North Jersey Versus South Jersey

Six counties voted on the referendum and all but ocean county voted for the creation of a 51st state south of i 195.

Old football jersey shop. At 3300 square miles south jersey covers more than 42 percent of the garden states total area which central and north jersey splitting the remainder almost evenly. But there has long been a battle within the state when if comes to the rivalry between north and south jersey. North south central and two smaller areas the upper delaware river area and the atlantic cityjersey shore area which are their own linguistic pockets.

Despite the depiction in pop culture of a stereotypical new jersey accent the state actually straddles several different dialect regions. South jersey may be defined geographically as the area below interstate 195 in particular the lower eight counties of new jersey whereas north jersey is the area above central jersey. But this north versus south versus central jersey debate cannot merely be decided by just geographical division alone this division is decided by the way we new jerseyans live its rooted in.

The best proof of this. For me the winner is clear. State of new jersey between the upper delaware river and the atlantic oceanthe designation of northern new jersey with a distinct toponym is a colloquial one rather than an administrative one reflecting not only geographical but also perceived cultural differences from the southern part of the state with no official definition.

Weve divided the map into five areas. North jersey comprises the northern portions of the us. South jerseybecause philadelphia is our city we love wawaand there is at least 1 every 5 miles the eaglespeople randomly shout out the e a g l e s eagles cheer everywhere a good hoagie not subhero a real cheesesteak jimmies on our ice cream you ask what exit one if from off of the nj turnpikeits the shore not the beach and you always go there after prom you know where the.

On election day in 1980 five south jersey counties voted to secede from new jersey in a non binding referendum. Im a south jersey girl through and through. Results across south jersey show the disease is spreading faster than it was in north jersey a rutgers researcher says.