New Jersey is the only state which Americans tend to have an unfavorable opinion of
As America prepares to celebrate its 239th birthday this Saturday, YouGov compiled a ‘State of the States’, asking Americans how they feel about each and every state that forms our country.
This research shows that New Jersey is the only state in the country which people tend to have a negative opinion of. 40% of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of New Jersey while 30% have a favorable opinion of the state, giving the state a net favorability rating of -10%. In contrast, Alabama, the second least popular state in the country, has a net favorability rating of +8%, as 39% of Americans have a favorable view of Alabama and 31% have an unfavorable opinion. After Alabama the least popular states are Illinois (+9%), Mississippi (+9%) and Indiana (+12%).
Hawaii is the most popular state in the union with a net favorability rating of +56%, with 67% of Americans having a favorable view of the state and only 11% having an unfavorable opinion. Hawaii is followed by Montana (+43%), Wyoming (+42%), Alaska (+42%) and Maine (+42%).
https://today.yougov.com/news/2015/07/01/new-jersey-least-liked-state-america/
Union thugs and pensionistas have destroyed NJ’s future, cheered on by their bought and paid for politicians in Trenton since at least Florio, Now early retirees are throwing active employees under the bus by allowing their healthcare to get downgraded in bronze level in 2018 just so the fat cat pensioners can keep their platinum coverage.
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*> >> If you live in or have ever lived in Jersey…you’ll appreciate
this…if not, you may be surprised!*
* > >> > >> New Jersey has the second highest per capita income in the
U.S. > >> > >> New Jersey has three counties in the top ten U.S. counties
by income. > >> > >> New Jersey was the first state to ratify the Bill of
Rights (Nov. 20,1789) > >> > >> New Jersey is a peninsula.>>> > >> Dennis
Cosgrove lived in Weehawken>>>> >> New Jersey is the only state where all
of its counties are classified as metropolitan areas. > >> > >> New Jersey
has more race horses than Kentucky. > >> > >> New Jersey has more Cubans in
Union City (1 sq. mi.) than Havana, Cuba.> >> > >> New Jersey has the
densest system of highways and railroads in the US. > >> > >> New Jersey
has the highest cost of living. > >> > >> New Jersey has the highest cost
of auto insurance. > >> > >> New Jersey has the highest property taxes in
the nation. > >> > >> Cartoonist Thomas Nast (Morristown) created the
popular image of Santa Claus. > >> > >> New Jersey has the most diners in
the world and is sometimes referred to as the “Diner Capital of the
World.” > >> > >> Home to the less mysterious but the best Italian hot dogs
and Italian sausage w/peppers and onions. > >> > >> North Jersey has the
most shopping malls in one area in the world, with seven major ! shopping
malls in a 25 square mile radius. > >> > >> New Jersey is home to the
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. > >> > >> The Passaic River was the
site of the first submarine ride by inventor John P. Holland. > >> > >> New
Jersey has 50+ resort cities & towns; some of the nation’s most famous:
Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Long Branch, Cape
May. > >> > >> New Jersey was home to the Miss America Pageant held in
Atlantic City. > >> > >> The game Monopoly, played all over the world,
named the streets on its playing board after the actual streets in Atlantic
City. > >> > >> And, Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the
world, > >> > >> Not to mention salt water taffy. > >> > >> New Jersey has
the most stringent testing along our coastline for water quality control
than any other seaboard state in the entire country. > >> > >> The “Trial
of the Century” (the Lindberg Baby kidnapping) was held in Flemington. >
New Jersey is a leading technology & industrial state and is the
largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include
pharmaceuticals. > >> > >> Jersey tomatoes are known the world over as
being the best you can buy. > >> > >> You haven’t lived until you have
eaten New Jersey sweet Corn. > >> > >> New Jersey is a leader in blueberry
and cranberry production. > >> > >> In 1642, the first brewery in America,
opened in Hoboken. > >> > >> New Jersey rocks! The famous Les Paul invented
the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah, in 1940. > >> > >> New
Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the US, located
in Elizabeth. Nearly 80 percent of what our nation imports comes through
Elizabeth Seaport first. > >> > >> New Jersey is home to one of the
nation’s busiest airports (in Newark), Liberty International. > >> > >>
George Washington slept here. Several important Revolutionary War battles
were fought on New Jersey soil, led by General George Washington. On
Christmas Eve 1776 he crossed the Delaware to attack the Hessian troops at
Trenton. > >> > >> The light bulb, phonograph (record player), and motion
picture projector, were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park, NJ,
laboratory. > >> > >> We also boast the first town ever lit by incandescent
bulbs. > >> > >> The first movie studio was in West Orange. > >> > >> The
first western was filmed by Edison in the hills of West Orange-“The Great
Train Robbery.” > >> > >> Highest population density in the US > >> > >>
Home of the US Olympic Equestrian Team > >> > >> Home to the United States
Golf association (Far Hills) > >> > >> The transistor was invented by Bell
Labs in NJ > >> > >> The telephone was invented in NJ > >> > >> Samuel
Morse’s code machine was built in NJ (Morris Plains) > >> > >> The first
seaplane was built in Keyport, NJ. > >> > >> The first airmail (to Chicago)
was started from Keyport, NJ. > >> > >> The first phonograph records were
made in Camden, NJ. > >> > >> New Jersey has the largest petroleum
containment area outside of the Middle East countries. > >> > >> New Jersey
has the tallest water-tower in the world. (Union, NJ!!!) > >> > >> New
Jersey had the first medical center, in Jersey City. > >> > >> The Pulaski
Sky Way, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway highway. > >> >
NJ built the first tunnel under a river, the Hudson (Holland Tunnel). >
The first baseball game was played in Hoboken, NJ, which is also
the birthplace of Frank Sinatra. > >> > >> The first intercollegiate
football game was played in New Brunswick in 1889 (Rutgers College played
Princeton). > >> > >> The first drive-in movie theater was opened in
Camden, NJ, (but they’re all gone now!). > >> > >> New Jersey is home to
both of “NEW YORK’S” pro football teams! > >> > >> The first FM radio
broadcast was made from Alpine, NJ, by Maj. Thomas Armstrong. > >> > >> The
Great Falls in Paterson, on the Passaic River, is the second highest
waterfall on the East Coast of the US. In 1778, Alexander Hamilton visited
the falls and was impressed by its potential for industry. Later as the
nation’s first Secretary of Treasury, he selected the site as the nation’s
first planned industrial city. > >> > >> All New Jersey natives: (Actually
‘Born, Raised 0r Settled’) > >> > >> Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen,
Dennis Cosgrove, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Derek Jeter > >> Queen Latifah,
Susan Sarandon, Connie Francis, Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, > >> Dionne
Warwick, Sarah Vaughn, Budd Abbott, Lou Costello, The Jonas Brothers, > >>
Alan Ginsberg, Yogi Berra, Larry Doby, Norman Mailer, Marilynn McCoo, Flip
Wilson, > >> Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Edison, Frankie Valli, Charles
Lindbergh, > >> Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow
Wilson, Walt Whitman, > >> Jerry Lewis, Tom Cruise, Joyce Kilmer, Bruce
Willis, Caesar Romero, > >> Ice-T, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane, Sandra Dee,
Danny DeVito, Richard Conti, Joe > >> Pesci, Joe Piscopo, Fanny Brice,
Annie Oakley, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Robert Blake, > >> John
Forsythe, Meryl Streep, Loretta Swit, Norman Lloyd, Paul Simon, Jerry
Herman, > >> Gordon McRae, Kevin Spacey, John Travolta, Phyllis Newman,
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, > >> Eva Marie Saint, Elisabeth Shue, James
Fennimore Cooper, Admiral Wm.Halsey,Jr., Dave Thomas (Wendy’s), William
Carlos Williams, Sammy Williams, Ray Liotta, Robert Wuhl, Paul Robeson,
Ernie Kovacs, Joseph Macchia, Brian Williams, Charles Gibson, Martha
Stewart, > >> Andrew Fastow (!) and, of course, Francis Albert Sinatra. >
You know you’re from Jersey (JOIZIE) when . . . > >> > >> You don’t
think of fruit when people mention “The Oranges.” > >> > >> You know that
it’s called Great Adventure, not Six Flags. > >> > >> You don’t put
pineapple on your pizza. > >> > >> And, you don’t buy pizza at a national
“pizza” franchise. > >> > >> You’ve known the way to Seaside Heights and
“Jersey Mikes”since you were seven. > >> > >> You know that the state isn’t
one big oil refinery. > >> > >> At least three people in your family still
love Bruce Springsteen, and you know the town Jon Bon Jovi is from. > >> >
You know what a “jug handle” is. (half a clover leaf) > >> > >> You know
that WaWa is a convenience store. > >> > >> You know that the state isn’t
all farmland. > >> > >> You know that there are no “beaches” in New
Jersey–there’s the shore–and you don’t go “to the shore,” you go “down
the shore.” And when you are there, you’re not “at the shore”; you are
“down the shore.” > >> > >> You know how to properly negotiate a circle. >
You knew that the last sentence had to do with driving. > >> > >>
You know that this is the only “New” state that doesn’t require “New” to
identify it (try . . . Mexico . . . York .! . . Hampshire–doesn’t work,
does it?). > >> > >> You consider putting mayo on a corned beef sandwich a
sacrilege. > >> > >> Or, ketchup on a hot dog. > >> > >> You don’t think
“What exit?” is very funny. > >> > >> You know that people from the 609
area code are “a little different.” > >> > >> You know that no respectable
New Jerseyan goes to Princeton–that’s for out-of-staters. > >> > >> The
Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school or local bar. > >> > >>
You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls. > >> > >> You
refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers. > >> > >> Every
year you have at least one kid in your class named Tony. > >> > >> You know
the location of every clip shown in the Sopranos opening credits.> >> > >>
You’ve gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of the mall. > >> > >>
You know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights, and people
from Central Jersey go to Belmar, and people from South Jersey go to
Wildwood. It can be no other way. > >> > >> You weren’t raised in New
Jersey–you were raised in either North Jersey, Central Jersey or South
Jersey. > >> > >> You don’t consider Newark or Camden to actually be part
of the state. > >> > >> You remember the stores Korvette’s, Two Guys,
Rickel’s, Channel, Bamberger’s and Orbach’s. > >> > >> You also remember
Palisades Amusement Park and Olympic Park. > >> > >> You’ve had a boardwalk
cheese steak and vinegar fries. > >> > >> You start planning for Memorial
Day weekend in February. > >> > >> And finally . . . You’ve NEVER, EVER
pumped your own gas. > > > > ba da bing ba da boom! > > > > *
Union thugs and pensionistas have destroyed NJ’s future, cheered on by their bought and paid for politicians in Trenton since at least Florio, Now early retirees are throwing active employees under the bus by allowing their healthcare to get downgraded in bronze level in 2018 just so the fat cat pensioners can keep their platinum coverage.