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To me, New Jersey is farms, orchards, vineyards, wetlands, beaches, (even bay beaches) crabs and shellfish. It is lighthouses, Revolutionary War battlefields and overgrown cemeteries in the woods.
There is a lot of reserved and preserved land. Considering that it's a small, densely populated state, I think that they've done a spectacular job of saving parts of it. Huge parts of it. That would be the Pine Barrens.
Because a lot of people have never seen the entire state.. which is quite diverse in its landscapes. If all you've ever seen of NJ is the industrialized wasteland along the NJ Turnpike, then yeah you would think it's awful. But once you visit High Point State Park, and all the wild places in the highlands of Warren and HUnterdon counties... if you see the lovely towns in Somersety county, the tall thick trees of Bergen county, the beaches and Island Beach State park, the Pine Barrens, there is much more to NJ than meets the eye.
I lived in Western NJ for 10 years and I loved being near the Delaware River, HUnterdon which is mostly horse farms and small family farms is great for cycling, hiking and cross country skiing in winter. Plus there are nice small villages and towns all over New Jersey.
Because a lot of people have never seen the entire state.. which is quite diverse in its landscapes. If all you've ever seen of NJ is the industrialized wasteland.. then yeah you would think it's awful.
yeah.. the narrow, negative stereotype of Jersey is gonna be a state that is only Camden & Atlantic City..
yeah.. the narrow, negative stereotype of Jersey is gonna be a state that is only Camden & Atlantic City...
... plus whatever one can see or smell while traveling on the stretch of the NJ Turnpike that passes through Woodbridge, Carteret, Linden, Elizabeth, and Newark.
When I think of New Jersey, I think of; tatoos, smokers, people who talk loud and curse a lot, Guido mentality, high property taxes, local gov't corruption, organized crime, beaches with loud boomboxes blaring, Thousands of small cities each with their own police/fire, cold weather...mostly bad stuff.
We have family there, and I refuse to return to visit them again. My wife goes alone instead, and when she returns, she tell me most of her friends are unhappy there, and want to leave as fast as they can. I read that 41% of NJ resident would leave, if they could.
Parts of the Jersey Shore are nice, and I suppose rural ag Jersey's less offensive than crowded areas, but I'm sorry to say, its easy for me to understand the flood of New Jersey plates on cars I see down here in Florida every day. Some days, I see more NJ tags down here than all other states combined.
When I think of New Jersey, I think of; (sic) tatoos (sic), smokers, people who talk loud (sic) and curse a lot, Guido mentality, high property taxes, local gov't corruption, organized crime, beaches with loud boomboxes blaring
When I think of Florida, I think of:
GIANT flying cockroaches (Alias Palmetto Bugs), wandering alligators, rampant and rapidly multiplying Burmese Pythons, Herpes-infected wild monkeys, thousands of toothless Methamphetamine addicts, and scores of bizarre "bath salts" addicts.
And yet, I don't choose to invade Florida forums in order to remind those folks of these... wonderful... features of daily life in their state.
If you like, I can post links verifying all of those... wonderful... parts of daily life in The Sunshine State.
To me, New Jersey is farms, orchards, vineyards, wetlands, beaches, (even bay beaches) crabs and shellfish. It is lighthouses, Revolutionary War battlefields and overgrown cemeteries in the woods.
There is a lot of reserved and preserved land. Considering that it's a small, densely populated state, I think that they've done a spectacular job of saving parts of it. Huge parts of it. That would be the Pine Barrens.
A few years ago on Old Monmouth Weekend (first weekend in May), when all of the historical sites are open, I drove out to the western part of the county to see Historic Walnford out in Allentown, NJ.
I was gratified to see how many signs I passed that proclaimed land as Preserved Farmland. The eastern part of the county is overbuilt and crowded and getting worse, but even so, the county had the foresight to set a lot of land aside for parks. I understand that the Monmouth County Park System is nationally recognized.
When I think of New Jersey, I think of; tatoos, smokers, people who talk loud and curse a lot, Guido mentality, high property taxes, local gov't corruption, organized crime, beaches with loud boomboxes blaring, Thousands of small cities each with their own police/fire, cold weather...mostly bad stuff.
We have family there, and I refuse to return to visit them again. My wife goes alone instead, and when she returns, she tell me most of her friends are unhappy there, and want to leave as fast as they can. I read that 41% of NJ resident would leave, if they could.
Parts of the Jersey Shore are nice, and I suppose rural ag Jersey's less offensive than crowded areas, but I'm sorry to say, its easy for me to understand the flood of New Jersey plates on cars I see down here in Florida every day. Some days, I see more NJ tags down here than all other states combined.
Geez, couldn't you come up with any stupider stereotypes than this?
When I think of Florida, I think of:
GIANT flying cockroaches (Alias Palmetto Bugs), wandering alligators, rampant and rapidly multiplying Burmese Pythons, Herpes-infected wild monkeys, thousands of toothless Methamphetamine addicts, and scores of bizarre "bath salts" addicts.
And yet, I don't choose to invade Florida forums in order to remind those folks of these... wonderful... features of daily life in their state.
If you like, I can post links verifying all of those... wonderful... parts of daily life in The Sunshine State.
Don't forget the scary elderly drivers.
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