New Jersey Sucks

Montgomery has an average SAT score higher than most colleges, so maybe the others you mentioned are "good", but not exceptional. They have some good parks in Monmouth County, but nothing beats a run on River Road in Bedminster. Your incredible Freehold District Schools rank a little worse than our terrible schools. Running scene I can't comment on because I don't run middle aged road races yet. One aspect I dislike is that the area used to be much nicer without the rapid population growth that has occurred in the past 5-6 years. No idea on county records, but with Bernardsville our records are bound to be fast. One last thing, there must be a reason houses cost more here.

Yeah, it's called inflation.

Anyway, most of the "studies" that list places to live are simply a way to sell magazines, and don't really mean anything.

Connecticut has a higher per capita income than New Jersey.

Claiming that Princeton is the top Ivy is just dumb...once you get to that point, these things are completely arbitrary.

Wawa is amazing.

New Jersey doesn't really have cities...the entire state is a suburb of either New York or Philadelphia.

Inflation? Increase in real estate prices by over 100% in 5 years is not inflation. You can try again to explain the situation if you like. The situation you are trying to describe is APPRECIATION.

I live up in essex county new jersey and if you drive 2-3 minutes in any directions you are at 3 different reservations.. south mountain you can get 15-20 miles without running same trail.. eagle rock reservation about 10.. and by verona high school almost 20 miles without running same trail..

Isn't odd that the so-called New Yorkers that make Jersey jokes are actually phony transplants that moved here from Nowhere, USA. I can only suppose that making said jokes validates them as NYers. Well, that and being a maniacal liberal. Most indigenous New Yorkers have family and friends that have moved to Jersey. How sad the lives of these peole must be, striving to be something they're not.

new jersey only sucks until someone else starts slandering it. that gets my dander up!

What's hilarious about this thread is that the VASt majority of respondents clocking in with some ludicrous, vulgar insult about New Jersey:

1. Have never lived there.

2. Have never been there

3. Are not old enough to vote, probably under the influence of some drug, and/or are basing their opinions off one of their punk friends who said NJ was the "armpit of the US"

4. Are blatantly racist

5. Are bitter cretins who would be miserable wherever they lived.

New Jersey is a great place to live. I've been to the shore and I worked in Newark for a bit doing some volunteer work in the bad areas (used heroin needles on the ground and such).

There is no way that someone can validly point to an entire state and see "NJ natives are pushy." You just can't make generalizations like that and expect to be taken seriously. The starter of this thread is an ignorant person who has based his entire opinion of the whole state and all its people based on one ill-timed run on a hot day. What a tragic case of stupidity. Time to start other threads badmouthing something else (or better yet, saying something positive). New Jersey will be a great place to live even after Letsrun.com missing links are through trashing it.

da wrote:

and by verona high school almost 20 miles without running same trail..

i know about the pipeline trail, which is only 3 miles, but where is the rest of those 20 miles? are you talking about garett mountain, cuz thats out of the way, and u'd have to run roads to get there. email me and tell me if you wish, i'd like to know:

I've lived in MI, WI, OH, FL, AR, VA and NJ in my years. I claim to be from Jersey - even though I was born in MI. I miss it. Running near the bay, in the wildlife refuges, on the AT up north, on RTE 9 during rush hour, BAss River State Park, Lebanon State Park, Ocean Cty College summer series, Lake Takanassee, plus, you know where you stand - people are up front - no pretenses - that works for me.

Amen! Let the rednecks bash all they want. The guy wouldn't make it a day in Jersey. Inbreeding is the only possible cause for mullet heads and velcro shoes. Trust me it's real and it's scary.

john r wrote:

i've lived in NJ all my life. Any time I leave the state I get shit about living here. but my response never changes, "whatever dude, I live at the beach."

anyone who disses NJ has never been to the beaches. especially ocean city or the other ones in cape may county.

no, no john! let them dis us.......keep the bastards OUT of south jersey. let them stick to seaside(who the hell goes to seaside anyhow??) & asbury park! anything south of toms river is a giant cesspool!! stay away or your children will grow extra limbs! vacation in east bumble, in the midwest! jersey is a terrible vacation spot.

yeah jersey has all those things because those people were so close to nyc.

thats right...but,

everything about jersey sucks which section to you live in the tuna smelling section or the section where it smells like 3 month old garbage.

Those stats don't mean all that much because it still sucks to even be in that horrible state. Ohio is almost that bad except for the idea that not every one from ohio thinks their state is the best thing since sliced bread.

Let's see I'm 40 everything sucks in nj to live in a slum for now I'm heading for PA when i can houses are cheaper

everything even looks better then this hellhole..everything is to expensive here top it all off the gov was a Homo also.

I could say plenty more I'm just ahhh useless state .

Jersey is great..............

but only if you are one of these cool guys

www.njguido.com

I see someones paying u to say that

yeah it's great same house I can't get in pa

is about 184.000 about 400.000 here bite me

blahhhhhhhhhhh nj a holes

don't worry 5 years after I move to pa probly say same about pa lol.

I think your dissatisfaction is due to your literacy level being several notches below that of the average Jerseyite.

did someone really post that jersey has the best drivers in the country? is that why many automobile insurance companies don't offer their services in jersey?

check out the fine print at the bottom of the commercial next time you see one .. "not available in new jersey."

who cares if new jersey sucks - i grew up on the east coast and think the entire east coast is pretty lame... especially for running, california is a hundred times better

NJ sucks indeed.

www.myspace.com/njsucks

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