jersey girls

Date: 10/8/2008 2:52:57 PM
Author: DiamondsforDee
That would be incredible! I'd definitely watch. I'm a Bergen County girl (who is now stuck in the South) so it would be nice to see some familiar sites on tv.

Date: 10/8/2008 2:48:40 PM
Author: cbs102
I hope that people can see that we are not all turnpikes big hair and accents!!

Date: 10/8/2008 2:48:40 PM
Author: cbs102
BTW.. i asked to have this moved but it has not been doen yet..


i am from Jersey too... Bergen county actually and it is apparantly being filmed in Franklin Lakes. I think that its a great idea... no one understands that nj is beautiful and that we are one of the wealthiest states in the country.. should be interesting. I hope that people can see that we are not all turnpikes big hair and accents!!

Date: 10/9/2008 11:04:24 AM
Author: waitingpatiently
i great up in bergen county, too!! a have a lot of family and friends in the franklin lakes & alpine area. should be interesting to see how this show pans out. hahaha. maybe this will change people's opinions of jersey....i would hardly call a place like franklin lakes...the 'armpit of america'. hahahaha

Date: 10/9/2008 12:03:08 PM
Author: cbs102
you know.. i have lived in many different states across the country and there is not place that i long for MORE than NJ. i love every single thing about it.. the fast talking, the fast compentant drivers... the beauty- yes, i said beauty. the mountains, the shore...the amazing mansions of saddle river, alpine, and franklin lakes. i also love that people in NJ don't bulls*it you. you know EXACTLY what you are going to get. i am done with my rant! i have noticed that i have had to defend my state so often lately.. and its irritating. people should go and visit before they make a generalization.

Date: 10/9/2008 1:49:39 PM
Author: Clairitek



I am not from NJ but my FF is (South Jersey) and I have to admit that I have been terribly guilty of placing these stereotypes on people from NJ. The one that made me laugh out loud listed above is the 'fast competent drivers'. I fear for my life whenever I have to pass through NJ to drive home to New England. I really think that its not scary when you've grown up with it and you expect people to cut you off, not use turn signals, and drive way too fast. I suppose if you were looking at NJ drivers during rush hour from a birds eye view it would probably resemble some sort of organized chaos. FF drives just like that and I pretty much have to shut my eyes when I am in the car with him or else I end up doing that thing where you're grabbing for the 'oh s**t' handle on the door and mashing your foot into the floor for the imaginary brakes.

I have to appreciate New Jersey very much for what has to offer. Parts of the shore are very nice. I haven't seen any mountains yet but I haven't seen much of the northwestern parts of the state. I am proud to say that I haven't used the 'armpit of America' term in a very very long time nor would I continue to describe it that way. You guys are right- NJ gets a bad rap and deserves a second look.

Joisey? You've got to be kidding me. I bet that would annoy anyone from NJ as much as people asking if I 'pahk the cah in Hahvahd yahd' when I tell them that I was born in Boston, raised in RI.

Date: 10/9/2008 1:56:05 PM
Author: cbs102
now i have to giggle... i too lived in RI before i moved to NJ (east greenwich)..my mom was raised there as well... and we all kid that RI drivers are the WORST on the planet... so who knows. i think jersey drivers are deemed crazy..because we kinda have to be. if you are not a defensive driver in the state than you are screwed!!!

Date: 10/9/2008 1:49:39 PM
Author: Clairitek



I am not from NJ but my FF is (South Jersey) and I have to admit that I have been terribly guilty of placing these stereotypes on people from NJ. The one that made me laugh out loud listed above is the 'fast competent drivers'. I fear for my life whenever I have to pass through NJ to drive home to New England. I really think that its not scary when you've grown up with it and you expect people to cut you off, not use turn signals, and drive way too fast. I suppose if you were looking at NJ drivers during rush hour from a birds eye view it would probably resemble some sort of organized chaos. FF drives just like that and I pretty much have to shut my eyes when I am in the car with him or else I end up doing that thing where you're grabbing for the 'oh s**t' handle on the door and mashing your foot into the floor for the imaginary brakes.

I have to appreciate New Jersey very much for what has to offer. Parts of the shore are very nice. I haven't seen any mountains yet but I haven't seen much of the northwestern parts of the state. I am proud to say that I haven't used the 'armpit of America' term in a very very long time nor would I continue to describe it that way. You guys are right- NJ gets a bad rap and deserves a second look.

Joisey? You've got to be kidding me. I bet that would annoy anyone from NJ as much as people asking if I 'pahk the cah in Hahvahd yahd' when I tell them that I was born in Boston, raised in RI.

Date: 10/9/2008 2:17:50 PM
Author: cbs102


Haha... I do get teased about the word "wicked" a lot. I also get asked why I don't have an accent. The reason I don't have one is that I have worked to pronounce words with a "generic" American accent like you'd find on a national news broadcast. I found that when I started going to URI a little bit of the RI accent crept in. It was being around all those northern RIers (Cranston, Warwick -aka wahwick, Providence, and Pawtucket).

Do you have any idea when they will air this new Housewives of NJ? Something tells me that this show isn't going to do much to dispell the stereotypes that the rest of the country believes apply to people from NJ.

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