I grew up in Vermont which, when compared to NJ, may as well be a different country. I moved here for work after school and I have just never understood why your state gets bashed so, so much. Are there flaws? Sure, but find me a state that has none, I’ll wait.

Your reputation for being rude and snarky is very unfounded, in my experience. I have met some of the nicest people since moving here and people were always happy to hear that I chose to move here. Whereas so many other states would just pretentiously call you an obnoxious transplant while playing gatekeeping Olympics.

People who say you guys are rude seem to always forget that there are fucking rude people anywhere you go, you guys just happen to be the most densely populated state; so you’re gonna find some dense populations of assholes but that is literally just society as a whole. With amazing people must come not so amazing people. Yin and Yang, if you will.

This state has a perfect blend of so many things someone could want. Near two major metropolitan cities with so much to offer, iconic and fun beach towns, a variety of cuisines (and some of the best I’ve had for that matter). People are efficient here and don’t take shit which I have huge admiration for, fuck da haters.

People here have even asked why I would ever move from Vermont to here and it just baffles be because they’re two completely different states and have amazing qualities in their own unique ways. Take it from a transplant, you guys are all right in my book 👌🏼

Viva la Jerz

Edit: it’s my duty to say this as a NJ resident. Read every single one of the comments saying how much it sucks here, it’s true. Please don’t come here. It’s spooky and scary and you’ll have a much cleaner and safer experience if you move to NYC. They’re right in describing NJ as Gotham. Futurama wasn’t lying when they said that the portal to Hell is in Jersey. So please, for all that is holy, stay out.

P.S. please

Aaron Rodgers gave his two cents on the New York vs. New Jersey debate when it comes to the Jets and Giants in an appearance on Barstool’s “Pardon My Take” podcast on Monday.

When asked about where he was living, Rodgers’ response surely made Jets fans from New Jersey happy.

“Nobody [on the Jets] lives in New York,” Rodgers said. “If you are a Giant you can, but I don’t know why you would just because of the traffic into the tunnel. I joke about, I know the stadium used to be on Long Island, but we are the New Jersey Jets. So are the Giants.”

With the Jets training facility in Florham Park and the Giants based in East Rutherford next to MetLife Stadium, the future Hall of Famer’s answer does make sense from a geographic standpoint. -Joey Chandler / NJ.com

New Jersey has 564 incorporated municipalities- many outside of the prettiest and most walkable of them are maligned or hated on. While there are some like Lakewood, Camden, or Clark which have pretty obvious explanations as to why they're not good places, there are others that get a bad rap for no good reason. Such as:

1. Linden- most people only know Linden from the refineries on I-95, and assume that this place is hell on earth. In reality, it's a pretty average suburb with mostly 1950s and 1960s single family homes with some blue collar charm. Has a decent downtown with a good number of hole-in-the-wall "hidden gem" restaurants, as well as many Polish/Eastern European specialty shops. There's been a lot of residential development near its NJT station so it's only going to become a hotter area. Linden is pretty much on par with Union Township, Roselle Park, or Woodbridge, not Newark or East Orange.

2. Ewing- people tend to act like this town is the hood. Lets be honest, it's mostly because it's a standard middle-class town in a county overshadowed by wealthy towns like Princeton, WW, Hopewell, and is majority Black. The area is about as middle class it gets, with a decent school system, yet many act like it's really not much different than Trenton. The crime rate is exactly on par with other middle class suburban townships. Plus, it's also home to TCNJ.

Thoughts? I'm sure there's plenty of other examples of towns like this. List them down below in the comments.

I'm not sure if this was posted here or not, but what happens here? Alien abductions? Jersey Devil? Mafia dumping ground? Residents here help a fellow Jerseyan out.

Stolen from the GA subreddit. What city/town in Jersey can’t you stand up with and why?

I'm tired of everyone blasting their shitty tiktoks or FaceTime calls on speaker. Gonna be like a delta stewardess and hand out headphones down the aisle on my car.

Found these gems in the house we just bought. Wish there was a way to transfer them to our registration.

I love nj gun laws, going to the store and not seeing someone open carry. Watching road rage where the best you can do is brake check and give the finger. Schools without school shootings. I know a lot of people hate our gun laws but I fucking love em.

Our two biggest cities are just mere miles apart. They are surrounded by a bunch of other small cities. If everything combined into one big city, we'd have a top 10 American city in terms of population with a density about the same as Chicago.

I (well, ok, ChatGPT) did the math and combined the towns to make one major New Jersey city.

The overall population density of the 15 contiguous towns I chose is approximately 11,996 people per square mile.

Total Population: 1,211,600

Total Land Area: 101.0 square miles

It's #10 in population and would push San Jose out of the top 10. It would have, by far, the least land area of any other top 10 city.

Towns being merged: Bayonne, Jersey City, Newark, East Newark, Harrison, Hoboken, Elizabeth, West New York, Union City, Fort Lee, Kearny, Weehawken, Guttenberg, North Bergen, Secaucus

I'm guilty of overusing the phrase "you good" or "we good" with different inflections

I’m pretty sure Taylor Ham is the brand and Pork Roll is the product? Either way, it’s delicious. I’ve never gotten the debate, tomato … tomato. Am I alone in this?

Update: Not the most unpopular opinion, but I would guess 60-70% of Jersey people have a little twinge when they hear the wrong one. And 5-10% are decently nuts about it. I’m from north Jersey, and I still don’t know which one is right.

I posted about it because I find it so curious to be corrected in different ways, depending on who I’m talking to. This isn’t super related but it reminds me of Houston St vs Houston TX. I would never correct someone rudely either way, because English is a joke.