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** The under-construction American Dream Meadowlands mega-mall, which will be by far the largest mall in North America and the largest outside of Asia... [[Development Hell|if it ever gets finished.]]
** The under-construction American Dream Meadowlands mega-mall, which will be by far the largest mall in North America and the largest outside of Asia... [[Development Hell|if it ever gets finished.]]
** A large number of dead Mob hits. One of the (many) locations proposed to be Jimmy Hoffa's final resting place was under the stands of the old Giants Stadium.
** A large number of dead Mob hits. One of the (many) locations proposed to be Jimmy Hoffa's final resting place was under the stands of the old Giants Stadium.
* '''The Skylands:''' A region that consists roughly of Somerset, Hunterdon, Warren, Sussex, and Morris Counties, and the West Milford region of Passaic County. Overlaps with North and Central Jersey. Most of these areas are essentially farmland and wilderness (suburban development is limited mainly to eastern Morris and Somerset thanks to New Jersey's strong environmental laws<ref>No joke. New Jersey is almost as tough as California when it comes to environmental standards and anti-pollution laws. Hey, if you lived in New Jersey and had to put up with wisecracks about smokestacks, suburbia, Superfund sites, syringe tides and "the smell", you'd also want to clean the place up.</ref>), which is why they are conspicuously absent from most media portrayals of the state. If referenced at all, it will usually be the site of [[Summer Campy]], the [[Horrible Camping Trip]], or a ski resort. Oh, and speaking of camp, [[Friday the 13th (film)|don't work as a counselor if you value your life]]. [[Amusement Park of Doom|Action Park]] used to be located out here.
* '''The Skylands:''' A region that consists roughly of Somerset, Hunterdon, Warren, Sussex, and Morris Counties, and the West Milford region of Passaic County. Overlaps with North and Central Jersey. Most of these areas are essentially farmland and wilderness (suburban development is limited mainly to eastern Morris and Somerset thanks to New Jersey's strong environmental laws<ref>No joke. New Jersey is almost as tough as California when it comes to environmental standards and anti-pollution laws. Hey, if you lived in New Jersey and had to put up with wisecracks about smokestacks, suburbia, Superfund sites, syringe tides and "the smell", you'd also want to clean the place up.</ref>), which is why they are conspicuously absent from most media portrayals of the state. If referenced at all, it will usually be the site of [[Summer Campy]], the [[Horrible Camping Trip]], or a ski resort. Oh, and speaking of camp, [[Friday the 13th (film)|don't work as a counselor if you value your life]]. [[Amusement Park of Doom|Action Park]] used to be located out here (and as of 2014, [[Back From the Dead|will be again]]).
* '''Central Jersey:''' To hear it from someone from the area, Central Jersey is a distinct region of the state consisting of the area covered by the Raritan Valley, in Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties. To hear it from someone from North or South Jersey, Central Jersey is a nonexistent entity that is really an extension of North Jersey, and its residents all have an inferiority complex. The site of the state capital, Trenton, as well as suburban sprawl ballooning out from both New York and Philly. If a story requires that the characters consult a brainy professor, this scene will often either take place at [[Ivy League|Princeton]], or elsewhere with a professor who teaches there. If not Princeton, then the main campus of Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, will do in a pinch. (Never Rutgers Newark, or Montclair State University, and for good reason.)<br /><br />In addition to the above counties, many people in Central Jersey count the northernmost part of Ocean County as part of Central Jersey. This is mainly because this sliver of land includes the community of Jackson Township, home of Six Flags Great Adventure, as well as the beach town of Point Pleasant. South Jerseyans, naturally, consider it to be in South Jersey. A few people split the difference and say South Central New Jersey, but in their hearts, they know that they'll have to wait for [[Cue the Flying Pigs|the Cubs to win the Series]] before most of New Jersey accepts such a thing.
* '''Central Jersey:''' To hear it from someone from the area, Central Jersey is a distinct region of the state consisting of the area covered by the Raritan Valley, in Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties. To hear it from someone from North or South Jersey, Central Jersey is a nonexistent entity that is really an extension of North Jersey, and its residents all have an inferiority complex. The site of the state capital, Trenton, as well as suburban sprawl ballooning out from both New York and Philly. If a story requires that the characters consult a brainy professor, this scene will often either take place at [[Ivy League|Princeton]], or elsewhere with a professor who teaches there. If not Princeton, then the main campus of Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, will do in a pinch. (Never Rutgers Newark, or Montclair State University, and for good reason.)<br /><br />In addition to the above counties, many people in Central Jersey count the northernmost part of Ocean County as part of Central Jersey. This is mainly because this sliver of land includes the community of Jackson Township, home of Six Flags Great Adventure, as well as the beach town of Point Pleasant. South Jerseyans, naturally, consider it to be in South Jersey. A few people split the difference and say South Central New Jersey, but in their hearts, they know that they'll have to wait for [[Cue the Flying Pigs|the Cubs to win the Series]] before most of New Jersey accepts such a thing.
* '''The [[Jersey Shore]]:''' New Jersey's coastline, and a major summer destination for New Yorkers, Pennsylvanians, and New Jerseyans alike. It used to have [[Never Live It Down|a reputation for being dirty]] due to the infamous [[wikipedia:Syringe Tide|"syringe tide"]] in the late '80s, when used syringes and other medical waste started washing up on the shore from the Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island (in short, [[Mis Blamed|it wasn't even New Jersey's fault!]]). Now, thanks to [[MTV]], it's has a reputation for being covered in [[Take That|another kind of trash, once again imported from out of state]]. Towns and destinations along the Shore include Asbury Park (the Shore's [[Gayborhood|gay mecca]] and a hub of rock music), Point Pleasant, Toms River, Seaside Heights (yes, ''[[Jersey Shore|that]]'' Seaside Heights), Long Beach Island (or LBI in local parlance), Atlantic City (which has legal gambling, and often shares tropes with [[Viva Las Vegas|Las Vegas]]), Wildwood, and Cape May.
* '''The [[Jersey Shore]]:''' New Jersey's coastline, and a major summer destination for New Yorkers, Pennsylvanians, and New Jerseyans alike. It used to have [[Never Live It Down|a reputation for being dirty]] due to the infamous [[wikipedia:Syringe Tide|"syringe tide"]] in the late '80s, when used syringes and other medical waste started washing up on the shore from the Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island (in short, [[Mis Blamed|it wasn't even New Jersey's fault!]]). Now, thanks to [[MTV]], it's has a reputation for being covered in [[Take That|another kind of trash, once again imported from out of state]]. Towns and destinations along the Shore include Asbury Park (the Shore's [[Gayborhood|gay mecca]] and a hub of rock music), Point Pleasant, Toms River, Seaside Heights (yes, ''[[Jersey Shore|that]]'' Seaside Heights), Long Beach Island (or LBI in local parlance), Atlantic City (which has legal gambling, and often shares tropes with [[Viva Las Vegas|Las Vegas]]), Wildwood, and Cape May.
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