New Jersey aka: NJ

Lived here my whole life in north jersey and now going to college in south jersey!!!!!

I visited New Jersey in 2000 when I went to stay with a friend as I trekked around The States. They lived in one of the ’burbs not too far from the bridge across the river into Philadelphia, which proved to be a big highlight for me (visiting Philly).

Also, I was there for 4th July, and myself and her family drove down to Atlantic City to watch the fireworks on the beach, as well as have a swim in the afternoon beforehand. Also got to visit Caesar’s Palace and a couple of other big casinos, which, for an Aussie who’d never seen a “Casino strip”, was something special.

New Jersey has lots of houses, as everyone tells you, but I think it is well-and-truly worth visiting, especially for everything that is around it (I also visited NYC while I was there).

My great aunt lives here.

My family and I used to drive 2 days to visit her in Bricktown.

We haven’t done it in almost 7 years.

I miss it.

I like this place…..but it seems so FLAT compared to Pennsylvania

Been there a couple times while living in New York – Paramus and Newark.

I’ve been here for a lay-over, so I don’t exactly consider me going here.

I didn’t do anything but eat McDonald’s as I waited to come back home.

Go to Cape May! It is old and beautiful and romantic. The restaurants are amazing and the beaches are clean.

I’m from South Jersey, which usually isn’t the ‘Jersey’ people who aren’t from around here think of. I lived there for the first 18 years of my life and it is where I learned to appreciate nature, farming, plants, animals, and so on. I grew up in a smallish farm town near the Pine Barrens and most of my family still lives there or around there and since I live in Philadelphia now I travel back by train often. I can’t say I could live there, I love urban life and having access to everything and anything, but whenever I go back I realize more and more how much growing up there did have its positive impact. The photo above is of my part of my maternal grandmother’s property. I love it there.

I drove from Washington DC to Boston and back, passing through New Jersey both times. What I saw outside New York was industrial and very smelly. The southern part by Delaware is nice.

I don’t like the fact you can’t pump your own gas. The prices were cheap ($3.17) but the wait was too long. Also, It felt very lazy having someone put gas in my car.

I grew up in north Jersey – there’s a lot more to do and see in the state than most people think. Lots of great historic sites, nature, farms, cities, the beach.