Them's Fightin' Words

[Sue U]

We've always been at war between North and South, but these "Centrists" are just asking for it.



My opinion?

1. Hoagie
2. Pork roll
3. No such place as "Central Jersey;" my bet is some real estate developer (probably from out of state) just made that shit up.
3(a). You can't trust Jon Stewart on this, he's a freakin' Mets fan.

(BTW, the law professor in the clip is a friend of mine; I was his research assistant when I was in law school.)

[RayThom]

Here's how I see it. There is a North Jersey and there is a South Jersey -- no argument.

OK... so something must be holding those two land masses together, right?

Obviously, you would need some kind of industrial strength nature's glue which cannot be anything other than what must be known as "Central NJ."

C'mon, how can this not be correct?

Next conundrum, please.

[Long Run]

I thought Jersey was an island unto itself.

[Big RR]

More like a peninsula.

[Sue U]

I thought Jersey was an island unto itself.

That's a different place entirely, but also mythical.

[Big RR]

I've always thought of a central Jersey separate from North Jersey and its upscale suburban communities which comprised the NJ cities (except for Trenton and Camden) and generally blue collar communities down through the beginning of the shore. it is generally more Democratic (although with many Reagan democrats who voted for Trump) and blue collar with pockets of poverty. Contrast this with the North Jersey communities having 2+ acre zoned lots (to keep out the riff raff) and public high schools that rival many private prep schools. Now there is also a big rural area (Sussex and Warren counties, generally) which doesn't fit this North jersey demographic, but a lot of the farmland is being sold and developed into large lot, often gate communities, so we'll see what happens.

Oh, and even Central Jerseyans (I went to high school in Middletown) call them subs and Taylor Ham; but then, even they tend to be educated.

[Sue U]

Oh, and even Central Jerseyans (I went to high school in Middletown) call them subs and Taylor Ham; but then, even they tend to be educated.

Says you, Brooklyn boy.

[Big RR]

If I recall, in Brooklyn they called subs "heroes".