I lived in New Jersey for 33 years, then immigrated to Texas. I couldn’t stand NJ anymore in the late 1980’s.
“Get outta my way!
I’m in your face!
The world is my doormat. If you don’t like it , it’s you who has the bleeping attitude problem!”
During my last few years in NJ I had done a lot of traveling and found there were better places to live and work. Too many people in NJ were laying up their treasures in “Money! Power! Image!” (wood, hay, and stubble). Especially image, I had escaped at the height of the yuppie craze.
I live in the Lehigh Valley. Do you know how much I hate the phrase: “I’m from New Jersey”? Especially with the attitude that goes along with it. I’m being stereotypical, there are many good people from there, yourself being one I’m sure.