# Why you be dissin' Jersey?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 17, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-be-dissin-jersey/182569 "2003-06-17T23:14:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Toaster52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Toaster52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toaster52)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-be-dissin-jersey/182569/41 "2003-06-19T20:37:36Z")

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I’m a transplant from the wide-open spaces of South Dakota, so I guess you could say I have a variety of experiences to compare.

I miss those wide-open spaces and probably always will. There is just something about being _alone_ in a universe of grass and sky with the wind ruffling your hair. But I am enjoying New Jersey also. I live in Jackson, about 30 miles from the ocean and an hour from the horror that is Newark (which, frankly, was my sole impression of New Jersey before I moved here). When you get away from the “city-fied” areas, this is actually a beautiful state. I love the beaches, the diners, the trees (yes, there are tons of trees in this state), the things to do and see…lots of things.

I just wish there weren’t so many people here.

_shrug_

whachagonnado…

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**Author:** ![Toaster52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Toaster52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toaster52)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-be-dissin-jersey/182569/42 "2003-06-19T20:53:29Z")

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I’m a transplant from the wide-open spaces of South Dakota, so I guess you could say I have a variety of experiences to compare.

I miss those wide-open spaces and probably always will. There is just something about being _alone_ in a universe of grass and sky with the wind ruffling your hair. But I am enjoying New Jersey also. I live in Jackson, about 30 miles from the ocean and an hour from the horror that is Newark (which, frankly, was my sole impression of New Jersey before I moved here). When you get away from the “city-fied” areas, this is actually a beautiful state. I love the beaches, the diners, the trees (yes, there are tons of trees in this state), the things to do and see…lots of things.

I just wish there weren’t so many people here.

_shrug_

whachagonnado…

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-be-dissin-jersey/182569/43 "2003-06-19T21:11:05Z")

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Oh yeah, NJ has trees. Visit the Pine Barrens some time. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-be-dissin-jersey/182569/44 "2003-06-20T00:44:23Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Dooku \*  
> \*\* I guess I’ll go with the fact that every person I’ve met from Jersey is an arrogant narcissistic prick. YMMV, of course. 🙂 \*\*

I met a person from NJ once. She was an arrogant narcissistic jerk.

I figured that the good folks of NJ had expelled her.

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