"Every State Described by a Single Sarcastic Line from a Bitter Resident"

[NNadir]

64. "Go ahead and think we're 100% refineries by the Turnpike, we don't want you to know the truth..."

...as too many people know it already and are loving us to death."

New Jersey has the highest population density in the nation, because basically, everyone with an ounce of sense wants to live here, even if a racist obnoxious bigot named Chris Christie is our governor.

We don't do well picking Governors, but somehow we still remain the best State in the Union in which one would want to live if one wants culture, protected open space, history, great universities, great science and access to great art.

New Jersey once officially wanted to advertise itself as "We'll win you over." Our last good......governor, that would be Richard Codey, a New Jersey original (who nevertheless once was a professional mortician) objected and opened a contest for a better slogan, and the winning entry was with "Come see for yourself."

Don't come, except for a weekend at the beach or something like that. When I found the real New Jersey, I fell in love and moved here, having escaped California, increasing, regrettably, our population density.