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Why New Jersey Is The Best State

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Why New Jersey Is The Best State
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New Jersey gets the best of all four seasons.

Summertime in NJ is warm enough to enjoy a day (heck, the whole Summer) at the beautiful Jersey shore. Autumn stays quite warm well into the season, and brings beautiful colors from the changing leaves on the trees. Winter does not get as brutally cold as a Winter in Upstate New York does, but cold enough for plenty of beautiful snowy days. Spring is the perfect intermediate with beautiful weather in the 70's, and blooming flowers and trees.


Almost anywhere in New Jersey is just a short drive from the world's most popular cities.

Whether you are in North or South Jersey, you are not more than an hour or so away from either New York City or Philadelphia. While some may have opinions as to which city is better, they are both some of the most popular.


NJ also holds some of it's own beautiful cities.

Why live in New York City when you can have the best view of NYC for half the price of living in the actual city? Not only is it cheaper than New York, but Hoboken has some of the best bars and restaurants perfect for any occasion.


The Jersey Shore

Contrary to popular belief, the Jersey shore is not all about fist bumping.


But rather home to over 300 miles of beautiful beaches and beach towns such as Asbury Park, Point Pleasant, Seaside Heights, Long Beach Island, Ocean City, and Cape May.

People travel from all over, near and far, to spend time at the famous Jersey shore. There is truly nothing like it. By the way, people who live in New Jersey go "down the shore" not "to the beach."


Some of the most famous individuals are New Jersey Natives.

The boss. Bruce Springsteen can be seen very often hanging out at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park and will sometimes get on stage and preform for everyone!

Jon Bon Jovi.

Whitney Houston.

And the great Frank Sinatra.


Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey is older than America itself.

Rutgers University was chartered as Queen’s College on November 10, 1766, while America was founded on July 4, 1776. That right! Rutgers is almost ten years older than America itself!


Rutgers is also the birthplace of college football.

College football began with Rutgers Queensmen versus the Princeton Tigers (formerly College of New Jersey). Rutgers won against Princeton, 6 - 4!


The Giants and the Jets are really New Jersey teams.

Metlife stadium is actually located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, not New York.


New Jersey has it's own iconic figure.

New Jersey's hockey team, The NJ Devils did not get its mascot randomly. The Jersey Devil is nearly as famous as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, Nessie!


Jersey girls don't pump gas.

It isn't that people in New Jersey are lazy, it is actually illegal to pump your own gas.


New Jersey holds some of the most beautiful and historic towns.

Not all of New Jersey is full of busy highway systems and dirty cities. The Garden State is a very unique corner of the East Coast and is truly worth checking out.

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