• DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world
    42·
    4 days ago

    Not to be reductionist, but as a fellow NJ alum, my assumption was entirely that everyone conjures the image in their head of the factories and general urban decay you encounter as soon as you cross the Delaware memorial. You’re then accosted by the east coast autobahn terrordome that is the NJT until you gtfo.

    I get it, but it was unironically named the Garden State because it was once apart of the bread basket of the first 13, and it’s honestly quite verdant and pleasant throughout.

    Again though, I get it.

    • kelseybcool@lemmy.world
      24·
      4 days ago

      I can say that I’m guilty of this and was pleasantly surprised when I visited for a few days during a work trip some years ago.

      That said, I did fly into Newark so y’all still had some explaining to do. Yes I know about the remodel, but it wasn’t done when I was there so that doesn’t count 😛

    • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      I’m visiting NJ for the first time through a work trip this week.

      Reminds me just as much as Massachusetts or Maine. Lots of greenery, and definitely not as bad as maybe I thought going in

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
      4·
      4 days ago

      I make the East Coast round trip drive about twice a year, and your description of the southbound trip out of NYC is bang on accurate.

      • curbstickle@anarchist.nexusEnglish
        17·
        4 days ago

        I know youre joking, but so others know - Springsteen’s breakout hit was Born to Run. Its about escaping the pressures if life. About going for a long drive away from the factories (blue collar family), getting away from it all on the road.

        He still lives in NJ, he’s a proponent of LGBTQ rights, believes strongly in the dignity of work (before anyone misconstrues this, this means that all jobs should be respected equally), he donates his time and his money on a local, state, and regional level in campaigns to address hunger, resources for low income families, antipoverty grants through his own foundation, etc. He’s also been this way since the 1980s so not new either.

        Edit: Just to note, my uncle is a massive Springsteen fan, so I have heard about him basically from childhood on up.

          • LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            3 days ago

            Same. I am not the biggest fan of his music, but from what I’ve read, he seems like a somewhat decent human being

  • obsoleteacct@lemmy.zip
    184·
    4 days ago

    Admittedly, as the best state in America, there is very little reason for us to leave. But we do still like to travel, just like the folks in the lesser states. We shouldn’t be deified like this.

    • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      That’s actually the key, this was posted in a NJ hotel. (it’s old Reddit but i was there when the bombs dropped)

      They’re worried about locals renting a room to defile trying to keep stuff out of their house.

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
      91·
      4 days ago

      It’s a “shop” if you mean it’s short for “photoshop”. It is not a real thing, only a joke. There would be no reason, we just have lighthearted rivalries between states.

    • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      Apart from the comments explaining this is probably fake, I think the NJ hate that drove it comes from their populous, rich neighbors like NYC just doing a garden-(state-)variety “I hate poor/rural people.”

    • tempest@lemmy.ca
      61·
      4 days ago

      My guess would be some sort of government service or charity whose funding is state related but is close to a border with another state.

      They can probably serve out of state people but are not set up for it.

      That, or New Jersey still has laughable IDs that are essentially laminated paper. The US is weirdly stuck in the past that way. Only recently have their IDs started to resemble ones from 30 years ago in Canada.