On a more serious note, I do think it’s kinda dumb that local attractions have to pay to be on those signs. You’d think it would be more of a community funded thing to encourage more tourists.
There are also some travel-friendly requirements-
Open 6+ days a week Public restrooms Drinking water
Each state is different but they're generally similar to NYs for instance
The more I see people online trashtalking New Jersey, the more I want to visit
They don't call us the Garden State for nothing. Northwest New Jersey is beautiful, very rural with loads of outdoors activities along the Delaware. Central Jersey has Princeton, which along with the gorgeous campus has a super beautiful downtown. There are farmstands with fresh Jersey tomatoes, corn, and peaches all over the place, and we have a bunch of nice wineries!We also have the Pine Barrens (home of the Jersey Devil!) which are beautiful. And despite that stupid MTV show*, the shore is not just loads of drunken assholes. It has tons of boardwalk stuff to do, and the beaches with tags are usually pretty nice. Plus we have Atlantic City!
*(Side note: the cast of Jersey Shore are fucking bennies from New York, they're not even from NJ.)
When people shit on New Jersey, they're thinking of Camden (Philly's fault), Newark (NYC's fault)
and possibly Brick (which is where Redman comes from and which I'm told has improved quite a bit, though I can't really say as I haven't been in a while)(nevermind). There are definitely ugly industrial areas of NJ, but that's not the entirety of the state.Come visit. Have a pork roll, egg, and cheese on a bagel. Bike down the boardwalk. Spend a day at Great Adventure. Check out Lambertville (and New Hope!). Go tubing down the Delaware. And then when you hear someone bash NJ in the future, you'll be able to defend us ;)
Talking truth, I grew up in Central Jersey. It's a lovely place. I love where I'm at in Brooklyn now, but I try not to forget how good I had it in NJ when I was there
New Jersey is fine. A lot of north jersey is overshadowed by NYC being right there. One of my friends moved here from florida, and one of her friends was like "Why don't you move to jersey city? it's cheaper" and she went "I didn't move to new york to live in new jersey". But even if you do live just outside the city and none of your friends want to visit, you're still a short train ride away from it.
I don't know as much about south jersey, but, like, it's fine. And unlike, I don't know, Iowa, you can usually get on a train to a world class city.
I visited last year and it was delightful. At times I got a bit frustrated with the coastal elitism from people who couldn’t understand why I love my flyover city, but it’s a nice state and it’s definitely a place I’d be happy to move to if I found work there.
If you do, you should take a leisurely kayak or canoe trip down one of the little rivers in the Pine Barrens. Very relaxing and somewhat unique in that the water has a red tint from the cedar trees (what we call "cedar water").
Woke up this morning, got some gabagool
The madtv skit is top notch
As a New Yorker, I am legally obligated to inform you that I HATE NEW JERSEY!
As a New Jerseyan, I get it, and also, fuck you. 😘
Get out of the left lane if you're just gonna sit typing on your phone.
Don't you have to go to New Jersey to watch any professional sports team?
When's the last time Billy Joel saved someone from jumping off a bridge huh lol?
New Jersey bought billboards advertising itself in Ohio like a year ago. Very “if you enjoy your state that everyone mocks you may enjoy ours” energy
It’s all fun and games until you enter a town where the food sign is empty and clearly has shadows of restaurants that used to be there.
A place full of dark despair.
