Some are pretty funny. And true.
http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/new-jersey/crazy-things-we-do-in-nj/
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I'd add that when asked about the distance to location, we answer in time.
Example:
Q: How far is it to New Brunswick?
A: Half an hour.
Example:
Q: How far is it to New Brunswick?
A: Half an hour.
Shocked "we don't pump our own gas" didn't make the list
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And it varies depending on the day, and how close it is to rush hour.
I grew up in Clark
Where?
Clark..by Westfield?? Cranford?
Where?
135 on the Parkway
oh.
Where?
Clark..by Westfield?? Cranford?
Where?
135 on the Parkway
oh.
That's pretty funny I haven't lived in New Jersey for 20 years and had no idea where Clark was. That is until you said it was exit 135.
I read that Garwood students now go to Clark for schools. When did this change? They used to go to Westfield.
don't know when it started but it's been that way since I've lived here. I moved to Clark from North Carolina in 2001 at the start of high school and the Garwood kids were there from the start.
When I tell people I'm from NJ and they say "Which exit?", I respond "Off the Parkway or Turnpike?"
The NJ drivers test should be you have to drive the Garden State Parkway from the NY border to the Turnpike. During rush hour. If you can get through Bergen county and the Oranges and not total your car or get run off the road, you can drive on any road in America
or get through the NYC gateways - GW, Lincoln, Holland with all those mergers
One thing people from NJ do is talk about Jersey.
We area proud bunch, even if we have a chip on our shoulder.
We area proud bunch, even if we have a chip on our shoulder.
I suppose it is true that "Jersey" is an attitude that is easily recognizable to the rest of the nation. You see it referenced on TV and in movies fairly often.
What are some others?
New York City
Texas
California/LA/San Francisco/SoCal
Minnesota Nice
Midwestern
Southern
New England
Missing any "attitudes" affiliated with geography?
Actually, a pretty good list and some good additions in this thread - made me hungry. Surprised there's no mention of the "shore" - not sure if they use that term anywhere else. Or, something about boardwalks, sausage & peppers or fried clams.
Had no clue about the sloppy joes. Isn't it basically a Ruben then?
Sidenote from Google: Looks like Rubens are with sauerkraut but in Jersey/NY they are with coleslaw?
Sidenote from Google: Looks like Rubens are with sauerkraut but in Jersey/NY they are with coleslaw?
Yeah I was really confused about both when I was a kid, sometimes I'd order a Reuben or Sloppy Joe and get the coleslaw versions.
Wait--is Sussex really the only county without Wawas? They've penetrated deepest North Jersey (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Union)? I thought that was QuickChek territory.
When people do the "what exit?" thing with me I pat them on the head and remind them I said South Jersey and I have no idea.
When people do the "what exit?" thing with me I pat them on the head and remind them I said South Jersey and I have no idea.
I am from North Jersey. People who have said "What exit?" to me have never been from New Jersey. It has always been out-of-staters trying to appear like they are in the know.
A friend of mine made his kids take 287 to Route 22 to Newark Airport, then back home by way of the Turnpike before they could get their license. I would say his kids are fine...
I don't know if there's any in Passaic County - we're Quickchek and 7/11 territory
i lived in jersey all of my life and I always thought a sloppy joe was a bunch of ground beef in Manwich sauce, my mom didnt use the can, she made her own sauce and seasonsing and mixed in peppers and mixing in the ground beef, one of my favorites meals as a kid, I have never heard of this other sloppy joe sandwich with slaw and meat
The "Seattle Freeze" is a pretty famous one. I think it's more of something you have to live there to experience, but anyone notice it on one of the RU trips to Seattle?
Anyone ever notice that "Jersey" can be a conversation stopper? My family always tells me, when they're out visiting me, saying they're from NJ gets anything from a sour look to an abrupt end to the conversation. And this is in the super-friendly Mountain West where people wave at you for no apparent reason at all. Don't recall ever having that happen, myself, but I guess it's different when you don't live there anymore.
Yeah the "What exit" thing really mostly applies to Eastern NJ and towns right off the Turnpike. I realize that's a pretty populous area, but it still leaves most of the state's geography.
There was a poll released within the last year or so that said New Jersey is the only state all other states have a negative opinion of. I am perversely proud of this fact.
People absolutely do call them "pies" in various parts of the state. I grew up saying "pizza pie" or "tomato pie."
We did and I am definitely guilty of ordering "one large plain pie", "one large pie with pepperoni", or some other variation. Also, I could hear myself asking at work "how many pies did we get?"
You would confuse the crap out of anyone outside of NJ. Not only is "pie" meaningless to out of staters, but "plain" pizza isn't universal, either. Every time I order a plain pizza, they give me this dumb stare and I have to clarify "cheese pizza." I believe that if I left it as "plain," I'd get a big piece of dough.
Pretty sure I've ordered a Ruben and at different places received either corned beef or pastrami (seems to vary by place) with coleslaw on top and Russian dressing.
I understand your point, but if a person thinks that someone went to a pizzeria to order just the dough they're crazy. Plain should be universal. No toppings.
On edit: I just realized I sometimes go to pizzerias and order just the dough and make the pizza at home... :joy: but then I ask for just the dough. Ugh... this hurts my head.
I'm feel like this conversation makes me sound like I'm double my age.
Not sure why people think the 'what exit' question means you're from out of state. Can't tell you how many times I said where I was from and got a blank stare, until I said Exit 5. This was to people from other parts of Jersey.
Completely agree. "Cheese pizza" is just redundant - of course it's gonna have cheese; that's what pizza is! "Plain" is simply ingrained in me, no matter how long I live away from the state. I guess I don't really want to change it because they're the ones that are wrong :smiley:
And yeah, if you just want the dough (completely understandable for a number of purposes), you ask for dough.
Sidenote: Did you ever have a problem getting dough? My brother was telling me that he tried to get some to bake a pizza on a charcoal grill oven and some pizzerias (in New Brunswick, no less) wouldn't sell it. Got all weird like it was some type of proprietary secret and he was going to use it to make and sell pizzas out of his food truck or something.