New Jersey's 'new' map

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<p>soozievt- not mountains like Vermont maybe but not flat either…
we have some good hills in northern NJ.</p>

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<p>Former Christie country resident, loved the map…only semi-jokingly for years thought the country stopped at Bergen County westerly border and picked up again in California…though there is an island callled Chicago…now a Philly area resident, and the country stops. About 5 miles west of my home. ;)</p>

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<p>Have to say we are enjoying our relocation to NJ quite a lot. The people here are verbal. They want to talk and discuss the meaning of life and tell you what’s what. It’s fun. Also, there are many really lovely zones.</p>

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<p>I am also a transplant to NJ and have to say the attitude here suits me!</p>

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<p>Yeah, but there is a reason that NJ is called the GARDEN State and VT is called the Green MOUNTAIN State. </p>

<p>In any case, all I can say is that NJ and VT are VERY different in lotsa respects.</p>

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<p>I thought the map was a hoot! I am a lifelong Jersey girl, born in “Old People and Asian” and moved to “Farms and Army Bases,” just bordering “Pretty Much Alabama.” I am wondering what people from Alabama think, though. Going to check it out!</p>

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<p>I think it is hilarious ! But a little disappointed that my area fell into the Pineys Pineys everywhere…I guess we are too non-descript to make a better mark on the map</p>

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<p>New Jersey is indeed complex. We live at the intersection of “Happy Families,” “Crumbling Industry” and “Worse Than Detroit.”</p>

<p>The map is hilarious; there is a lot of truth to it.</p>

<p>Camden is not really worse than Detroit. It is much more compact, for one thing – 8.8 sq mi as opposed to 138.8 sq mi. A lot of redevelopment has happened and will continue to happen.</p>

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<p>Loved the map! It certainly has some rather accurate labels (in a humorous way). Made everyone in our household chuckle. </p>

<p>I’m in the Executives MB area and it certainly is somewhat true. It’s a pretty part of the state. I grew up here and I had no idea why people made jokes about NJ. As far as I knew, it was a beautiful, rural place with many farms. Back then, I’d never been to Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City or Camden.</p>

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<p>Hunterdon is very hilly in the northern portion. Not mountains but lots of nice rolling hills. I have been to VT numerous times and there are many similarities. Lots of pre 1800 buildings and towns with cores that have change little. The largest town in H County is still well under 5,000 people. Just like VT many NY folks kept country homes in the area. Small farms still common. </p>

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<p>New Jersey represent … Spent only a few months of my infant life there, but here’s where I was born (yes, I am the only person I know actually born here). Bruce Springsteen summed it up perfectly. </p>

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<p>I had a baby in New Jersey while living in the region of Lake Houses Owned by New Yorkers–pretty funny. My (Lake area) girlfriend used to say that she liked to drive up to the Wilderness area to shop because:“If you have all your teeth, you look pretty good.” That was more than 15 years ago and it still makes me chuckle.</p>

<p>Oh, I loved New Jersey when we lived there.</p>

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<p>^^^^That area known as Wilderness is where the term 'tooth’brush was coined…^^^</p>

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<p>Glad to see so much Jersey affection here! I absolutely love the state, in all its bizarreness (after all, it’s where the “Weird <insert placename=”" here="">" franchise was born). As a writer, living here is an unending source of fantastic material! (and it’s a really beautiful place, too, and I have the pictures to prove it.)</insert></p>

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<p>We bought our annual pork roll (Taylor Ham) at the only place I know in Washington that sells it. A Christmas treat @ $12/pound</p>

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<p>It’s taylor ham north of Trenton pork roll from Trenton south</p>

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<p>Very true tom1944… And there is a huge differnce in taste from Taylor ham and generic pork roll…any true Northern NJ resident won’t tolerate pork roll! As a transplant to the Philly area, they have no idea about Taylor Ham</p>

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<p>I would have labeled the NW region ‘pretty much West Virginia’.</p>

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<p>Sparta would take great offense at that, lol!! Though we have driven through the hills of West Virginia and it is beautiful.</p>

<p>This region has a few of the top ranked HS wrestling teams in the state. Attending one of those matches can be quite entertaining!</p>

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<p>Not sure nj2011mom meant the topography when she compared NW NJ to West Va…</p>

<p>Jkjkjkjk…</p>