New Jersey Sucks

You supposedly respect my opinion, but you start your post by telling me I am full of shit.

You proceed to call New Jersey "corrupt," as if the entire state is corrupt, and there is no corruption anywhere else in the world. Then you go on to say that everyone at the shore is "angry" and that New Jersey is a "miserable" place to be. Then you proceed to throw out a bunch of ridiculous made-up statistics about how 60 percent of people would leave if they could and the remaining 40 percent would have "greasy hair."

In short, what you are saying is, I don't care about facts or what other people think. All I care about is my narrow worldview based upon an endless list of stereotypes. My conclusion: You would complain about things wherever you were.

Only Texas and California have more towns than New Jersey on Money magazine's 100 Best Places to Live in 2006. The rankings are based on housing costs, crime, economy, schools, ease of living, weather, taxes, culture, interviews with local leaders, and visits by Money staff to the towns.

Let me predict your retort, based on your method of argument: But magazines always make things up willy-nilly.

New Jersey is said to have the largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the world: nearly one hundred companies on the Fortune 500 list have headquarters or conduct business from New Jersey. Paramus is noted for having one of the highest retail sales per person ratios in the nation. Several New Jersey counties such as Somerset (#7), Morris (10), Hunterdon (13), Bergen (21), Monmouth (42) counties have been ranked among the highest-income counties in the United States. Four others are also in the top 100.

Princeton was recently rated as the top University in the US.

WM wrote:

When 65% + of the people in New Jersey fit and live the "stereotypes" I don't think they are "stereotypes" any longer but in fact, reality. You can try to slice it, dice it, rationalize it, give all sorts of "facts" about how great, educated, affluent or smart people in New Jersey are but at the end of the day, it is a horrible place to live. Counting the days until I depart America's Sewer.

Sometimes we see what we want to see - maybe you're not smart enough to hang in NJ & that's why you're uncomfortable, it is after all the 4th most intelligent state. The ranking would undoubtedly be higher if it weren't for f***tards like you who live here on a temporary basis. Oh yeah, stay the f*** out of the left lane & don't let the door hit you on the way out, wuss.

Best beaches? Are you high?

Hoover Company invests heavily in New Jersey cos it sucks.

New Jersey is also home to the most dangerous city in the U.S.

they may be smart but who cares when you're behind bars and somebody's b!tch

i have lived in new jersey my whole life. it isnt bad, only some areas u have to watch out for. and i have no idea what these stereotypes r u guys are talkin about. ppl in northern new jersey tend to be meaner though[i live in norhtern new jersey so i am allowed to say it].

New Jersey is the best and worst at everything.

This thread needs to end. NJ blows or doesn't blow, this thread blows and I realize the irony of my posting on it, but it's been discussed enough.

The safest city in America is in New Jersey baby!!!!!

RANKINGS

Most Dangerous Cities

1. St. Louis

2. Detroit

3. Flint, Mich.

4. Compton, Calif.

5. Camden

Safest Cities

1. Brick, Ocean County

2. Amherst, N.Y.

3. Mission Viejo, Calif.

4. Newton, Mass.

5. Troy, Mich.

As I said before NJ represents the best and worse of the country. Brick NJ is as stated the safest town in the nation. Moorestown according to Business Week is the nations best overall town

Camden is no longer the most dangerous city. In fact Camden also has good and bad. In fact the new waterfront, obviously modeled after the Baltimore waterfront, is one of the most interesting places in the state. There you have a new aquarium, the battleship New Jersey, Tweed Music center, a nice trolly system, Walt whitman garden, and a ferry that take s you to Philadelphia where you can see the marine museum.

To the poster below: the entire state is corrupt (OK- only the 8 major counties that make up 90%+ of the population are corrupt). Cost of living, you got to be kidding me. Taxes - among the highest in the country with the laziest gov\'t, city/municipal employees I have ever experienced. Quality of life - lets see, traffic jams everywhere, angry drivers behind the wheel, grocery stores that rival eastern europe, a healthcare systems that rivals Mississippi.

The topography is fair at best, suburbs are a joke (trust me, I live in one of the fancy ones) and the people are about as shallow and superficial as they come (ok- I will conceed all the \"deep\" liberals with their vanity, fancy cars/cloths who supposidly care about the downtrodden are an east coast phenomenon).

CULTURE - what a joke, the culture is in NYC. There is no culture in NJ. Tell me about your orchestra, art museum, theatre and don\'t go blowing smoke about NJPAC - its nothing to write home about.

Jersey is a suburb of Manhattan. Take away NYC and Jersey is nothing.

Ask your co-workers if they would leave given the opportunity. Then, let me know what % say yes and furthermore, let me know what % of those that say yes have lived somewhere else in the country beside this third world sewer.

You proceed to call New Jersey \"corrupt,\" as if the entire state is corrupt, and there is no corruption anywhere else in the world. Then you go on to say that everyone at the shore is \"angry\" and that New Jersey is a \"miserable\" place to be. Then you proceed to throw out a bunch of ridiculous made-up statistics about how 60 percent of people would leave if they could and the remaining 40 percent would have \"greasy hair.\"

In short, what you are saying is, I don\'t care about facts or what other people think. All I care about is my narrow worldview based upon an endless list of stereotypes. My conclusion: You would complain about things wherever you were.

Only Texas and California have more towns than New Jersey on Money magazine\'s 100 Best Places to Live in 2006. The rankings are based on housing costs, crime, economy, schools, ease of living, weather, taxes, culture, interviews with local leaders, and visits by Money staff to the towns.

Let me predict your retort, based on your method of argument: But magazines always make things up willy-nilly.

Some people obviously like NJ, and that is fine. People like different things, and that is why life is so awesome.

I think the main reason that so many people dislike New Jersey is because the state seems to have so many people move to other areas, and then complain about how it isn't as good as Jersey. Jersey people are also typically loud and raucous, which rubs people the wrong way. I know a lot of great Jersey people that are very abrasive, so I try to get over that and just focus on their personality. I kind of feel bad for a lot of the Jersey folks because so many people automatically give them a hard time.

This may be a stereotype, but at what point do you stop calling things stereotypes and start calling them trends...?

If you like Jersey, that is cool with me.

On another note, why are the people from Maryland and New Jersey so similar, while other NE people from Mass, RI, VT, Maine and even Connecticut are much less brassy? Anyone else notice this?

Regarding your question about the differences in style/culture among people from various areas of the east coast: The cynical answer would be that the folks from NJ & Long Island mysteriously stopped evolving and represent the primitive nature of man in the cave man days (I'm not much for anthropology so I cannot tell you what era that was). I can tell you that their behavior in other parts of the country could potentially get them into trouble. What is interesting is that New Jersey is supposed to have a very educated population and from my experience, brash & caustic behavior tends to diminish with education so perhaps I am missing something. Having lived in three other parts of the US, I can tell you that each place had its pros and cons. While I could easily return to the three other locations and be happy, in all honesty, I cannot say the same thing about NJ. I have met some nice folks here but I am looking forward to leaving.

New jersey sucks and yes i will take the advice and move but its easier said then done i regret ever coming here i live about 20 min outside the city and it still blows the state of jersey is an overpriced state with nothin to do it take more then snowy winters to keep someone here, its either you spend a shit load of money to live in one of the small townships or you live in a ghetto city

This thread is very tired. Someone needs to put it to bed.

Your right, someone does need to put this post to bed. Someone also needs to bulldoze New Jersey.

WithMeSoFar? wrote:

This thread is very tired. Someone needs to put it to bed.

Everytime you turn on a light blub that is a bit of New Jersey legacy. New Jersey gave the world light. Thank you very much Mr. Edison.

There is an I.Q. that is given to N.J. natives when they turn 30. If you still live in Jersey, YOU FAIL...