How Smart is Your State?

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1. BEING A NATIVE FROM JERSEY THIS WAS VERY REFRESHING TO HEAR. ALTHOUGH I HAVE MET SOME OF THE GREATEST PEOPLE EVER, MOVING SOUTH. I MISS JERSEY VERY MUCH AND WISH I COULD GO BACK, HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT SO SMART BY MAKING THINGS SO EXPENSIVE THAT THE NATIVES CANNOT EVEN STAY.

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   1. That is very interesting, Jersey. I’m from NY State originally and always thought NY State had the highest standards & acheivement for education, as well we did, for awhile. However, my brother who had lived in Jersey for a time DID LOVE it. I could never understand that
      because of its proximity to NYC, and the COOOOLD, COOOLD winters which were NOT missed when we moved away from Batavia, N. Y.
      But people from NJ long for it. Maybe not for the educational acheivements but because, as when I visited there, it was quite lovely and green and rolling and very scenic.
      But, congratulations on YOUR state achievements. If Jersey can do it, we can do it, too. Thus, you & your state…an inspiration to us.

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      1. THIS EXPLAINS A LOT ABOUT PEOPLE FROM NEW JERSEY, IT IS A FOREIGN PALCE.
         TO ALL YOU CURRENT AND FORMER JERSEYITES
         —IF YOU LIVE IN OR HAVE EVER LIVED IN JERSEY, YOU’LL APPRECIATE THIS…IF NOT YOU MAY BE SURPRISED
         -NEW JERSEY IS A PENINSULA.
         -NEW JERSEY HAS THE HIGHEST ELEVATION ALONG THE ENTIRE EASTERN SEABOARD, FROM MAINE TO FLORIDA.
         -NEW JERSEY IS THE ONLY STATE WHERE ALL OF ITS COUNTIES ARE CLASSIFIED AS METROPOLITAN AREAS.
         -NEW JERSEY HAS MORE RACE HORSES THAN KENTUCKY.
         -NEW JERSEY HAS MORE CUBANS IN UNION CITY(1 SQ MI.) THAN HAVANA, CUBA.
         -NEW JERSEY HAS THE DENSEST S YSTEM OF HIGHWAYS AND RAILROADS IN THE US.
         -NEW JERSEY HAS THE HIGHEST COST OF AUTO INSURENCE.
         -NEW JERSEY HAS THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXES IN THE NATION.
         -NEW JERSEY HAS THE MOST DINERS IN THE WORLD AND IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AND THE “DINER CAPITOL OF THE WORLD.”
         -NEW JERSEY IS HOME TO THE ORIGINAL MYSTERY PORK PARTS CLUB (TAYLOR HAM AND PORK ROLL)
         -HOME TO THE LESS MYSTERIOUS BUT THE BEST ITALIAN HOT DOGS AND ITALIAN SAUSAGE W/PEPPERS AND ONIONS.
         -NORTH JERSEY HAS THE MOST SHOPPING MALLS IN ONE AREA IN THE WORLD, WITH 7 SEVEN MAJOR SHOPPING MALLS IN A 25 SQUARE MILE RADIUS.
         -NEW JERSEY IS HOME TO THE STATUE FO LIBERTY ON ELLIS ISLAND.
         -THE PASSAIC RIVER WAS THE SITE OF THE FORST SUBMARINE RIDE BY INVENTOR JOHN P. HOLLAND.
         -NEW JERSEY HAS 50+ RESORTS CITIES & TOWNS: SOME OF THE NATION’S MOST FAMOUS: ASBURY PARK, WILDWOOD, ATLANTIC CITY, SEASIDE HEIGHTS, LONG BRANCH, CAPE MAY.
         -NEW JERSEY HAS THE MOST STRINGENT TESTING ALONG OUR COASTLINES FOR WATER QUALITY CONTROL THAN ANY OTHER SEABOARD STATE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
         -NEW JERSEY IS A LEADING TECHNOLOGY & INDUSTRIAL STATE AND IS THE LARGEST CHEMICAL PRODUCING STATE IN THE NATION WHEN YOU INCLUDE PHARMACEUTICALS.
         -JERSEY TOMATOES ARE KNOWN THE WORLD OVER AS BEING THE BEST YOU CAN BUY.
         -YOU HAVEN’T LIVED UNTIL YOU HAVE EATEN NEW JERSEY SWEET CORN.
         -NEW JERSEY IS THE WORLD LEADER IN BLUEBERRYAND CRANBERRY PRODUCTION.
         -IN 1642, THE FIRST BREWERY IN AMERICA, OPENED IN HOBOKEN.
         -NEW JERSEY ROCKS! THE FIRST SOLID BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR IN MAHWAH, IN1940.
         -NEW JERSEY IS A MAJOR SEAPORT STATE WITH THE LARGEST SEAPORT IN THE US, LOCATED IN ELIZABETH. NEARLY 80% OF WHAT OUR NATION IMPORTS COMES THEOUGH ELIZABETH SEAPORT FIRST.
         -NEW JERSEY IS HOME TO ONE OF THE NATION’S BUSIEST AIRPORTS (LIBERTY INTERNATION, IN NEWARK).
         -GEORGE WAHINGTON SLEPT HERE. SEVERAL IMPORTANT REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES WERE FOUGHT ON NJ SOIL, LED BY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON.
         -THE LIGHT BULB, PHONOGRAPH(RECORD PLAYER), AND MOTION PICTURE PROJECTOR, WERE INVENTED BY THOMAS EDISON IN HIS MENLO PARK LAB.
         -WE ALSO BOAST THE FIRST TOWN EVER LIT BY INCANDESCENT BULBS
         -THE FIRST SEAPLANE WAS BUILT IN KEYPORT NJ.
         -THE FIRST PHONOGRAPH RECORDS WERE MADE IN CAMDEN, NJ.
         -NEW JERSEY IS HOME TO THE MISS AMERICA PAGENT HELD IN ATLANTIC CITY NJ.
         -THE GAME MONOPOLY, PLAYED ALL OVER THE WORLD, NAMED THE STREETS ON ITS PLAYING BOARD AFTR THE ACTUAL STREETS IN ATLANTIC CITY, AND ATLANTIC CITY HAS THE LONGEST BOARDWALK IN THE WORLD, NOT TO MENTION SALT WATER TAFFY.
         -NEW JERSEY HAS THE LARGEST PETROLEUM CONTAINMENT AREA OUTDIE OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
         -THE FIRSTNDIAN RESERVATION WAS IN NEWJERSEY, IN THE WATCHUNG MOUNTAINS.
         -NEW JERSEY HAS THE TALLEST WATER TOWER IN THE WORLD.(UNION NJ)
         -NEW JERSEY HAD THE FIRST MEDICAL CENTER, IN JERSEY CITY.
         -THE PULASKI SKYWAY, FROM JERSEY CITY TO NEWARK, WAS THE FIRST SKYWAY HIGHWAY.
         -NJ BUILT THE FIRST TUNNEL UNDER A RIVER,THE HUDSON (THE HOLLAND TUNNEL)
         -THE FIRST BASEBALL GAME WAS PLAYED IN HOBOKEN, NJ, WHICH IS ALSO THE IRTHPLACE OF FRANK SINATRA.
         -THE FIRST INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL GAME WAS PLAYED IN NEW BRUNSWICK IN 1889 (RUTGERS VS. PRINCETON)
         -THE FIRST DRIVE IN MOVIE THEATER WAS OPENED IN CAMDEN, (BUT THEY ARE ALL CLOSED NOW0
         -NEW JERSEY IS HOME TO BOTH OF “NEW YORK’S” PRO FOOTBALL TEAMS!
         -THE FIRST RADIO STATION AND BROADCAST WAS IN PATERSON,NJ.
         -THE FIRST RADIO BORADCAST WAS MADE FROM ALPINE,NJ BY MAJ.
         THE FOLLOWING ARE ALL NJ NATIVES: MOE SEPTEE, AL ATTERMAN, HOWARD ATTERMANN, SAL MARTORANO, JACK NICHOLSON, ROBERT ATTERMANN, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, BON JOVI, JASON ALEXANDER, STEVE ROSENBAUM, CONNIE FRANCIS, SAM ROSENFARB, SHAQ, JUDY BLUME, AARON BURR, RUTH SEPTEE, JOAN ROBERTSON, KEN KROSS, DIONNE WARWICK, SARAH VAUGHN, LT. AARON ATTERMANN, BUDD ABBOTT, LOU COSTELLO, ALAN GINSBERG, NORMAN MAILER, MARILYNN MCCOO, FLIP WILSON, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, WHITNEY HOUSTON, EDDIE MONEY, LAUREN SASHA ATTERMANN, LINDA MCELROU, EILEEN DONNELLY, GROVER CLEVELAND, WOODROW WILSON, WALT WHITMAN, JERRY LEWIS, TOM CRUISE, JOYCE KILMER, BRUCE WILLIS, CAESER ROMERO, LAURYN HILL, ICE-T, NICK ADAMS, NATHAN LANE, SANDRA DEE, DEBBIE MASSEY, DANNY DEVITO, RICHARD CONTI, JOEPESCI, JOE PISCOPO, ROBERT BLAKE, JOHN FORSYTHE, MERYL STREEP, LORETTS SWIT, NORMAN LLOYD, PAUL SIMON, JERRY HERMAN, GORDEN MCCRAE, KEVIN SPACEY, JOHN TRAVOLTA, PHYLLIS NEWMAN, ANN MORROW LINDBERGH, EVA MARIE SAINT, ELIZABETH SHUE, ZEBULON PIKE, ELISA SEPTEE LUNZER, NEAL ATTERMANN, JAMES FENNIMORE COOPER, ADMIRAL WM. HALSEY, JR., DAVE THOMAS(WENDY’S), WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS, RAY LIOTTA, ROBERT WUHL, BOB REYERS, PAUL MACCHIA AND OF COURSE FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA AND “UNCLE FLOYD” VIVINO, KELLY RIPA.
         -BOB MEADE ADDS: THE GREAT FALLS IN PATERSON, ON THE PASSAIC RIVER, IS THE SECOND HIGHEST WATERFALL ON THE EAST COAST OF THE

         YOU KNOW YOU’RE FROM JERSEY WHEN….
         -YOU DONT’ THINK OF FRUIT WHEN SOMEONE MENTION “THE ORANGES.”
         -YOU KNOW THAT IT’S CALL GREAT ADVENTURE , NOT SIX FLAGS.
         -A GOOD, QUICK BREAKFAST IS A HARD ROLL WITH BUTTER.
         -YOU’VE KNOW THE WAY TO SEASIDE SINCE YOU WERE 7.
         -YOU KNOW THAT THE STATE ISN’T ONE BIG OIL REFINERY.
         -AT LEAST 3 PEOPLE IN YOUR FAMILY STILL LOVE SRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, AND YOUKNOW THE TOWN JON BON JOVI IS FROM.
         -YOU KNOW WHAT A “JUG HANDLE” IS.
         -YOU KNOW WAWA IS A CONVENIENCE STORE.
         -YOU NOW THAT THE STATE ISN’T ALL FARMLAND.
         -YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO “BEACHES” IN NEW JERSEY–THERE’S THE SHORE AND YOU DON’T GO “TOTHE SHORE” YOU GO “DOWN THE SHORE.” AND WHEN YOU ARE THERE YOU’RE NOT “AT THE SHORE”; YOU ARE “DOWN THE SHORE.”
         -YOU KNOW HAW TO PROPERLY NEGOIATE A CIRCLE.
         -YOU DON’T THINK”WHAT EXIT?” IS VERY FUNNY.
         -YOU LIVE WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT MALLS.
         -YOU REFER TO ALL HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES BY THERE NUMBERS.
         -EVERY YEAR YOU HAVE AT LEAST ONE KID IN YOUR CLASS NAMED TONY.
         -YOU KNOW THE LOCATION OF EVERY CLIP SHOWN IN THE SOPRANOS OPENING CREDITS.
         -YOU HAVE GOTTON ON THE WRONG HIGHWAY TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE MALL.
         -YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE FROM NORTH JERSEY GO TO SEASIDE HEIGHTS, PEOPLE FROM CENTRAL JERSEY GO TO BELMAR AND PEOPLE FROM SOUTH JERSEY GO TO WILDWOOD. IT CAN BE NO OTHER WAY.
         -YOU DONT CONSIDER NEWARK OR CAMDEN TO BE PART OF THE STATE.
         -YOU WEREN’T RAISED IN NEW JERSEY–YOU WERE RAISED IN EITHER NORTH JERSEY, CENTRAL JERSEY, OR SOUTH JERSEY.
         -YOU REMEMBER STORES LIKE TWO GUYS, BAMBERGER’S AND ORBACH’S.
         YOU HAVE HAD A BOARD WALK CHEESE STEAK AND VINEGAR FRIES.
         YOU START PLANNING MEMORAIL DAY WEEKEND IN FEBRUARY.
         AND FINALLY
         YOU’VE NEVER , EVER PUMPED YOUR OWN GAS.

      2. What about a girl of all things from Jersey just won the “Spelling Bee” this week. Why did you forget that Ms. Jersey? 🙂

         But, I like the food and shopping part best!!!! And, don’t forget these three states 1. Vermont
         2. Connecticut 3. Massachusetts, still have something just a little better than Jersey and Virginia is right on your heels. OK, enjoy while you can. Again 🙂