and if you've never been there, it's much, much more than just the house. Anyway, I was walking into the Elvis "car collection" museum and the ticket taker asked my SIL and me where we were from. Obviously answered "NJ". He looked at us, and said "Well, you must be from the Central or Southern part!". To which we answered, "Actually, no.". I also said I grew up right outside NYC. He was absolutely dumbfounded - "you certainly don't SOUND like you're from Northern NJ!". Obviously that was a compliment.
Busting NJ myths - one person at a time!
The guy standing next to him (another worker) started chatting us up about his NJ experiences - he went on and on about how lovely Westfield was.