To all my Jersey gals and guys, I think you will agree with this list!
You know you're from New Jersey if:
1. You don't think of fruit when people mention "The Oranges."
2. You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six Flags.
3. A good, quick breakfast is a hard roll with butter.
4. You have known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven.
5. Have eaten at a Diner, when you were stoned or drunk, at 3 a.m.
6. At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen
and know the town Jon Bon Jovi is from.
7. Know what a "jug handle" is.
8. Know that WaWa is a convenience store.
9. You NEVER, NEVER pump your own gas.
10. Even your school cafeteria made good Italian subs. And it's a
Sub, not a submarine sandwich or worse yet, a hoagie, a hero, or a
grinder.
11. You know how to properly navigate a Circle.
12. You knew that the above sentence had to do with driving.
13. You know that this is the only "New" state that doesn't require
"New" to identify it (like, try...Mexico, ...York, ...Hampshire -
doesn't work, does it?)
14. You don't think "What exit" is very funny.
15. You know that people from the 609 area code are "a little
"different".
16. You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to Princeton -
that's for out-of-staters.
17. The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school or local
bar.
18. You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls.
19. You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers.
20. Every year, you had a least one kid in your class named Tony.
21. You know the location of every clip shown in the Sopranos
opening credits.
22. You've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of the
mall.
23. You know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights,
and people from Central Jersey go to Belmar and people from South
Jersey go to Wildwood. It can be no other way.
24. You were not raised in New Jersey. You were raised in either
North Jersey, Central Jersey or South Jersey.
25. You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the
state.
26. You remember the stores Korvette's, Two Guys, Rickel's, Channel,
Bamburger's and Orbach's.
27. You've had a Boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar fries.
28. You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February.
29. When you say you're going to Englishtown you mean you're going
to the flea market, not the town.
And finally...
30. Know that there are no "beaches" in New Jersey - there's "The
Shore". And you don't go "to the shore", you go "down the Shore".
And when you are there, you're not "at the shore", you are "down the
Shore".
