# why does everyone hate new jersey? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 11, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975 "2002-04-11T04:54:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/1 "2002-04-11T04:54:29Z")
it doesn’t seem to be… um… very respected. why is this? ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/2 "2002-04-11T05:13:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > \*\*it doesn’t seem to be… um… very respected. > > why is this? \*\* Your answer lies here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36582&highlight=new+jersey](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36582&highlight=new+jersey) ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/3 "2002-04-11T05:27:24Z")
Because all the cool kids do it. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/4 "2002-04-11T07:03:36Z")
Who hates New Jersey? Some of the best movies are set there: [ul] [li]Clerks[/li][li]Mallrats[/li][li]Dogma[/li][li]Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (I am the CLIT COMMANDER!)[/li][/ul] 😃 (Chasing Amy was set in New York. Classic case of Kevin Smith selling out the View Askew universe for some classier digs. Dogma and the obsessively referential J&SBSB returned to the Ancestral Home.) (Clerks is the best of all five. :)) ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/5 "2002-04-11T12:39:16Z")
thanks **magicalsilverkey** , the link explained all. ---
**Author:** ![Mondeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Mondeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mondeo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/6 "2002-04-11T12:49:45Z")
What the hells in New Jersey that anyone would want to see? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/7 "2002-04-11T13:18:59Z")
What’s the worste thing about dying in New York? The light at the end of the tunnel is New Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/8 "2002-04-11T13:50:02Z")
new jersey tends to itch until you’ve washed and fabric conditioned it a few times ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/9 "2002-04-11T14:45:02Z")
I hate New Jersey because the entire length of the state is orange-for-urban on the Rand McNally atlas. I hate driving through orange-for-urban splotches on the map. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/10 "2002-04-11T14:58:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Derleth \* > \*\*(Chasing Amy was set in New York. Classic case of Kevin Smith selling out the View Askew universe for some classier digs. \*\* I thought their apartment was in Red Bank. New Jersey. Parts of it were in NY, true, but not all of it. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/11 "2002-04-11T15:46:34Z")
[The Rolling Mills of New Jersey](http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/lookup.cgi?ti=NJMILLS&tt=ROLLBORD). Sung to the tune of “The Rolling Hills of the Border.” When I die, bury me low Where I can hear the petroleum flow. A sweeter sound, I never did know The rolling mills of New Jersey. -John Roberts and Tony Barrand ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/12 "2002-04-11T17:02:33Z")
Kevin Smith should have stopped making movies after Clerks and until he made Dogma. And then he should have stopped again. The commuter rail out of Penn Station. Highest per capita number of: I-ROCS, gold chains, and fat guys named Tony, Vinny or Mikey. Bar-A, Belmar, NJ These are a few of my least favorite things. ---
**Author:** ![cagiva650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cagiva650](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cagiva650)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/13 "2002-04-11T17:10:24Z")
Are there gardens in the garden state? ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/14 "2002-04-11T20:42:09Z")
My ex lives there. Ain’t that reason enough? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/15 "2002-04-11T22:38:08Z")
We only let the tourists see the ugly parts. ---
**Author:** ![cercaria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@cercaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cercaria)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/16 "2002-04-11T22:56:35Z")
Part of it smells funny. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/17 "2002-04-11T23:05:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > \*\*We only let the tourists see the ugly parts. \*\* Ain’t **THAT** the truth!😃 I’m 10 miles north of Princeton. It’s not near **any** exit, but it’s in a “township” that still has working, productive, and profitable farms in addition to all the conveniences of modern suburbia. It RuLeZ 😃 Mike ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/18 "2002-04-11T23:09:56Z")
Things to hate about Jersey. -Big hair -Not having change for the Turnpike -The bad smell over there by the Budweiser factory. -Newark -It’s got places like Hoo-Hoo-Kus, Watchung, and Hoboken. -Too many diners -Too many malls -Too many people -Seaside Heights -That awful accent! -Jughandles -The Mafia -Mean people who don’t know how to drive -Ridiculous auto insurance rates -Casey and Sean on the radio Things to love about Jersey -We don’t have to pump our own gas. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/19 "2002-04-12T02:17:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmackFu \* > \*\* > I thought their apartment was in Red Bank. New Jersey. Parts of it were in NY, true, but not all of it. \*\* Their apartment is in Red Bank. It was over Jack’s Music Store on Broad Street, just across the street from where Kevin Smith now has his comic book store. And by the way, I was born and raised in Jersey, and I don’t have any plans to leave. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975/20 "2002-04-12T02:28:20Z")
New Jersey has one thing going for it - the giant chicken of Hoboken. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-new-jersey/102975.md?page=2)