Travel Tips

People hear the words New Jersey and immediately think of the land that is adjacent to New York. They think of the dumping ground for all of the New Yorkers filth. They think of steroid laden men, and concrete jungles. That all exists in northern NJ, but southern NJ is a land of fields, farmers, and beaches.

When I first moved up to NJ, I had no idea what to expect. I had been warned about things that my soft southern raised person might find abrasive. I came up expecting rude people, smelly air, and a lack of a rural area. What I found was nothing like that. The people up here are kind, although opinionated. The air smells like the sweetest grass you can imagine in the summer, and in the winter it smells like most places do when they get snow, like cold, wet earth. The lack of a rural area, I guess is subjective, because in some areas you can drive in one direction for miles and not run into civilization, only to find out all you needed to do was take a right. The rural, farming areas of southern New Jersey seem to exist along side the crowded towns. Houses that come with land are a rare occurrence up here, yet there are fields of farms on nearly every street.

With all this farming going on, you would think that there would be nothing to do in southern NJ. That isnt the case at all. Southern NJ offers up a wide selection of parks, museums, beaches, and night clubs. The shore area is so inviting to tourists, that people from northern NJ and Philadelphia make the pilgrimage yearly. If you dont feel like doing any of the things mentioned above, you can always go shopping. If you are in southern NJ, you are usually no further than a few exits from a mall of some type. Most of the malls offer up high class options too!

I guess we shouldnt judge a book by its cover or a state by what you can see from New York. So, the next time a New Yorker tells you that Jersey is a no good state, tell them to go a little deeper, and experience the wonders of the south.