Ahem! You live in the “Garden State” LOL. When my daughter lived in Mahwah, there were still working farms nearby.
Those are long gone. Turned into acres and acres of McMansions and strip malls.
Yes, there are still farms around here, not right near me but a little further west. You can get great tomatoes and stuff right by the roadside.
Central Jersey is very nice, horse country and all that.
I think not too many people see that part of the state because the big highways don’t run through there.
The NJ Turnpike is famously ugly, but the Garden State Parkway is a lovely road. Trees galour, it’s really lovely in the fall.