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Pretty long so read it when you have time......
New Jersey is a peninsula. Highlands, 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 most dense system of highways
and railroads in the US.
New Jersey has the most diners in the world and
is sometimes referred to as the Diner Capital of
the World Here's to the "Tic Toc" on Rt. 3
and the home to the greatest cheesecake on the
planet, the now defunct Claremont Diner.
New Jersey is home to the original mystery pork
parts chub (no, not spam)Taylor Ham or Pork Roll.
Yo!.....with fried egg & mustard on a hardroll.
Home to the less mysterious but 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 seven major shopping malls
in a 25 square mile radius.
New Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty and
Ellis Island.
The Passaic River was the site of the first
submarine ride by inventor John P. Holland.
New Jersey has 50+ resort cities & towns, some of
the nations' most famous: Asbury Park, Wildwood,
Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Long Branch & Cape
May.
New Jersey has the most stringent testing along
our coastline 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.
New Jersey is the world leader in blueberry and
cranberry production(and here you thought
Massachusetts?)
Here's to New Jersey - the toast of the country!
In 1642, the first brewery in America opened in
Hoboken.
New Jersey rocks! The famous Les Paul invented
the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah in
1940. (and still lives there)
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
through Elizabeth Seaport first.
New Jersey is home to one of the nation's busiest
airports at Newark Liberty International.
George Washington slept here. Several important
Revolutionary War battleswere fought on New Jersey
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, NJ laboratory.
We also boast the first town ever lit by
incandescent bulbs.
The first seaplane was built in Keyport, NJ.
The first airmail (to Chicago) was started from
Keyport, NJ.
The first phonograph records were made in
Camden,NJ.
New Jersey is home to the Miss America pageant
held in Atlantic City.
The game Monopoly, played all over the world,
named the streets on their playing board after the
actual streets in Atlantic City.
And Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in
the world.
New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment
area outside of the Middle East countries.
The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey,
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. (Holland Tunnel).
The first baseball game was played in Hoboken,
NJ, which is also the birthplace of Frank Sinatra.
The first intercollegiate football game was
played in New Brunswick in 1889. (Rutgers College
played Princeton.)
The first Drive-in Movie theater was opened in
Camden, NJ.
New Jersey is home to both of "NEW YORK'S "
Pro Football Teams!
The first radio station and broadcast was in
Paterson, NJ.
All New Jersey natives: Sal Martorano, Jack
Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen,Bon Jovi, Jason
Alexander, Queen Latifa, Susan Sarandon,
Connie Francis, Shaq,Judy Blume, AaronBurr, Joan
Robertson, Ken Kross, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughn,
Budd Abbott, Lou Costello, James Cagney,
Alan Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, Marilynn McCoo,Flip
Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, Whitney Houston, Eddie
Money, Linda McElroy,Eileen Donnely,
Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman,
Jerry Lewis, Tom Cruise, Richard Wojewodzki, Joyce
Kilmer, Bruce Willis, Caesar Romero, Lauryn Hill,
Ice-T, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane, Sandra Dee, Danny DeVito,
Richard Conti, Joe Pesci, Joe Piscopo, Robert
Blake, John Forsyth, Meryl Streep, Loretta Swit,
Norman Lloyd,Paul Simon, Jerry Herman,
Gorden McCrae, Kevin Spacey, John Travolta,
Phyllis Newman, Anne Morrow, Charles Lindbergh, Eva
Marie Saint, Elisabeth Shue, Zebulon Pike,
James Fennimore Cooper, Admiral Wm.Halsey,Jr.,
Dave Thomas(Wendy's), William Carlos Williams, Ray
Liotta, Robert Wuhl, Paul Robeson, Ernie Kovacs,
Joseph Macchia and of course.........Francis Albert Sinatra and
"Uncle Floyd" Vivino.
You know you're from New Jersey when.... You
don't think of fruit when people mention "The
Oranges".
You know that it's called Great Adventure, not
Six Flags.
A good, quick breakfast is a hard roll with
butter.
You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you
were seven.
You've eaten at a Diner, when you were stoned or
drunk, at 3a.m.
You know that the state isn't one big oil
refinery.
At least three people in your family still love
Bruce Springsteen and you know the town Jon Bon
Jovi is from.
You know what a "jug handle" is.
You know that WaWa is a convenience store.
You know 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 to the
shore, you go "down the Shore". And when you
are there,you're not "at the shore", you are
"down the Shore".
You know how to properly negotiate a Circle.
(You knew that the last sentence had to do with
driving your car.)
You know that this is the only "New..."state that
doesn't require "New" to identify it
(like,try...Mexico,...York,...Hampshire -
doesn't work, does it?)
You know that a "White Castle" is the name of
BOTH a fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich.
You consider putting mayo on a corned beef
sandwich a sacrilege.
You don't think "What exit" is very funny.
You know that people from the 609 areacode are "a
little different". Yes they are!
You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to
Princeton - that's for out-of-staters.
The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your
school or local bar, make that Eagles-Giants!
You live within 20 minutes of at least three
different malls.
You refer to all highways and interstates by
their 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've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get
out of the mall or Newark Airport.
You know that people from North Jersey go to
Seaside Heights, and people from Central Jersey go
to Belmar and people from South Jersey
go to Wildwood. (It can be no other way)
You weren't raised in New Jersey -- you were
raised in either North Jersey, Central Jersey or
South Jersey.
You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually
be part of the state.
You remember the stores Korvette's, Two Guys,
Rickel's, Channel, Bamburger's and Orbach's.
You've had a Boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar
fries.
You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in
February.
And finally...
You've NEVER, EVER pumped your own gas.
New Jersey is a peninsula. Highlands, 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 most dense system of highways
and railroads in the US.
New Jersey has the most diners in the world and
is sometimes referred to as the Diner Capital of
the World Here's to the "Tic Toc" on Rt. 3
and the home to the greatest cheesecake on the
planet, the now defunct Claremont Diner.
New Jersey is home to the original mystery pork
parts chub (no, not spam)Taylor Ham or Pork Roll.
Yo!.....with fried egg & mustard on a hardroll.
Home to the less mysterious but 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 seven major shopping malls
in a 25 square mile radius.
New Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty and
Ellis Island.
The Passaic River was the site of the first
submarine ride by inventor John P. Holland.
New Jersey has 50+ resort cities & towns, some of
the nations' most famous: Asbury Park, Wildwood,
Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Long Branch & Cape
May.
New Jersey has the most stringent testing along
our coastline 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.
New Jersey is the world leader in blueberry and
cranberry production(and here you thought
Massachusetts?)
Here's to New Jersey - the toast of the country!
In 1642, the first brewery in America opened in
Hoboken.
New Jersey rocks! The famous Les Paul invented
the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah in
1940. (and still lives there)
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
through Elizabeth Seaport first.
New Jersey is home to one of the nation's busiest
airports at Newark Liberty International.
George Washington slept here. Several important
Revolutionary War battleswere fought on New Jersey
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, NJ laboratory.
We also boast the first town ever lit by
incandescent bulbs.
The first seaplane was built in Keyport, NJ.
The first airmail (to Chicago) was started from
Keyport, NJ.
The first phonograph records were made in
Camden,NJ.
New Jersey is home to the Miss America pageant
held in Atlantic City.
The game Monopoly, played all over the world,
named the streets on their playing board after the
actual streets in Atlantic City.
And Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in
the world.
New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment
area outside of the Middle East countries.
The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey,
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. (Holland Tunnel).
The first baseball game was played in Hoboken,
NJ, which is also the birthplace of Frank Sinatra.
The first intercollegiate football game was
played in New Brunswick in 1889. (Rutgers College
played Princeton.)
The first Drive-in Movie theater was opened in
Camden, NJ.
New Jersey is home to both of "NEW YORK'S "
Pro Football Teams!
The first radio station and broadcast was in
Paterson, NJ.
All New Jersey natives: Sal Martorano, Jack
Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen,Bon Jovi, Jason
Alexander, Queen Latifa, Susan Sarandon,
Connie Francis, Shaq,Judy Blume, AaronBurr, Joan
Robertson, Ken Kross, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughn,
Budd Abbott, Lou Costello, James Cagney,
Alan Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, Marilynn McCoo,Flip
Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, Whitney Houston, Eddie
Money, Linda McElroy,Eileen Donnely,
Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman,
Jerry Lewis, Tom Cruise, Richard Wojewodzki, Joyce
Kilmer, Bruce Willis, Caesar Romero, Lauryn Hill,
Ice-T, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane, Sandra Dee, Danny DeVito,
Richard Conti, Joe Pesci, Joe Piscopo, Robert
Blake, John Forsyth, Meryl Streep, Loretta Swit,
Norman Lloyd,Paul Simon, Jerry Herman,
Gorden McCrae, Kevin Spacey, John Travolta,
Phyllis Newman, Anne Morrow, Charles Lindbergh, Eva
Marie Saint, Elisabeth Shue, Zebulon Pike,
James Fennimore Cooper, Admiral Wm.Halsey,Jr.,
Dave Thomas(Wendy's), William Carlos Williams, Ray
Liotta, Robert Wuhl, Paul Robeson, Ernie Kovacs,
Joseph Macchia and of course.........Francis Albert Sinatra and
"Uncle Floyd" Vivino.
You know you're from New Jersey when.... You
don't think of fruit when people mention "The
Oranges".
You know that it's called Great Adventure, not
Six Flags.
A good, quick breakfast is a hard roll with
butter.
You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you
were seven.
You've eaten at a Diner, when you were stoned or
drunk, at 3a.m.
You know that the state isn't one big oil
refinery.
At least three people in your family still love
Bruce Springsteen and you know the town Jon Bon
Jovi is from.
You know what a "jug handle" is.
You know that WaWa is a convenience store.
You know 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 to the
shore, you go "down the Shore". And when you
are there,you're not "at the shore", you are
"down the Shore".
You know how to properly negotiate a Circle.
(You knew that the last sentence had to do with
driving your car.)
You know that this is the only "New..."state that
doesn't require "New" to identify it
(like,try...Mexico,...York,...Hampshire -
doesn't work, does it?)
You know that a "White Castle" is the name of
BOTH a fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich.
You consider putting mayo on a corned beef
sandwich a sacrilege.
You don't think "What exit" is very funny.
You know that people from the 609 areacode are "a
little different". Yes they are!
You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to
Princeton - that's for out-of-staters.
The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your
school or local bar, make that Eagles-Giants!
You live within 20 minutes of at least three
different malls.
You refer to all highways and interstates by
their 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've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get
out of the mall or Newark Airport.
You know that people from North Jersey go to
Seaside Heights, and people from Central Jersey go
to Belmar and people from South Jersey
go to Wildwood. (It can be no other way)
You weren't raised in New Jersey -- you were
raised in either North Jersey, Central Jersey or
South Jersey.
You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually
be part of the state.
You remember the stores Korvette's, Two Guys,
Rickel's, Channel, Bamburger's and Orbach's.
You've had a Boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar
fries.
You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in
February.
And finally...
You've NEVER, EVER pumped your own gas.
