Get to Know Your Country NEW JERSEY!

[Conan]

State legislature doesn't count, Conan.  Besides, what's wrong with being gay?  Why so much homophobia?

Thats what I was gonna ask you. But I didnt want to get into any debate if you disliked gays.

I think it's clear from this conversation that you're the only one who has said something homophobic.

No i didnt! I support gay rights.

[Conan]

Of course it's all in jest, no one could seriously doubt the perfection that is New Jersey.  And Bergen County is far from the best in the state.  I reccomend Morris.  Our entire state is a metropolitan area.  Our crapholes give us character.  Nowhere on earth will you find something as indescribable as Camden.  We like to consider our politicians...a variety.

I stay away from Camden, haha. That's too bad. Bergen County is mixed. Some of the most affluent towns are there including Saddle River and Alpine. Saddle River is where Nixon retired to. I want to move to Bergen, its way better then Sussex and much more convenient.

Camden isn't as scary as it seems.  You just can't stop your car within the city.  I really hate to toot my own horn, but the Somerset Hills (Bernardsville, Bedminster, Bernards Twp., Far Hills, and Peapack-Gladstone) are far superior to all else.  We are arguably the most affluent grouping of towns in the country.  And we're VERY conveniently located in relation to the city and Pennsylvania.

Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, Alpine, HoHoKus, Franklin Lakes, and Ridgewood could take them anyday! And we have the better city, NYC!

Yea we beat you!

Rank, Place, County, Per Capita Income Median House-hold Income, Median Family Income, Population, Number of Households
1 Mantoloking Ocean County, $114,017, $105,841, $125,000, 423, 207
2 Saddle River Bergen County, $85,934, $134,289, $152,169, 3,201, 1,118
3 Far Hills Somerset County, $81,535, $112,817, $149,095, 859, 368
4 Essex Fells Essex County, $77,434, $148,173, $175,000, 2,162, 737
5 Alpine Bergen County, $76,995, $130,740, $134,068, 2,183, 708

[Conan]

I'm from Central Islip.

Yeah, the Haptons pretty much are LI's trump card.  Oh, and Fire Island, until it disappears under the waves.

Fire Islands awesome. You ever see the TWA crash memorial?

[opebo]

An underrated and important state! 

Which state has the highest percentage of Italian-Americans?

[Grad Students are the Worst]

No i didnt! I support gay rights.

Yet you slurred gay Washington politicians.  Do I sense a double standard, something for which New Jersey is famous?  I believe I do.

[Conan]

No i didnt! I support gay rights.

Yet you slurred gay Washington politicians.  Do I sense a double standard, something for which New Jersey is famous?  I believe I do.

Whered I slur them?

[Smash255]

Of course it's all in jest, no one could seriously doubt the perfection that is New Jersey.   And Bergen County is far from the best in the state.  I reccomend Morris.  Our entire state is a metropolitan area.  Our crapholes give us character.  Nowhere on earth will you find something as indescribable as Camden.  We like to consider our politicians...a variety.

I stay away from Camden, haha. That's too bad. Bergen County is mixed. Some of the most affluent towns are there including Saddle River and Alpine. Saddle River is where Nixon retired to. I want to move to Bergen, its way better then Sussex and much more convenient.

Camden isn't as scary as it seems.  You just can't stop your car within the city.  I really hate to toot my own horn, but the Somerset Hills (Bernardsville, Bedminster, Bernards Twp., Far Hills, and Peapack-Gladstone) are far superior to all else.  We are arguably the most affluent grouping of towns in the country.  And we're VERY conveniently located in relation to the city and Pennsylvania.

Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, Alpine, HoHoKus, Franklin Lakes, and Ridgewood could take them anyday! And we have the better city, NYC!

Spealing about some very nice areas, check out the noth shore of Nassau County

Matinecock, brookville, Old Brookville, Centre Island, Muttontown, Laurel Hollow, Oyster Bay Cove, Plandome, Cove Neck and this little place called Sands Point

[Conan]

Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, Alpine, HoHoKus, Franklin Lakes, and Ridgewood could take them anyday! And we have the better city, NYC!

Pssh...NEVER!  And NYC is "the city".  That's the term we use around here, I assumed you did, too.  Upper Saddle River is VERY nice though.

I assumed because of those towns' proximity to Philadelphia that that was what you meant. But yes I do use "the city" when talking about NYC.

[Grad Students are the Worst]

No i didnt! I support gay rights.

Yet you slurred gay Washington politicians.  Do I sense a double standard, something for which New Jersey is famous?  I believe I do.

Whered I slur them?

You pointed out that Washington has gay politicians, like that is something to be ashamed of!

[Conan]

No i didnt! I support gay rights.

Yet you slurred gay Washington politicians.  Do I sense a double standard, something for which New Jersey is famous?  I believe I do.

Whered I slur them?

You pointed out that Washington has gay politicians, like that is something to be ashamed of!

Psh. You started about McGreevey and then claimed Washington Pols were 100% hetero as if that meant you were superior, so you sir, slurred the gays.

[Conan]

Who here hasnt been to NJ?

[Conan]

State Rank/National Rank/County/Per Capita Income/Median Household Income
1 7 Somerset County $37,970 $76,933
2 10 Morris County $36,964 $77,340
3 13 Hunterdon County $36,370 $79,888
4 21 Bergen County $33,638 $65,241
5 42 Monmouth County $31,149 $64,231

Somerset wins.

I assumed because of those towns' proximity to Philadelphia that that was what you meant. But yes I do use "the city" when talking about NYC.

Huh?

Excuse my geographical knowledge. HAHA I thought those were near Princeton and closer to Philly if that is still even closer? HA

[Grad Students are the Worst]

Psh. You started about McGreevey and then claimed Washington Pols were 100% hetero as if that meant you were superior, so you sir, slurred the gays.

No I didn't!  Prove your lies!  Prove your lies, sir!

[Conan]

Psh. You started about McGreevey and then claimed Washington Pols were 100% hetero as if that meant you were superior, so you sir, slurred the gays.

No I didn't!  Prove your lies!  Prove your lies, sir!

How dare you go back and edit it!

[Grad Students are the Worst]

Psh. You started about McGreevey and then claimed Washington Pols were 100% hetero as if that meant you were superior, so you sir, slurred the gays.

No I didn't!  Prove your lies!  Prove your lies, sir!

How dare you go back and edit it!

Prove that I edited it.

OH WAIT YOU CAN'T

Case closed.  New Jersey loses.

[Conan]

(All of this New Jersey-flogging is in good fun.  I'm sure it's a very nice state, and I would definiely not mind a place like Bergen County. )

We only have Seattle?  We have a metropolitan area that stretches from north of Seattle down to south of Tacoma.  Several million people, and none of the crapholes New Jersey has.

Gay people plague your government. At least Washington has 100% heterosexual politicians. Except for Dino Rossi of course.

[Grad Students are the Worst]

(All of this New Jersey-flogging is in good fun.  I'm sure it's a very nice state, and I would definiely not mind a place like Bergen County. )

We only have Seattle?  We have a metropolitan area that stretches from north of Seattle down to south of Tacoma.  Several million people, and none of the crapholes New Jersey has.

Gay people plague your government. At least Washington has 100% heterosexual politicians. Except for Dino Rossi of course.

Looks like your New Jersey corruption is getting to your brain!  I never made that post, as you can clearly see by looking back at the page.  What a shame, New Jersey has destroyed another promising young life with its corruption!!!

[Conan]

Well, considering the relative success of this thread in relation to others in this section of the forum, I think it's safe to say New Jersey's incredible allure is yet another distinguished attribute to add to the exceedingly long list of positives.

Most definately. Oh and I am not Italian but I know people who very well could have "connections". (Who am I kidding, I am almost certain)

[Conan]

Most definately. Oh and I am not Italian but I know people who very well could have "connections". (Who am I kidding, I am almost certain)

Me neither, but I know quite a few people with connections, so we're good.

Pretty weird, you would have thought at least one of us was.

[opebo]

An underrated and important state! 

Which state has the highest percentage of Italian-Americans?

We even have a "New Jersey Italian American Heritage Commission".

I remember when I first traveled to the Northeast I was shocked at how dark-haired and swarthy everyone was.  Growing up in Missouri I only saw the blonde hair and pink cheeks of my fellows.. lot of German blood back there.

[Conan]

Forbes Most Expensive Zipcodes:

Overall Rank, Zip, Town, County, Median Home Value
15  07620  Alpine  Bergen  NJ  1,790,000 
23  07976  New Vernon  Morris  NJ  1,596,587
35  08738  Mantoloking  Ocean  NJ  1,420,000 
47  08247  Stone Harbor  Cape May  NJ  1,320,050 
66  07078  Short Hills  Essex  NJ  1,200,000 
78  07632  Englewood Cliffs  Bergen  NJ  1,112,500 
92  08202  Avalon  Cape May  NJ  1,055,000 
96  07723  Deal  Monmouth  NJ  1,037,500 
105  07021  Essex Fells  Essex  NJ  999,900 
107  07458  Saddle River  Bergen  NJ  997,000 
111  07417  Franklin Lakes  Bergen  NJ  985,000 
121  07931  Far Hills  Somerset  NJ  967,500 
131  07711  Allenhurst  Monmouth  NJ  940,000 
138  07717  Avon By The Sea  Monmouth  NJ  930,000 
157  08750  Sea Girt  Monmouth  NJ  887,500 
209  07945  Mendham  Morris  NJ  835,000 
217  07046  Mountain Lakes  Morris  NJ  826,250 
260  08243  Sea Isle City  Cape May  NJ  790,000 
266  07677  Woodcliff Lake  Bergen  NJ  786,000 
274  08558  Skillman  Somerset  NJ  780,750 
282  07935  Green Village  Morris  NJ  777,465 
288  07930  Chester  Morris  NJ  775,000 
288  08008  Beach Haven  Ocean  NJ  775,000 
309  07760  Rumson  Monmouth  NJ  760,000 
316  07722  Colts Neck  Monmouth  NJ  757,500 
326  07059  Warren  Somerset  NJ  752,500 
330  08006  Barnegat Light  Ocean  NJ  750,000
342  07641  Haworth  Bergen  NJ  747,500 
344  08212  Cape May Point  Cape May  NJ  745,000 
350  07627  Demarest  Bergen  NJ  742,000 
353  07423  Ho-Ho Kus  Bergen  NJ  740,000 
358  07069  Watchung  Somerset  NJ  738,500 
376  08403  Longport  Atlantic  NJ  725,000 
390  07670  Tenafly  Bergen  NJ  715,000 
405  07043  Montclair  Essex  NJ  700,000 
405  07481  Wyckoff  Bergen  NJ  700,000 
432  07901  Summit  Union  NJ  690,000 
452  07624  Closter  Bergen  NJ  684,000 
470  07450  Ridgewood  Bergen  NJ  675,000 

39 Out of around 500. 8% of the richest towns in the country is pretty good.

[Grad Students are the Worst]

So, now poor people are bad?

And what kind of name is "Sea Girt"?  And "Ho-Ho-Kus"?  Eww.

I prefer to live in a decent state, with normal names like Sequim and Humptulips, thanks.

[Conan]

Fortune 500 companies based in NJ:

State Rank, Company, National Rank, Revenue, City

1  Johnson & Johnson  32  50,514.0  New Brunswick  
2  Medco Health Solutions  51  37,870.9  Franklin Lakes  
3  Prudential Financial  64  31,708.0  Newark  
4  Honeywell Intl.  71  28,862.0  Morristown  
5  Merck  95  22,011.9  Whitehouse Station  
6  Wyeth  119  18,755.8  Madison  
7  Chubb  156  14,082.3  Warren  
8  Public Service Enterprise Group  178  12,661.0  Newark  
9  Toys "R" Us  208  11,194.0  Wayne  
10  American Standard  230  10,264.4  Piscataway  
11  Schering-Plough  250  9,508.0  Kenilworth  
12  Lucent Technologies  255  9,441.0  Murray Hill  
13  Automatic Data Proc.  271  8,499.1  Roseland  
14  Campbell Soup  302  7,548.0  Camden  
15  Quest Diagnostics  392  5,503.7  Lyndhurst  
16  Becton Dickinson  397  5,464.4  Franklin Lakes  
17  Hovnanian Enterprises  403  5,348.4  Red Bank  
18  Bed Bath & Beyond  419  5,147.7  Union  
19  Avaya  434  4,902.0  Basking Ridge  
20  Engelhard  454  4,618.1  Iselin  
21  Sealed Air  489  4,085.1  Saddle Brook  
22  Pathmark Stores  497  3,980.5  Carteret  
23  Burlington Coat Factory  580  3,211.1  Burlington  
24  New Jersey Resources  592  3,148.3  Wall  
25  Rockwood Holdings  598  3,121.2  Princeton  
26  Cytec Industries  617  2,999.7  West Paterson  
27  NRG Energy  646  2,723.0  Princeton  
28  Exide Technologies  651  2,690.9  Lawrenceville  
29  Linens 'n Things  656  2,649.3  Clifton  
30  IDT  698  2,468.5  Newark  
31  Commerce Bancorp  775  2,108.0  Cherry Hill  
32  C.R. Bard  866  1,771.3  Murray Hill  
33  Church & Dwight  881  1,736.5  Princeton  
34  Selective Insurance Group  898  1,696.8  Branchville  
35  Children's Place  908  1,668.7  Secaucus  
36  Suburban Propane Partners  924  1,620.2  Whippany  
37  Dun & Bradstreet  993  1,443.6  Short Hills 

[HardRCafé]

Case closed.  New Jersey loses.

More like everyone in this thread loses.

[Conan]

So, now poor people are bad?

And what kind of name is "Sea Girt"?  And "Ho-Ho-Kus"?  Eww.

I prefer to live in a decent state, with normal names like Sequim and Humptulips, thanks.

We have under-privelaged people too. I am trying to brag about the positives though.