View Full Version : Fellow New Jerseans Unite!
stingx
March 13th, 2008, 05:53 AM
Let's have a roll call from all forumites that hail from the Toll...errr GARDEN State!
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Plank_Spanker
March 13th, 2008, 06:06 AM
Out in the Pines! :D
Bloozcat
March 13th, 2008, 08:01 AM
Let's hear it for The Jersey Devil, jug handles, wild circles on fast busy highways, and cheese steaks (ok, that one was stolen from Philly, but what the hey). It's called "the shore" not the beach, and forget subs, heroes or grinders, they call 'em hoagies in Jersey (at least in south Jersey they do).
Oh yeah, and New Jersey isn't just a place for NYC to dump it's garbage, play it's football games, and make fun of. If it wasn't for New Jersey, a whole bunch of people who keep NYC going everyday, wouldn't have an affordable place to live. And it's "Jersey", not "Joisey", Brooklyn.
And for those who've only seen New Jersey from the Jersey Turnpike, it's not just refineries and smoke stacks. There's miles of farm land, pine barrens (eh, Plank?), and quaint little towns and bergs on beautiful lakes.
Ok, the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce can mail my check to....Bloozcat, C/O Happy Acres Insane Asylum...
How's that...?
;)
KrisH
March 13th, 2008, 08:46 AM
Piney Power!!! New Jersey -- the only state with an official State Demon. :dude:
sunvalleylaw
March 13th, 2008, 09:07 AM
Yeah, let's here more from you guys on what it is like. I would like to visit one day, if only to stroll around Asbury Park listening to old Springsteen,
Plank_Spanker
March 13th, 2008, 11:07 AM
I live in south Jersey, and it may as well be a separate state compared to the north. It's very rural here and I like it. I'm surrounded by state forest in the middle of the Pine Barrens - a couple hundred thousand acres of preserved woods, predominantly pines. It's quiet where I live and I love it.
The shore is overrated. It's always packed to the gills during the summer with "Bennies" (local derogatory term for tourists / non-locals), and just getting to the actual beach costs extra. But it does have a certain charm of it's own.
Italian food rules the roost here, and there are tons of great restaurants and pizzerias. Atlantic City is an eye opener. Step a couple blocks away from Boardwalk and it's like a third world country. The summertime produce here is amazing - the best tomatoes and corn in the country.
If you visit Jersey, make sure to visit south Jersey.
R_of_G
March 13th, 2008, 11:08 AM
it's a great place to be from. i lived in middlesex county from 1st grade until the age of 22. nj has it's beautiful parts, and for me the most appealing feature was that i lived only 35 min from nyc by train or less than an hr by car so there was PLENTY to do. i have a lot of good memories of NJ. not sure i would want to live there again, the cost of living is preposterous compared to here in florida. still, it's where i grew up so it will always mean something to me. so if we are shouting out for things we like in NJ, here's one for what used to be called the Garden State Arts Center [it's now owned by some bank] a great outdoor amphitheatre venue where not only did i see some great shows, but i also had my HS graduation there. also, whoo hoo, giants stadium, home of the NY Jets and where I saw Pele play when I was 8.
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R_of_G
March 13th, 2008, 11:11 AM
Yeah, let's here more from you guys on what it is like. I would like to visit one day, if only to stroll around Asbury Park listening to old Springsteen,
it may have changed since i moved, but if not, you might want to limit your strolling in Asbury Park to the broad daylight hours only.
Plank_Spanker
March 13th, 2008, 11:17 AM
it may have changed since i moved, but if not, you might want to limit your strolling in Asbury Park to the broad daylight hours only.
Asbury Park is nothing to write home about.................
Plank_Spanker
March 13th, 2008, 11:22 AM
NJ has it's downsides......................
Highest population density in the nation, the highest property taxes in the nation, the highest auto insurance rates in the nation, some of the scariest cities in the nation (Newark, Patterson and Camden), and a toilet for a state capitol. Trenton gives me the hives when I have to go there.
Bloozcat
March 13th, 2008, 12:52 PM
NJ has it's downsides......................
Highest population density in the nation, the highest property taxes in the nation, the highest auto insurance rates in the nation, some of the scariest cities in the nation (Newark, Patterson and Camden), and a toilet for a state capitol. Trenton gives me the hives when I have to go there.
The official greeting as you entered Trenton said (or may still say, it's been awhile):
"The World Takes What Trenton Makes"
The unofficial local saying:
"Trenton Eats What The World Secretes"
I had that pointed out to me when I first went to Trenton with a lifelong Jersey resident.
Parts of south Jersey are nice. I lived in the triangle between Trenton, Camden, and Philly. Not so nice. But, you still didn't have to drive far at all and you were in the farm land. Having moved to New Jersey from Connecticut where I was surrounded by forrests, I spent a lot of time driving out to the more rural parts of south Jersey after I moved there.
stingx
March 13th, 2008, 01:36 PM
I live in extreme northern New Jersey very close to upstate NY - think Orange and Rockland Counties. I have Bear Mountain for my backyard as well as The Palisades. I love motorcycling and nothing rocks more than the spectacular views you can get from Ringwood's Skyline Drive, High Point, The Hawk's Nest and all the little villages and hamlets that dot the Hudson River along 9W.
Here's a picture or two of the side of the road that goes to Hawk's Nest along the Delaware River.
http://www.portjervisny.com/hawksnest3.1.jpg
http://www.cmgonline.com/touring/articles/05_Fall_Tour/BigP/Majesty_Hawks_Nest_bg.jpg
Plank_Spanker
March 13th, 2008, 01:42 PM
Extreme north Jersey is beautuful.
stingx
March 13th, 2008, 01:44 PM
Famous New Jersey Celebrities (there's a boatload of them):
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Robert Blake
Jon Bon Jovi
President Grover Cleveland
David Copperfield
Tom Cruise
Brian De Palma
Danny DeVito
Michael Douglas
John Forsythe
Connie Francis
Janeane Garofalo
Willie Garson
Ed Harris
Whitney Houston
Ernie Kovacs
Jane Krakowski
Nathan Lane
Frank Langella
Ali Larter
Vincent Larusso
Queen Latifah
Jerry Lewis
Jay Leno
G. Gordon Liddy
Charles Lindbergh
Ray Liotta
Norman Mailer
Bette Midler
Frankie Muniz
Brittany Murphy
Jack Nicholson
Shaquille O'Neal
Joe Pantoliano
Joe Pesci
Tara Reid
Nelson Riddle
Kelly Ripa
Paul Bustill Robeson
Dennis Rodman
Eva Marie Saint
Roy Scheider
Elisabeth Shue
Paul Simon
Frank Sinatra
Kevin Smith
Mira Sorvino
Kevin Spacey
Bruce Springsteen
Meryl Streep
John Travolta
Linda Tripp
Dionne Warwick
Bruce Willis
Pia Zadora
R_of_G
March 13th, 2008, 01:48 PM
Marc Ribot, guitar god, is from Newark, NJ
Algonquin
March 13th, 2008, 02:15 PM
I'm a big fan of Jersey native, Kevin Smith! :bravo:
Plank_Spanker
March 13th, 2008, 03:43 PM
It's funny.............................
Jersey conjures images of "The Sopranos" intro, packed row houses, and urban nastiness.
I'm a transplant form southern Georgia. I moved here 24 years ago and never left. There is much more to New Jersey than the typical images.
sunvalleylaw
March 13th, 2008, 04:17 PM
it may have changed since i moved, but if not, you might want to limit your strolling in Asbury Park to the broad daylight hours only.
I kinda figured that. But I am from Tacoma, so I am kinda used to that (I knew where to hit the powerlocks on the car and time the lights right so as to avoid car jacking), and it would be for historical purposes I suppose. But from the looks of some of the pics (that extreme north area looks gorgeous, and the pics of Plank's backyard with his guitars on this forum have always been nice), and the descriptions, sounds like there a lot of places to check out first before making a special trip to Asbury Park.
just strum
March 13th, 2008, 05:49 PM
I use to drive through a small section of NJ going from Philadelphia to Croton Falls, NY. Don't remember the name of the road, I do remember toll booths:D
stingx
March 13th, 2008, 07:35 PM
I kinda figured that. But I am from Tacoma, so I am kinda used to that (I knew where to hit the powerlocks on the car and time the lights right so as to avoid car jacking), and it would be for historical purposes I suppose. But from the looks of some of the pics (that extreme north area looks gorgeous, and the pics of Plank's backyard with his guitars on this forum have always been nice), and the descriptions, sounds like there a lot of places to check out first before making a special trip to Asbury Park.
Steve, the Jersey Shore is the longest stretch of boardwalk on the east coast. That and Atlantic City are the #1 tourist draw, especially in summer months. There are many gorgeous beach resorts ranging from Cape May, Wildwood, Ortley Beach, Point Pleasant Beach, etc. Now, regarding Asbury Park. At one time it was the a great family beach resort. It went into serious decline in the 60s-70s. An attempt to revive went no where in the 80s and building construction projects just laid there incomplete. Very sad. Lot's of scams, etc. It has been undergoing another attempt at revitalization. People have been buying up beachfront property there and the lots are extremely high pricewise again - hard to touch anything for cheap there now. It remains to be seen if these investments will bloom but other areas were transformed very nicely, such as West Long Branch.
There is a very good website, based on a periodical, called weirdnj.com (http://weirdnj.com/). NJ has some SERIOUS ****ed up points of interests ranging from the far out and macabre to just WAAAAY out there. Here's a very sobering read on Asbury Park. It was, at the time written, SPOT ON:
http://weirdnj.com/stories/_abandoned03.asp
Another interesting read, under Abandoned, is JUNGLE HABITAT, a theme park once owned by Warner Bros in the 70s that had FREE ROAMING jungle animals like lions, baboons, elephants, etc. all about while you drove through in your car. It closed because of people being killed and mauled trying to feed these animals or just from provocation! Amazing shit.
sunvalleylaw
March 13th, 2008, 07:51 PM
Interesting read Pete. I originally connected with Springsteen because Tacoma in the 70's and 80's when I was growing up had been in an industrial town (mostly pulp mills and shipping) decline and decay. A lot of what he wrote about, esp. on The River and before looked like Tacoma in my mind. Tacoma has sprung back though, through investment in the Port, at least one Superfund cleanup efforts, cleaning up of the pulp mills, and a south campus of the University of Washington helping to jump start re-development of downtown. I am sorry Asbury Park has not yet experienced rebirth. But perhaps it will. There is only so much waterfront.
Fretbuzz
March 13th, 2008, 08:16 PM
I'm watching the Mn Wild and the NJ Devils right now, all tied up.
Hockey fans?
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