You know you're from South Jersey if...
-You don't "go to the beach", you go "down the shore".
-You've had arguments over cheesesteak quality.
- You've actually found the Echelon Mall.
- You or one of your friends have Lyme Disease.
- You don't understand why there aren't more 24-hour diners elsewhere
in the country.
- You know what a Wawa is, and know the location of at least 10 of them.
- You know that you should get the hell out of Camden before dark.
- You know how to successfully navigate a traffic circle.
- You pronounce water as "wudder".
- You refuse to call Hoagies "subs."
- You've almost fallen asleep on the parkway, NJ turnpike and I-295.
- You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters, blizzards and fires,
but have neverseen a tornado, earthquake or volcano.
- You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros.creation.
- You have mandatory recycling. Enforced by law.
- You've made a meal out of Tastycakes, Herr's BBQ potato chips, and
Taylor Pork Roll.
- You know New Years is all about the Mummers and the Polar Bear club.
- You can go bowling at 1:30 A.M.
- Route 206 doesn't freak you out at night.
- You know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different."
- Your mom still loves Bruce Springsteen.
- You know it can be -10 degrees and 70 degrees in January in the same year.
- There's a fruit and vegetable stand down the road.
- You will always say "YO", and you'll say it often.
- You go to another state and sit at a gas station wondering when the
people will comeout to pump your gas.
- You know that no matter how much they put into the Camden waterfront,
Camden is still Camden.
- You think North Jersey is a different state and South Jersey deserves
its own secession.
- You have season passes to Great Adventure.
- You know where Olga's Diner is on rt 70.
- You are tired of people not believing you're from Jersey because you
don't have a New York accent.
- You drive by a farm every time you get in the car.
- You know what "jimmies" are and refuse to call them anything else.
- Your neighbor is either a painter, a plumber, a builder, or an
electrician with a work truck in the driveway.
- You have crossed all 5 bridges into Philly at one point in your life.
- You have a story about the "Hell Hole" ride in Wildwood.
- You took your report card to Clementon Park for free tickets.
-You know what funnel cake and water ice are and think something
is wrong with people who refer to them as "fried dough" and "slush".
- You've ever driven around aimlessly for hours with your friends
saying "So,whatta we doin?"
- You ever drove all the way to the shore just to walk around for 5
minutes then driveback.
- You know of at least 3 bars where you know they wouldn't card you.
- You lived near a "crick" not a creek.
- You never could figure out which was the Black Horse Pike or The
White Horse Pike.
- You know that a "Yield" sign is merely a suggestion.
- You don't think you have an accent.
- Everything is "twenty minutes away". If you ask how long it takesto
get?any place in South Jersey, the person always says, "about twenty
minutes".
- To get to a mall, "Oh,about 20 minutes". To get to the airport, "Mmm,
about 20minutes."To get from Runnemede to Philly, "Only about 20 minutes".
Try? it. Only the shore areas take more than "twenty minutes". They're
usually "an hour and twenty minutes."
- You went to StoryBook Land as a kid.
- Every time someone in Hollywood makes fun of Jersey, you're mad and
proud at the sametime.
- You describe where you live in reference to how far you are from Cherry Hill.
- You describe where you live in reference to Cowtown and the rodeo.
- You would drop everything you were doing and run to the voting polls
right now if youheard we were voting to make North and South Jersey seperate
states.
- You know all of the "back roads" to get everywhere and prefer them to
the expressway.
You Know You're from South Jersey if...
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sweetpea wrote:I am from the central Jersey "Shore" Asbury Park, Belmar area. I can relate to alot of those posts. They also made me homesick. Don't you love when people ask where your from and you say Jersey and they say "Oh, New York". ARGHH I get that alot down here in Florida.
Debbie
Yeah, when I travel, I do get that on occassion. However, North and South Jersey are as different as night and day. We have the "Philly" influence here.
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