New Jersey

Seriously? That's kinda annoying, seing as I have to pay 2 bucks to go fifteen blocks...

I'm from jersey too!
A few things about our state that I like, some of which I didn't even know were exclusive to our state.
-NYC and Philly, as previously mentioned.
-Cheesesteaks. Other states have 'em, but if you're not within 50 miles of Philly, then you don't know what you're missing.
-Wawa. A chain of convenience stores like 7-11 but nicer. With a deli that serves yummy sammiches.
-The dirtiest beaches outside of 3 mile island! Oh wait, that's bad.
-Tastykakes. Specifically the tasty-klair pie.
-24 hour Diners, no less than 3 within any given 20 mile radius.
-Gas station attendants. You don't have to pump your own! In fact you're not allowed to.
-The worst car insurance prices in the world! Oh wait, that's bad.
-Everything is close enough to drive in less than 15 minutes, but far enough that you don't have to hear it when you're trying to sleep. Nothing is too close or too far away. You usually have your choice of which mall, grocery store, etc. that you want to go to today.
-You can turn right at red lights. Can you do that in other states? I really don't know.
-You can never turn left at most big intersections. You have to turn right onto a "jughandle" and loop all the way around. Oh wait, that's bad.


So I guess to sum it up it's not the hellhole everybody makes it out to be. If our country was a joke, this state would be the punchline. But still, I kinda like some things about it.


EDIT: Oh yeah, road rage. It's as bad here as in LA or NYC. Even in the suburbs. You'll be cruising at 25 in a residential development and some psycho in a SUV will still find you and tailgate the shit out of you.

[Edited on Mar 04, 2005 by TheBestNameEver]

Seems to me the best thing about New Jersey is Iggy.

Ummm....we have a hot Attorney General:

Can you post other pics? Because based on this pic I would have to totally disagree with you.

im only in jersey for a few days lookin to hook up with a hot boy or hot girl

Have you met our Attorney General?

^^^
My tag says Richmond but born and raised in Jersey and hopefully going back soon so yeah!

Brake Check those fuckers!!!

They dont know how what it means in VA

The pride of our state!

Looks like our Attorney General is going to be too busy to date.

I'm ecstatic.....we're finally doing some real work against corruption. After "See No Evil" Harvey and "I'm only here for a cup of coffee" Rabner...it's great to see the team of Chris Christie and Anne Milgram producing some results. Cory Booker deserves some of the credit too. He's been a pretty good public servant after following one of the most corrupt mayors in NJ History; Mayor-For-Life Sharpe James.

I only hope that Chris Christie doesn't suffer the effects of being a Republican candidate in a Democratic state...because clearly....he's a better choice than that fuck-face Corzine.

The Devils rule... if I were in Jersey I'd be watching the Devils play live.

Despite the headlines, there are some good honest-to-jesus public servants working in NJ. Steven Fulop being my current favorite, I'm wondering how the arrests of half of the Jersey City Council & Council President will affect his legislative efforts. Booker's decent, too. And unless he gets caught blowing a tranny hooker in the rest stop that used to be named after Howard Stern (another point of pride for your fine state), Christie is a shoe-in in November.

All that said, almost exactly five years after the first time I shit on Jersey in this thread, I'm still glad I live on the other side of the river. If I drink enough Yuengling I can piss on NJ from my house. I hate NJ more than I hate Southern California, & I despised living in Southern California. Maybe its me?

Don't be haaatttinnnn. *pouts and cries outloud*
I'm very saddened by this....very saddened
For a Philly boy you sure look like a Jersey boy. oh the hotness

I wouldn't say that, exactly. 46% of voters polled are still undecided, and historically NJ democratic gubernatorial candidates tend to poll behind early and make up ground as the election grows closer.

Christie is polling ahead by around 7-8 points, a good lead but nowhere near the 13 point lead he had after he won the GOP primary.

Also, a republican hasn't won a statewide election in NJ since 1997.

Chrisite's positions include:

Stiff anti-abortion restrictions, including a 24 hour waiting period, parental notification and a ban on what he calls partial birth abortions
cutting corporate taxes,
removing mandated minimum heath insurance coverage levels for companies selling policies in the state,
opposing gun control
and cutting staff at the DEP while stripping them of some oversight duties.

A lot of this stuff is unpopular among the bulk of NJ's electorate, so it remains to be seen whether Chrisite's anticorruption record will matter more to voters than his pro-life, anti-gun control, corporation-friendly positions.

If Corzine gets those positions into the spotlight and keeps them there, it'll be a much closer race than it looks now.

Me too.

Originally from Jersey. Went to school in Florida. Living in LA area now.

Congrats, you escaped!!!

Heh, there seems to be a lot of that sentiment among my Jersey friends. They seem to think that anywhere would be better than where they're at. *shrugs*

bergen countyyyyy NJ over here! <3 wouldnt rather live anywhere else

Fixed that for you.

Jersey isn't so bad except for the rude people and horrible drivers.

I'm from Jersey. I got this list of " You Know If You From Jersey if.." from the web the list is kinda long.


You can watch movies that take place in Jersey and know instinctively whether or not they were written by a "real" Jerseyan (Kevin Smith movies or Garden State v. Jersey Girl). - Hannah from Livingston, NJ
You know you find lost kids in Seaside at Sumner Ave and the boardwalk. - Midge from New Port Richey, FL
New Jersey is and always will be 'home', no matter how far or how long I am away from it. "You know you're from Jersey when even after 20 years living in another state, when you say 'I want to go home', you mean you want to go home to Jersey." - Anonymous from Mesa, AZ
You pronounce it "Pateson" with a silent "t" and without the "r" instead of Paterson! - Quique from Paterson, NJ
Your fellow New Jerseyite asks where your live and you say "exit 123" or "exit 11" .. that's all...you say nothing else. - Mary from Parlin, NJ
You know where every pot hole is on 22 going through Hillside and Newark. - Gloria from Cranford, NJ
You have had pizza & zeppolies from Pizza Town on route 46 in elmwood park. - Lisa from Garfield, NJ
You just joined a taylor ham fan club on your facebook site. - Bill from Gloucester, VA / Sayreville, NJ
You recognized that Coyote Ugly was filmed in South Amboy. And the opening scene, was actually in a pharmacy. - Anonymous from Woodbridge, NJ
You here someone is from Bayonne, and you know your in for a crazy night. Aedan from Bayonne, NJ
Your town was founded before the country was.
You remember the Rt 9 traffic circle & Freehold Raceway stable area before it became a mall. - Carole originally Millstone Twp., Monmouth Co. (currently from Rossville, IN)
You know the "parkway way" and the "back way" to get to at least 5 different shore towns, and where at least 3 wawa's are along the way. - Ben from Lebanon Boro
You think "I'm Home", when you see the round white sign on the George Washington Bridge welcoming you to New Jersey. - Dennis from River Edge
You know who Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes are. - Virginia F
You either watched or danced on Discoteen hosted by Zachery on UHF channel 47 in the Sixties, broadcast from the Mosque Theatre in Newark. - Greg from Parsippany, NJ
You stop everything your doing or saying at the first notes of a mister softy truck coming down your street. Bill from Gloucester, VA (originally from Sayreville, NJ)
When you know that Sandy Hook has the oldest functioning Light House in the country! - Justin from Fair Haven, NJ
The only place to be after the party was the Peterpank diner. - Bill from Gloucester/Sayreville
You risked life & limb bumper skiing down Broadway in Bayonne, NJ
When you know where every Sabrett's vendor is in at least two counties from where you live - Bill from Gloucester, VA (originally from Sayreville, NJ)
You know the best drink on a hot day was a frosty root beer from stewart's in spotswood, nj.
You remember when downtown Newark had a Macy's. - WyJeezy from East Orange, NJ
You know where Libby's is. - Vinnie from Wayne, NJ
You have eaten a Double XL pizza with 10 of your friends at Pete & Eldas and are apart of the Double Extra Large Pizza Eaters Club! - Anonymous from Howell, NJ
You have Wawa Peach Ice Tea mailed to you in Texas. - Phil from TX
You have a theory on the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, having to do with concrete. - Anonymous from Union City, NJ
You know what The Al Alberts Show is and have caught yourself watching it. Be honest! - Christine from Edison, NJ
You've been to Bowcraft and Jimmy Buff's on a class trip...
You know that the clock at the Tick Tock Diner on Route 3 says "Eat Heavy." - Robert from Kinnelon, NJ
When you visit another state and you refer to their six flags amusement park as great adventures. Gloria from Cranford, NJ
When you are driving south across the Delaware Memorial Bridge and wish you were back in Jersey
You know where the nearest Jersey Mike's is to your house. - Vincent from Old Bridge, NJ
You know what "Two Guys from Harrison" is/was, or you shopped at "Robert Hall"
You know the Sopranos espisode "Pine Barrens" wasn't actually filmed in Pine Barrens. - Anthony from Elizabeth
You know the difference between North and South Jersey - George M. from Cresskill, NJ
You know you're not going to find good pizza anywhere else in the country. - Jeff from Portsmouth, OH
You can successfully go around the Clark circle without getting into an accident. Gloria from Cranford
You know who Uncle Floyd Vivino is and have watched and/or taped the program - Greg from Parsippany
You pronounce the city of Passaic as Pah-sake and not Pah-say-ic!
You've eaten at Jimmy Buff's and loved it. - Jim from East Hanover, NJ
You know that Pork Roll is really called Taylor Ham. - Cindy from Lincoln Park, NJ
You know the Mafia is alive and well... and no, you're not scared of getting whacked. - Kelly from Manalapan, NJ
You wait ON LINE while the rest of the country waits IN LINE. - Bruce from Massachusetts
You "shut the lights out" when you leave your house instead of turning them off. - Carole from Mountain Ranch, CA
You have pork roll shipped to you house in Kansas. - Kevin from Manhattan, KS
You know highways such as Route 80,"one-nine," "the parkway," and "the turnpike," and you don't ever drive on "22" unless you have too. - Doug from Freehold, NJ
You know that the 1994 FIFA World Cup game between Ireland and Italy was held at the Giants Stadium (and Ireland won!) - Kevin from Woodcliff Lake, NJ
You know what "Cape May Diamonds" are. - Mike W. from Blackwood, NJ
You can distinguish between the Raritan Valley, New Jersey Coast, and North East Corridor lines, and you know exactly when the last train on each leaves NY Penn Station on a Friday or Saturday night. - Jon from Cincinnatti, OH
You also know that the PATH runs all night to Hoboken, Jersey City and Newark.
You've ever been in a fight at D'Jais in Belmar after 5 too many tall red bull and vodkas. - Jon from Hoboken, NJ
You've ever played Sunday afternoon "Beer Bingo" at the Trop, know that the Trop is the Tropical Pub in Belmar, and are saddened that it's now closed given how many memorable summers you and your friends have spent there.
There is as much frustration as there is pride while watching Harold and Kumar, because you know of or have been to at least 4 White castles within 10 minutes from Hoboken. - Miller from North Bergen, NJ
When you can say a few choice words in at least 3, if not all of the following languages: Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Italian, Indian, and Yiddish.
You understand that there are no rules to the traffic circles, it is simply a matter of survival of the fastest. - Maureen from Florham Park
You go out of state for college, then transfer out the next semester to a school in Jersey because you realized that there is no place better than Jersey. - Vinny from Hillsdale, NJ
You move to another state and wonder if they ever heard of a pizzeria. Who needs this chain pizza crap? - DLT from Morristown
You have to explain to someone from out of the country where down the shore is. - Gloria from Cranford, NJ
You have to explain to an out-of-stater what you mean when you say, "I live around the corner"
You say your from Jersey, not New Jersey. - Irma from Rutherford, NJ
You know Hoboken was closed when Sinatra died, and you were mourning at the bars.
You remember where a Rickels used to be. - James H from Newark
You know what "The ORANGES, The PLAINFIELDS, The AMBOYS, & The BRUNSWICKS" mean.

Things missing from that list:
You've lost skin at Action Park (aka "Traction Park")
Bagels don't fit in bagel slotted toasters, and are never frozen.

fixed what? im an idiot and dont know what youre talking about haha