Very good point. I have lived for significant amounts of time in both Minnesota and New Jersey, and while I love Minneosta, Jersey will always be home, and I too was offended by the blatant stereotyping of New Jersey. Drive along the Turnpike on your way to a diner where they play Bruce Springsteen and Tony Soprano's guys take care of the "waste management".
On a side note, you can imagine the New Yorker's view of Minnesota that I've encountered: it's flyover country, nothing but cows (we don't even have much dairy farming in Minnesota), Minneapolis and St. Paul are quaint little towns, and they love to their wonderful impression of a Minnesotan, lifted straight from "Fargo".
yaah..,you betcha! ;-)