Do You Really Know Jersey?

So, I just got finished reading a bunch of comments on People.com about the upcoming premiere of the Real Housewives of NJ. And it seems that everyone was bashing and hating hard on New Jersey. It disgusted to me to read some of the stuff that was said, and most of it was by people that don't even live here. And honestly I had no idea that people were viewing our state this way. People were calling it dirty and saying it is trash and it smells. Which honestly in some spots it does smell. But these close-minded, ignorant people have no idea how important NJ really is.





Firstly NJ was one of the first states to join the union, and today it is the second wealthiest state in America. NJ is great, not to mention our famous beaches, and the many ports that we have that play a big role in importing and exporting valuable items. So I decided to post some reasons to love NJ (no particular order):





1. The beaches, need I say more


2. Atlantic city


3. NYC influence


4.Liberty State Park


5. Princeton University


6. Six Flags


7. Real Estate


8. Rutgers University


9. Brooke Shields


10. The Sopranos


11. Bruce Springsteen


12.Bruce Willis


13. Chris Rock


14. Lauryn Hill


15.Ice T


16. Whitney Houston


17. Redman


18. Christina Milian


19. Naughty by Nature


20. Neighboring NYC, Philly, DC, and Baltimore


21. Full service gas stations


22. Diner Capitol of the WORLD


23. Largest seaport in US, in ELIZABETH


24. 80% of the nations imports comes through Elizabeth


25. The light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture projector were invented in NJ


26. Monopoly streets based off of Atlantic City streets


27. Atlantic City has the longest board walk in the WORLD


28. Frank Sinatra


29. First drive-in movie theater


30. Important battles of the Revolutionary War were fought here



31. 2nd wealthiest state in the nation, next to Maryland



32. The weather (whether you like it cold or hot)



33. Diversity among the people



34. The Malls



35. Walt Whitman



36. The Liberty Science Center



37. NJPAC



38. The Prudential Center



39. The Appalachian Trail



40. The NJ Devils



41. Seton Hall University


Feel free to add to the list.