Why do New Yorkers hate New Jersey?
I have lived in New Jersey, New York, Northern California, and Southern California, and I will never understand why some people harbor negative feelings toward places they haven’t truly experienced. Many New Yorkers seem to judge New Jersey based solely on their experiences driving along the Turnpike, overlooking the many beautiful areas that New Jersey has to offer.
From my time living in various regions, I've noticed a common tendency among people across the United States to believe that their state or region is superior to others. This is particularly evident among residents of Southern California and New York, who can sometimes come across as arrogant.
It's important for people to recognize that a state or county line does not define the character of its residents. When traveling from Hoboken to Manhattan, do you really feel like you’ve entered a different world? If you do, it might be a sign that you haven’t traveled enough.
In reality, places like New York and New Jersey, which often exhibit a sense of rivalry, are more alike than they realize. They are interconnected and rely on each other in many ways, even if they each think they could thrive independently. I encourage everyone to explore more widely; there are interesting and wonderful people everywhere.
7 Answers
New Yorkers doesn’t really hate New Jersey.
I travel on transit in both NY & NJ.
In fact, Staten Islanders wanted direct service to New Jersey, so they introduce new bus to Staten Island.
New Jersey Transit, MTA, and Port Authority are friends and partnership with them.
There are many NJers and NYers visit each other.
i’m from manhattan and that i like Jersey. I continuously dangle out at Newport Centre mall. I generally pass to the Six Flags in Jersey. i like the Nets greater suitable than i like the Knicks. and such as you pronounced, areas of Jersey city look like decrease long island.
New Jersey drivers and attitudes, mostly.
Also, some NYers get frustrated that we pay for developments in NJ (via the Port Authority; funded mostly by NY and benefitting mostly NJ) while NJ tries and sometimes succeeds in stealing NY items (sports teams, Ellis Island, and they even tried to steal the stock exchange).
Some NJites also try to pin everything bad in the region on NY; if there’s any crime in a suburban area, they are assumed to have come from NY (even though Newark is worse). NJites seem to get off on bad-mouthing NY, and then playing “victim” if they get a rebuttal.
There’s also the icky-suburb thing.
new yorkers don’t hate new jersey, we just hate drivers in suvs with nj license plates that yap on their cellpone while speeding through new york city intersections with no regard for the safety of pedestrians who may be in the crosswalk.
nyc isn’t the nj turnpike. just remember, nobody wants you here if you drive like that.
This is from where you sit?
I don’t know who you have been talking with, but personally I do not hate Jersey nor do any of my friends or aquaintances
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Drivers of nj can’t drive. they drive too slow. they can’t park their car.don’t know about parallel parking.and they are too arrogant.
I hate NJ I live in NY. I have been to NJ. In fact my best friend lives there. NJ reminds me of a suburb. I hate suburbs. They mix between city and country and I don’t like that.
So I hate NJ and I have been there and I have a reason to hate it. I don’t hate it because I live in NY I hate it because it reminds me of a suburb.
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