end up moving here, bringing their sub-culture with them, there's probably a household down every suburban street in Burlington, but they don't make us NY'ers. A weekly trip to visit a g/f is nothing, it's a small state. Especially if u drive a fast car and live near a turnpike exit, I can be up there in an hour at night, have dinner and drive back.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by ocnjgirl

Is your local ABC, NBC, etc affiliate Philly or NY? Do you get Giants games or Eagles games on Fox Sunday? Does this vary among central Jersey towns?

That doesn't work for me. I grew up in Wilkes-Barre, PA. When I was a kid we had Philly TV. In the 1970s we were changed to NY programing. We hadn't moved. We could just no longer watch the Mummers Parade or readily learn what was happening in our largest city.

[Ibginnie]

Originally Posted by snj90

I just go with this: Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic, and Cape May Counties are South Jersey. Everything else is North Jersey.

Funny, those of us that were born and raised in Cape May consider Ocean City the cut off for north and south. j/k.......maybe

[PatrioticSuperman]

Originally Posted by Hannah5555

Toms River, yes. Trenton, no.

South of Toms River?

[PatrioticSuperman]

Originally Posted by Gerania

That doesn't work for me. I grew up in Wilkes-Barre, PA. When I was a kid we had Philly TV. In the 1970s we were changed to NY programing. We hadn't moved. We could just no longer watch the Mummers Parade or readily learn what was happening in our largest city.

I get PHL17 OTA in Brick

[PatrioticSuperman]

In my opinion? Anything South of Toms River is South NJ.

I honestly do believe there is a "Central NJ" .. As far north as about North Brunswick to right around where I am, Brick/exit 89 on Parkway.

I always find it interesting when people say there is no "Central NJ." Being FROM North NJ.. I would say there is a Central and South NJ.. I even feel there is a "West NJ" but that is just me.

This topic seems to come up frequently but I do not mind it.

North Jersey zip codes start with 07, by the way. Central/South they start 08.

[DannyHobkins]

Very Easy -



North Jersey - Anything starting with Hunterdon, Somerset, Union Counties and above are North Jersey
South Jersey - Anything starting with Burlington and Ocean County and below is South Jersey
Mercer, Middlesex and Monmouth counties are New Jersey's Central Jersey sh*thole counties (especially Middlesex) the North and South both don't claim.

If you're using the turnpike anything exit 7 and below is South Jersey and anything above exit 11 is North Jersey. The inbetween is Central Jersey.

[Fedupwiththis]

connect the dots and draw a line starting at New Hope, to Princeton then to Freehold and then end at Seaside heights. Anything below that line is south jersey. I'd even argue that that line is the fabled "central jersey" but only north and south by 5 miles max.

[marehoodlum]

Originally Posted by ocnjgirl

Is your local ABC, NBC, etc affiliate Philly or NY? Do you get Giants games or Eagles games on Fox Sunday? Does this vary among central Jersey towns?

Live in Hamilton NJ (Mercer County) and we get both Giants and Eagles..... I am pretty sure Trenton does as well....

[ocnjgirl]

Originally Posted by marehoodlum

Live in Hamilton NJ (Mercer County) and we get both Giants and Eagles..... I am pretty sure Trenton does as well....

I don’t see how that’s possible, since the local market games are on Fox (well CBS, NBC, ESPN or national games and everyone gets them ) We get both games if one game is on at 1 o’clock, but ESPN or CBS has the other game on at 4 o’clock or at night. But if both games are at 1:00 on Fox, which game you get will depend on which market you’re in. For instance on December 5, the Eagles play the Jets at 1 o’clock and it airs on Fox. At the same time, the Giants play the Raiders and it airs on Fox. You can’t get both games on the same channel at the same time South Jersey will get the Eagles game on Fox, North Jersey will get the Giants game on Fox. So which one will central jersey get?