Congrats!! Sounds lovely! 🍾 🥂

Still waiting also

Hi, midwesterner here who visited a few months ago. All of the people I interacted with seemed very open and authentically themselves. A far cry from the “How are you? I’m good. How are you?” of the Midwest. The interactions I had with people are one of the main reasons why I’d like to move there.

you have to get it registered in your name and get plates, if it has plates on it then the seller is an idiot.

Orchard park in east Brunswick is so good

Honestly, acting like you belong will get you FAR in life. That advice can be used innocuously, like interviewing for a job you're not quite qualified for. But it can be used nefariously, too. The best criminals will make sure you don't even realize what's happening. 🙃

People are leaving shitty areas. You can find plenty of housing in Camden.

I mean, how many real cities does NJ have? Hoboken/JC, Newark, Paterson, Elizabeth? That's already being generous. Hoboken and Jersey City have made strides in road safety. It all comes back to car dependency though, whether it's in the 'burbs or in the city. And the measures proven to improve pedestrian safety all involve traffic calming / road diets / making things generally worse for drivers by not prioritizing them on 100% of streets and roads.

We just got married last weekend at pier C park in Hoboken. We had a very small wedding and are in central jersey, it was about a 45 minute drive. We took our pics with NYC skyline in the background and it was everything we would’ve wanted it to be.

I always call out Millcreek Mall. People have no idea what I'm talking about... Sigh

I'm so damn old I remember Caldor. I remember this mall. I used to go here with my parents and it was the most fun. I went to Caldor to check out the games and toys and went to the I think it was EBX and Waldenbooks.

What kind of maniac answers the doorbell?

That’s probably bc it’s from a TikTok going around.

This makes me so sad.

California sucks because of that "chill" attitude.

They absolutely happen in Jersey. Just search Karen on here

Two of my college friends shared an apartment in New Brunswick like 8 years ago. A guy claiming to be a utility worker of some sort came to their place and said the landlord had sent him for something (don't remember what). They let him in, he walked around the 2 bedroom place for a few minutes not inspecting anything in particular, just looking at the kitchen appliances, popped his head into their rooms, said he was done and left.

The following week, their house got broken into while they were out. Whoever did it stole the TVs and their gaming systems. After a few days they thought about it, called their landlord and PSE&G - nobody had been sent over to their place to inspect anything the previous week.

East Hana sushi or Mancini pizza

How do you define kind and nice? And that anecdote was posted as a comment on another post in here yesterday

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I forget where I heard this but I agree that New Jerseyans are kind but not nice, whereas Californians are nice but not kind.

Like a Jerseyan will fix your tire on the side of the road but then call you a dumbass for not knowing how to do it yourself. A Californian will sympathize with your plight but then shrug and drive on.

Fresca’s in milltown . Fine dining

Nah, having moved away, Jersey people live up to the reputation, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's just misunderstood and rude according to the cultural norms outside of the northeast. But there are definitely noticibly different cultural norms regarding politeness.

Congrats! We live in Somerville and it’s an awesome area! We bought a house, but there’s a ton of apartments around here too. It’s totally walkable and not far from Plainfield

Rent a room in Trenton, go to office Tuesday/Wednesday (Monday and Fridays there will be train problems.

Or just get a hotel. This avoids your commute issue. Schedule Ubers for cheaper rides.