The High Heat Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 These people don't think so. Me? Depends on which way the wind blows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 As someone who has now visited all 50 states I can say Jersey doesn't smell bad! There was also recently a poll of most pollued states and NJ is no longer in the top 5! California is the new king of pollution...The only people who think NJ stinks either fly into Newark or drive the Turnpike or Parkway. If you are going to judge a state by an airport and two major highways I would say most states smell bad and stink! Anyhoo I think most states are jealous of NJ..we got the beach, mountains and can be in two major cities in less than 2 hours! NJ is also quite the hotbed in terms of the music scene...ok enough out of me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Anyhoo I think most states are jealous of NJ..we got the beach, mountainsI guess you can call them mountains. (Highest point in New Jersey: 1,803 feet.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 I guess you can call them mountains. (Highest point in New Jersey: 1,803 feet.)Ha..well at least we are kicking Delwares butt! That should be our motto! PS. We are called the Garden State for some reason. I have 160 miles of territory I cover for work in NJ. There is a surprising amount of farm land in NJ almost more than there is suburban sprawl if you believe it! A great NJ factoid.... 2/3 of the world's Eggplants come from NJ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 I just spent the weekend in Princeton for a wedding and it smelled like money to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 I just spent the weekend in Princeton for a wedding and it smelled like money to me.It should! I think it is $55k a year now to attend! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 A great NJ factoid....2/3 of the world's Eggplants come from NJ! While New Jersey does have a lot of beautiful farmland, that is not even close to being true. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 While New Jersey does have a lot of beautiful farmland, that is not even close to being true.Read number 27... http://www.shgresources.com/nj/facts/ My favorite fact is number 12 though... NY still can't get over it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Read number 27...http://www.shgresources.com/nj/facts/Oh I read it. It seemed pretty amazing to me so rather than working I spent some time researching eggplant. This is a response to that same fact posted elsewhere:9/20/04 - E-mail from a visitor: "This is fiction. New Jersey eggplant production reaches about 8,000 tons a year. In the USA this ranks FOURTH in the nation. California is #1 with 13,000 to 18,000 tons a year of eggplant. World-wide New Jersey produces about .1% of the world's eggplant. There is a lot to be proud of in the Garden State. Let truth be among them." - JP (Thank you for the note and the correction JP!) And according to the Food and Agriculture Association of the United States, China produces over 18 million metric tons of eggplant each year and all of the US produces 75,000. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Oh I read it. It seemed pretty amazing to me so rather than working I spent some time researching eggplant. This is a response to that same fact posted elsewhere:9/20/04 - E-mail from a visitor: "This is fiction. New Jersey eggplant production reaches about 8,000 tons a year. In the USA this ranks FOURTH in the nation. California is #1 with 13,000 to 18,000 tons a year of eggplant. World-wide New Jersey produces about .1% of the world's eggplant. There is a lot to be proud of in the Garden State. Let truth be among them." - JP (Thank you for the note and the correction JP!) And according to the Food and Agriculture Association of the United States, China produces over 18 million metric tons of eggplant each year and all of the US produces 75,000.I remember reading the 2/3 so I just reproduced it from where I got it from. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Read number 27... http://www.shgresources.com/nj/facts/ My favorite fact is number 12 though... NY still can't get over it!And remphish I don't mean to seem like I am picking on you or your list, but half of that statement is arguably not true. According to the National Park Service "the Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island, federal property administered by the National Park Service, located within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of New York. A pact between New York and New Jersey, ratified by Congress in 1834, declared this issue." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 And remphish I don't mean to seem like I am picking on you or your list, but half of that statement is arguably not true. According to the National Park Service "the Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island, federal property administered by the National Park Service, located within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of New York. A pact between New York and New Jersey, ratified by Congress in 1834, declared this issue."Yeah there was in 1998 a judgement in the courts that it was in NJ because power was being provided by and paid for by NJ in addition to old land deeds and documents that supported NJ claims. If you visit Ellis Island you can see it is actually attached by a foot bridge to NJ and Statue of Liberty is on the NJ side on most maps...I know it is all on good fun so I take it for what it is worth. I just believe most people have poor misconseptions about NJ becuase they haven't really explored it. It also doesn't help our image to be the home of The Sopranos, Jersey Shore, Jerseylicous and the Real Housewives of NJ! http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/27/nyregion/ellis-island-verdict-ruling-high-court-gives-new-jersey-most-ellis-island.html?ref=paul_r_verkuil?pagewanted=1 NJ/NY Map Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Aaron Burr offed Alexander Hamilton in Jersey! Though even his handlers took him to NY to die. I think NJ, in general, gets a bad rap. It's an easy target. However, shows like Jersey Shore and Real NJ Wives ot whatever it is don't help the image of NJ. Parts of NJ do stink. Driving that stretch through the Meadowlands smells like marshy factory. I'd assume most folks not from NJ get the same impression as it's the main thoroughfare to get through the state.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Most of my experience with Jersey is limited to Bergen County. So I voted s'wonderful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 I certainly agree that NJ gets a bad rap and I think many New Jersey-ites feel defensive about it. My grandmother grew up in Elizabeth which she says as one long word: "Elizabeth-which-was-nice-when-I-lived-there." My wife also grew up in a nice part of NJ but she often has to explain that there is a nice part. And I certainly agree with Lammy's point, and my trip this past weekend is a perfect example. The NJ portion of the trip started on the Turnpike which is, well, the New Jersey Turnpike. Then we got on Route 1 which looked like it used to be beautiful farmland but is now a lot of office parks and strip malls. Then we turned into Princeton and it was immediately beautiful, tree-lined rural land leading into a nice town. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 been here all me life, and I gotta say it smells good to me. Wooooooo boy, that one stretch on the turnpike by the Meadowlands is a disgrace ! you have to hold yer breath or it could kill ya. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Most of NJ smells fine, it is just the most-often-seen-parts that smell poorly. NJ has Pine Valley GC and Baltusrol GC - two of the best golf courses in the US. Gorgeous land. Not that this helps NJ smell any better, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barbkm Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Life long Jersey girl and I can attest that the Turnpike in Newark is pretty foul, but the rest smalls pretty nice (except my co-op after I eat chocolate.) My home town is covered with woods and populated with bear, deer and various wild life. We may not have Rocky mountain like peaks, but we got skiing. And more horse farms than Kentucky. Those shows do give us a bad rep (My niece has met Olivia & Tracy from Jerselicous, and it's all real-- but she said Olivia is very sweet) but my friends and I are not like that. Hey, I adore Wilco enough to be on their fan site. You think I'm a guidette? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I've barely been west of the Rockies, and hardly over the 49th but damn, even I know New Jersey stinks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I've barely been west of the Rockies, and hardly over the 49th but damn, even I know New Jersey stinks....and to prove my point where in NJ have you visited? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I don't know from odor, but while driving to Florida, I did notice that the skin tone of most of the people being pulled over on the Jersey Turnpike was brown - make of that what you will. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 And more horse farms than Kentucky. I call horsesh*t! Ain't no way, sister. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
standenup Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2009/top25s/qualitylife/cleanair.html Rankings of the best places to live in the US according to air quality. Please see how 9 of the top 10 are South Jersey towns. As a lifelong South Jersey resident living on the fringe of the Pine Barrens, New Jersey's bad rep comes from North Jersey, particularly the only places people happen to see like Newark because of the airport. There's plenty of great places in North Jersey too, but South Jersey is a lot of farmland, and fairly rural for the most part. New Jersey does NOT stink, and in my opinion is the best place to live in the country (South Jersey specifically). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2009/top25s/qualitylife/cleanair.html Rankings of the best places to live in the US according to air quality. Please see how 9 of the top 10 are South Jersey towns. As a lifelong South Jersey resident living on the fringe of the Pine Barrens, New Jersey's bad rep comes from North Jersey, particularly the only places people happen to see like Newark because of the airport. There's plenty of great places in North Jersey too, but South Jersey is a lot of farmland, and fairly rural for the most part. New Jersey does NOT stink, and in my opinion is the best place to live in the country (South Jersey specifically).I would say the bad rap is from Camden (South), Newark, Elizebeth (Central) and Jersey City (Northern)...I agree with your sentiments otherwise! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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