Joe Piscopo didn't help, either.
Massachusetts: Not #1, but we try harder.
South Park’s “It’s a Jersey Thing” was great; very funny. NJ has great natural beauty (mountains, beaches, farms) but is simply too expensive for businesses to operate, so there aren’t good jobs to keep young Americans here.
The “fix” hastened the demise: Trafficking hordes of Thirdworlders to prevent ghost towns.