# What are people making fun of when they make fun of New Jersey?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 13, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-making-fun-of-when-they-make-fun-of-new-jersey/528905 "2010-02-13T23:16:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-making-fun-of-when-they-make-fun-of-new-jersey/528905/21 "2010-02-19T21:25:02Z")

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> [@Serenata67](#):
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> And they wouldn’t join an MTV show that makes us look like a bunch of guidos, spray-tan addicts, and chicks who can’t do their hair without 3 inches of bump.

Would they join a show that makes a _neighboring_ state look that way? Exactly one cast member is from Jersey – the others are just another pack of bennies fucking up our beaches.

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**Author:** ![Richie\_Incognito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@Richie\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richie_Incognito)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-making-fun-of-when-they-make-fun-of-new-jersey/528905/22 "2010-02-19T21:30:38Z")

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Factories and refineries on the the turnpike are hideous and smell. An easy target to make fun of.

The well off areas of Jersey are essentially suburbs of other states major cities (NYC/Philly). An easy target to make fun of.

Jersey does not have its own tv stations (with the exception of News 12) and get NY stations and PA stations instead. As a result, NY and PA tv stations report NJ news but typically only when something terrible happens. This hurts NJs reputation in the bordering states and makes it an easy target.

I’m sure the Sopranos didn’t help.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-making-fun-of-when-they-make-fun-of-new-jersey/528905/23 "2010-02-19T21:39:04Z")

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> [@Southern\_Yankee](#):
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> So there’s a lot to pick on. But there’s also a lot of great people, great history and beautiful areas.

Cite?

😃

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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-making-fun-of-when-they-make-fun-of-new-jersey/528905/24 "2010-02-21T01:30:34Z")

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[Great places](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=new+jersey+nature&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&start=0)

[Greatish history](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_Jersey)… uh, we were third to ratify the Constitution.

As for great people, well, modesty forbids me from being more specific… 😉

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