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- jdcomba
does everyone here understand the importance of new jersey? i'm talking to all of you. even you international folk!!!!!!!!!!!
- jdcomba0
READY FOR THIS BITCHES................
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.
-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 industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals.
-Two-thirds of the world's eggplants are grown in New Jersey.
-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 industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals.
-Two-thirds of the world's eggplants are grown in New Jersey.
-New Jersey is the world leader in blueberry and cranberry production.
-Here's to New Jersey-the toast of the country! In 1642, the first brewery in America opened in Hoboken.
-The famous Les Paul invented the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah in 1940.
-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 International.
-George Washington slept here. Several important Revolutionary War battles were 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
-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 International.
-George Washington slept here. Several important Revolutionary War battles were 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.
-New Jersey had the first Medical Center, in Jersey City.
-The Pulaski Sky Way, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway highway.
-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.
-New Jersey had the first Medical Center, in Jersey City.
-The Pulaski Sky Way, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway highway.
-NJ built the first tunnel under a river, the Hudson. (Holland Tunnel)
-New Jersey is the only state in the nation which offers child abuse prevention workshops to every public school.
-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 famous New Jersey-ites: Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifa, Susan Sarandon,
Connie Francis, Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, Joan Robertson, Ken Kross, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughn, Budd Abbott,
Lou Costello, 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 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, Frank Sinatra, James Gandolfini, Bette Midler,
- jdcomba0
whatever...
-Here's to New Jersey-the toast of the country! In 1642, the first brewery in America opened in Hoboken.
- Crouwel0
ask gee.
she is the perfect example of all the is jersey.
8B
- jdcomba0
GEE IS MY NEIGHBOR
- Rand0
FUCK YEAH
- kld0
oakland and jersey are sometimes compared to each other
- jdcomba0
i hear that. i'm going to SF in september, i want to visit oakland. my pops designed a nightclub out there.
- Rand0
one word: peteski
- Crouwel0
your pops designs nightclubs? you get free entrance for lifetime?
- tkmeister0
hey jersey boy!
- kbags0
While we're on the topic, the first ORGANIZED baseball game also took place in Hoboken. Not to mention the home of the late Frank Sinatra.
Hell yeah I understand the importance of NJ. And let me tell you, no other place in the world compares to Jersey. But most people don't fully understand it because it takes a long time and a lot of in-state travel to grasp all that is Jersey.
- jdcomba0
n00bs start here:
http://www.weirdnj.com/
- vena0
jersey pretty much owns all.
- tehgee0
jd im going cruising for guidos tonight in hoboken wish me luck
- kld0
jd,
what night club was that again?
- mattyd0
not to mention jersey is the worst smelling state in the country.
also, sinatra denounce. his jersey roots. remember, he sang 'new york, new york' not 'new jersey, new jersey'.
- lvl_130
fuck that. minneapolis owns ALL!
that is fucking freezing! : P
- Rand0
horrible little beach towns, though
- lvl_130
horrible little beach towns, though
Rand
(Aug 20 05, 11:55)in minneapolis?
haha, just joking. it is the land of a billion lakes though.
- Bruckford0
Rand meant NJ