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This little secret spot.

Interesting how many people commenting know nothing about the Jersey Shore. Stay the night at the airport and stop in Pt. Pleasant Beach for the kids to enjoy the boardwalk, if on the weekend. If a weekday then Asbury Park/Ocean Grove. That part of Shore is open year round.

Dream is to live in a place with no snow so loving it so far. Winter is my least fav season so getting through w/o worrying about the shoveling, cancellations, black ice, etc. is fine by me.

This.

I’ve seen a guy shitting on a side walk. In NJ where I just moved. It was my first time.

Definitely NJ!

I identify with NJ and the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region in general compared to the rest of the US. Aside for some minor differences like sports fandom and specific local cuisine, culture here is pretty similar from NoVA/Maryland to Massachusetts.

NJ. It's kind of funny.....when that Fox News bit came out that NJ is the "least patriotic" state in the country, I thought a bit about it and yeah, I'm not proud to be an American. I'm not necessarily not proud, either--I just happened to be born and live in the USA, it feels like a neutral to me.

But on a national scale, I'm proud of NJ. I'm proud that we have one of the highest qualities of life, best access to healthcare, and it's one of the best states to be a woman. We've got bodily autonomy, no pink tax, we were the 2nd state to outlaw child marriage, and stats show you're less likely to be raped here than you are in every other state.

That kind of stuff matters to me. I might be a 2nd class citizen at the federal level, but not here.

And so it dawned on me that I'm patriotic for NJ. Like legit, I'll proudly wave the buff and blue all day.

This winter feels like its flying by. My depression isnt so bad this year

NJ absolutely.

That's city life. You count how many people you're passing, not miles.

Agreed. I started off - on my own - with $60k but that’s when you could find a decent apartment in the northern suburbs for less than $1500/mo. I had car/student loans and was basically paycheck to paycheck and had no savings. These days with housing as expensive as it is, there’s really no margin for error or extravagance.

I am loving this weather. I can't stand cold and snow. I hope every winter is like this.

Ya see, there's this thing called Climate Change...Read up!

NJ for sure. We definitely have our share of conservatives who don't like the social progressiveness that they see as a threat to culture. We definitely also have left fringes who are uncomfortable with any shred of conversation or notion that can be interpreted as persecution or even chastisement of minority groups.

But my favorite type of New Jersey person is the person that just wants to let everyone else do their own thing if its not hurting anyone. This country, this world, has enough real problems for people to spend any time worrying about what a book at a library might imply to a young reader, whether or not a teacher might say that gay people exist, etc. Traveling for work, I used to think there were easy going "live-and-let-live" types everywhere, but over time I've realized that it usually comes with caveats. Here, at least in the Middlesex area, I find closer common ground with people who save their worries for issues that actually might affect the future of the country, and leave everyone's personal views and lifestyles to themselves.

NJ definitely. I've never felt very American. Even traveling abroad I will say I'm from NJ rather than ever mentioning the US. No matter where I am everyone always seems to know it and often they add that they know someone who lives here.

Romanelli's in Madison is a classic spot with moderately-sized crusts and quick service times.

To give you an idea, the average household income in NJ is $89,000. You'll have to live $24,000 more frugally than the average NJ'ian. This will mean finding a low cost of living area, which isn't impossible but will mean that public transport will be probably limited to buses, crime rates may be higher, less shopping and healthcare immediately around you, less employment opportunities, etc.

There are times I have been embarrassed to be an American but never been embarrassed to be from New Jersey. Especially when oversees. Yes I'm American, but I'm from New Jersey.

And let the crazies have full control of the nukes? Fuck that, we're staying. You know what happened to the confederacy and they were much more equally matched against the union than we are against the current US military

shhhhh that will ruin their brain fog of the world is ending

This isn't normal.

I would say “the NE”. I feel at home in NY, Maine, Vermont, CT, Mass, RI. Anywhere else feels like a strange alien land.