Get to Know Your Country NEW JERSEY!

[Rin-chan]

Why are you all so snobby (at least those from north Jersey)?

Seriously, because we're awesome.

the Hamptons are the Hamptons.  the End .  Seriously though its not what it was and both Long Islanders and new jersians enjoy each others beaches, though nothing in Jersey tops the Hamptons.

Ever heard of a little town called Mantoloking?  Yeah, it makes the Hamptons look like trash.

My grandparents live in Mantoloking.  It's REALLY nice.  The average house sells for over around 1.5 million.  My grandma's house is worth 1.7 million.

It's crazy.  The beaches are IMMACULATE and private.

And, by the way, we ARE awesome.

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

We have a higher rich person density.

That's a good thing?

Yes it is because it shows that NJ is a very successful place with high paying jobs.

Yeah, what the world needs, more snobs.

Hey, Fezzy and I aren't snobs...

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

Oh, my mistake, it's the Verizon WIRELESS headquarters, not for the whole corporation.  Oh well, it's still cool.  It's this HUGE complex on the outskirts of town.  There was controversy because previous owners Pfizer and AT&T allowed people to own homes on the edges of the gigantic property but Verizon ordered them off the property.

Yea, family used to work there. Finally they are actually moving in.

I know, really!  Maybe our town will actually get the Verizon cable service thing... I don't remember what it's called but Bernardsville has it for some reason. 

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

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.

I'm Italian, but I'm not affiliated with the mafia... That I know of...

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

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.

Ho-ho-kus is where my dad grew up.  It's really nice there.  Right next to Ridgewood.

I like Basking Ridge and Mantoloking better.

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

We have a higher rich person density.

That's a good thing?

Yes it is because it shows that NJ is a very successful place with high paying jobs.

Yeah, what the world needs, more snobs.

Hey, Fezzy and I aren't snobs...

Of course you are, you're Republican!
 
Just kidding, please don't hurt me...

Aww... I won't hurt you... *pats head*

*holds knife behind back*

Heheh...

*stabs Michael*

Just kidding!

Rin-chan

ps- Seriously, I don't care that you said that.

[Rin-chan]

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.

TOWN (ZIP CODE) / MEDIAN HOME PRICE
WATER MILL, N.Y. (11976) / $1.58 million
MANTOLOKING, N.J. (08738) / $1.33 million

No other Hamptons towns even made it close.  You are fast losing your grip on extremely over-priced yet lovely beach getaways.  And I must say, Mantoloking is quite a high-class, up and coming town.  Rin-chan owns a house down there that I went to visit with her, and it was perfect.  I can't imagine the Hamptons being any better.

The Hamptons suck.  My uncle used to live there.  There are only like one or two towns that are kinda nice, but nowhere near Mantoloking.

Oh, and wannt know why Mantoloking is so spiffy?  No school in town.  That makes for less money wasted on taxes.

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

What area are you from?

Family all around North Jersey, Bergen and Passaic and Hudson. I live in Sussex County. How about you?

Family in Passaic and Camden, I'm in Somerset.

I have family in Ocean and Somerset.  And, like Fezzy, I live in Somerset.

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

Is Somerset considered North Jersey? I'd say it's Central. North Jersey ROCKS!

Well relative to you, we are Central Jersey, but I think we're considered North because we're by NYC.  I'd say Central is Middlesex, Mercer, Monmouth, and maybe even Burlington.  All the ones in between NYC and Philly metro areas.  Whatever, we're in the very northeastern corner of Somerset, so at least we're North Jersey.

I say we can all agree on North-Central Jersey.

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

I live in Bergen, please let me know where this high gay areas are, because I am not familiar w/them.

Why, so you know which park to go to? McGreevy might now, you may want to email him.

Ahahaha!!  He was such a freak...

I'm not trying to say anything against gay people, but I thought he was a freak BEFORE he came out of the closet.

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

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.

TOWN (ZIP CODE) / MEDIAN HOME PRICE
WATER MILL, N.Y. (11976) / $1.58 million
MANTOLOKING, N.J. (08738) / $1.33 million

No other Hamptons towns even made it close.  You are fast losing your grip on extremely over-priced yet lovely beach getaways.  And I must say, Mantoloking is quite a high-class, up and coming town.  Rin-chan owns a house down there that I went to visit with her, and it was perfect.  I can't imagine the Hamptons being any better.

The Hamptons suck.  My uncle used to live there.  There are only like one or two towns that are kinda nice, but nowhere near Mantoloking.

Oh, and wannt know why Mantoloking is so spiffy?  No school in town.  That makes for less money wasted on taxes.

Rin-chan

The Hamptons are really nice with the beaches, some very immaculate homes right on the water.   Some of the nicest areas on Long Island are along the north shore in Nassau County (known as the "Gold Coast".  Not enough sales data in some of these areas (as many of them are small towns) to make the Forbes Most expesinve List, but the median price in areas like Sands Point, Old Brookville, Matinecock, Muttontown, Centre Island, Locust Valley, etc.  I remember seeing something years ago (97 maybe) that the median home in Matinecock was $1.6 million (and this was BEFORE the real estate boom in which prices here have more than doubled since 2000) Sands Point is just absolutley nuts and the median price has to be in the several million range as well.   Many of these areas were listed as $1 million+ in the 2000 census (the highest that data goes up to.  And as I sid average prices here have more than doubled since then, and that $1 million + in the census, was well over $1million, and that is seven year old data (its absed off 99 figures)

The Hamptons do not suck! They are awesome and beautiful.

Have you stayed in Mantoloking?

If you have, then you would understand.

Oh, and I meant they sucked compared to places like Mantoloking.

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

Conan, I do where exactly you are, but I'm in southern Bergen and we can already feel the effects of the Democrats trying to make everything rundown crime-ridden Hudson County.  I'd hesitate to vote Menendez unless you want to be killed, literally.  Hell, someone broke my cousin's car window w/a baseball bat last night, stuff like that never happened when the GOP was in control.

North Bergen is Hudson, and that place scares me to death.  South Bergen county used to be a nice area, but now that the Dems are in control, they weren't before, they are making it more like Hudson County, and crime rates are increasing.  People are coming from North Bergen and Passaic and reaking havoc.  And five windows got smashed in one night, that's pretty bad, the cop said it was kids going crazy before school started.

Maybe it's not the Democrats fault as much as it Guilliani's.  He wiped crime out of the city, but it didn't disappear, it went to the suburbs.

When exactly were the Republicans ever in control of anything in that area?  And I don't think Menendez is very closely related to your cousin's car being broken into.  Besides, so what if it got broken into, it's not like everyone you know is having that happen to them every day.  AND I've never really considered southern Bergen one of the nicer areas of New Jersey anyway.

Depends from town to town in south Bergen. North Bergen is all the rich towns. Its still a nice place to live convenience wise and standard of living.

I agree.

Personally, it's not as nice as Somerset county (only because that's my home ), but I have spent quite a bit of time in parts of Bergen county and it's very nice.  Lots of traffic in places llike Ridgewood, but very nice.

Rin-chan