Does ‘North Jersey’ Have an Identity Problem?

  • Why do Saturday Night Live and late night TV pundits constantly crack “New Jersey jokes”?
  • Do The Sopranos and Jersey Shore reflect north New Jersey reality?
  • Is the 1922 Edmund Wilson characterization of New Jersey as having “no independent life” but simply where people “sojourn on their way to something else” still valid?
  • Why is the perception of the area by outsiders generally negative?
  • Why do people who live here love it?
  • What is the REAL North Jersey story? Does anyone care?

Finding North Jersey intends to change all that. Interested? Send me your e-mail address for follow-up, a survey, and possibly a Meetup group when we get a discussion started.

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