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Not to me. I grew up in Bergen County, a few miles from the Rockland County line. Now I'm in Monmouth County. I think I'm in South Jersey because there is an ocean nearby, but I know I'm technically not, so yes, this is Central Jersey. This isn't "north" to me when I have to drive 60 miles north to visit my mother.
You know, one of the first things I noticed when I moved here and walked in the woods was the absence of rocks in the ground. In north Jersey, the ground is studded with rock from the edge of the glaciers of the last ice age. The old Dutch farmers pulled them out of the fields and built unmortared stone walls everywhere. They aren't down here.
I think that's where North Jersey ends, where the rocks end.
I would say that people use the term Central Jersey instead of South Jersey, because South Jersey implies ... not necessarily that you are 'rural' (not using the word that first came to mind), but that you at least know a lot of people who are.
Like where I grew up in Northern NJ, I didn't know anybody who hunted or wore camo clothes, or went off-roading with ATVs.
I am aware there's areas up there like Sussex County and Warren County where that kind of stuff goes on, but its much more prevalent down south.
Also the further down south you get, the more likely you are to run into people who have almost never been to NYC.
I live in Central Jersey and use that term because it tells people I live somewhere in the middle of the state. North Jersey could mean the Delaware Water Gap and South Jersey could mean Atlantic City, and those are nowhere near where I live. It gives a general description.
Has nothing to do with stigmas or anything like that. I don't even know what those are. Ha!
I would say that people use the term Central Jersey instead of South Jersey, because South Jersey implies ... not necessarily that you are 'rural' (not using the word that first came to mind), but that you at least know a lot of people who are.
Like where I grew up in Northern NJ, I didn't know anybody who hunted or wore camo clothes, or went off-roading with ATVs.
I am aware there's areas up there like Sussex County and Warren County where that kind of stuff goes on, but its much more prevalent down south.
Also the further down south you get, the more likely you are to run into people who have almost never been to NYC.
It really changes significantly.
Those activities occurred in Central NJ in the 1960s/70s before the area became densely developed.
Though I bet Union County would be debated here. I've heard arguments both ways for Union County, and don't have a strong opinion myself.
I also know people who would dispute Monmouth and Mercer.
Union County as Central Jersey is complete nonsense. That’s not even debatable. Also, I think the upper half of Ocean is Central...Toms River, Lakewood, and Seaside Heights do not feel South at all to me.
I’d nitpick by giving very small slivers of Burlington near Trenton and Warren from Phillpsburg down to Central, and upper Middlesex above the Raritan River to North.
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