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They are certainly quite culturally different for cities as close as they are. But to your specific question, that's hard to say - also depends on what metrics you go by. I can say Philadelphia and South Jersey are, however, in the Midland region, linguistically, which extends into the Midwest but excludes North Jersey & north. It's said the Midland dialect has some commonalities with Southern speech that Northern speech doesn't have.
Interesting and thanks for your very insightful reply
I certainly have noticed a slight southern tone to Midland speech, especially the southern portions of the states that have the Midland speech, which tends to be the lower Midwest and lower Northeast.
Dunno as much about London, but Boris Johnson was elected twice; same as Ken Livingstone. And Ken Livingstone lost twice to Boris Johnson.
The mass gentrification has happened in only parts of the city; the median income of the city hasn't increased much at all, but it has gotten more unequal. Some of the biggest crime drops were in the most dangerous neighborhoods, and the drop was fast. Washington Heights went from a murder rate of 50 per 100k to about 6 in 10 years (more like 3 today), and in those ten years there was barely any demographic change (the drug gangs no longer sold on the street nor fought each other on the street). I don't think the police were responsible for all the decrease, but I suspect they contributed to some of the decline.
True, but that doesn't make him successful as a mayor. London mayoral elections aren't really decided by left vs right in my experience anyway, they're based on the person themselves not the political party they represent.
I'm not a Jersey native, but North Jersey for me was always north of Monmouth/Middlesex Counties. South Jersey started around the southern half of Burlington/Ocean Counties. Central Jersey is everything in between and leans more towards NYC than Philly.
Middlesex does not seem like North Jersey to me. I don't like Middlesex...has a weird feel to it.
And I've been to all of NJ's counties. Though probably the one I've spent the least time in is Sussex. Only really briefly passed through. I've seen a lot more of Warren County.
Sounds about right, at least if there's no Central Jersey.
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