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:A great majority of the state's stories of ghosts and pirates are set in or have ties to the Pine Barrens, and the [[Jersey Devil]] calls them its home, making it an out-of-[[Hollywood New England|New England]] branch of [[Lovecraft Country]]. (Mysterious [[Real Life]] phenomena such the [http://mysterybooms.blogspot.com/2010/03/mystery-booms-reported-in-2006.html unidentified] [https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/mysterious-booms-rattle-atlantic-county-community/2624163/ booming noises] which have rattled the area on a regular basis for decades just add to the mystique.) For someone whose only exposure to New Jersey is Chemical Alley and Newark, discovering that there is a part of the state where you can drive for an hour and see virtually nothing but pine trees, deer, and turkey vultures can be somewhat disconcerting.

 

 

== New Jersey facts ==

The (in)famous "Jersey stench" has been described by different people as smelling like burning rubber, rotten eggs, burnt coffee and "something that I don't know what it is, but it just stinks!" In reality, it isn't nearly as bad as New Yorkers like to pretend it is, especially after the Clean Air Act was passed and the capping of landfills became common practice. It's primarily found in one area of northeastern New Jersey where most of the state's industry is concentrated... which just so happens to be the part of the state that New Yorkers go through on their way in. West of the Watchung Mountains or south of Elizabeth, the only nasty thing you might smell on the road is dead skunk. Still, the smell of the Turnpike is well-known enough that an insurance company has launched a [http://www.jerseydoesntstink.com/ "Jersey Doesn't Stink"] campaign dedicated to combating negative stereotypes of the state.

 

== Famous New Jerseyans ==

 

=== [[Actors]] ===

* [[Abbott and Costello|Bud Abbott and Lou Costello]]

* [[Liz Gillies]]

* [[Anne Hathaway]]

* [[Monica Keena]] (although she was raised in [[Big Applesauce|Brooklyn]])

* [[Ali Larter]]

* [[Jerry Lewis]]

* [[Lea Michele]]

* [[Brittany Murphy]]

* [[Jack Nicholson]]

* [[Kal Penn]]

* [[Joe Pesci]]

* [[Laura Prepon]]

* [[American Pie|Tara Reid]]

* [[Christina Ricci]]

* [[Kevin Smith]]

* [[Meryl Streep]]

* [[John Travolta]]

* [[Bruce Willis]]

* [[Pia Zadora]]

 

=== Comedians ===

 

=== Internet Personalities ===

=== Musicians and Bands ===

* Ad-Rock of the [[Beastie Boys]]

* [[Bon Jovi]]

* [[Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons|The Four Seasons]]

* [[The Gaslight Anthem]]

* [[Whitney Houston]]

* [[The Jonas Brothers]]

* [[The Misfits]]

* [[My Chemical Romance]]

* Karen O of the [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]]

* [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]]

* [[w:Artie Schroeck|Artie Schroeck]]

* [[Frank Sinatra]]

=== Politicians ===

* [[Grover Cleveland]] (although he was raised in [[New York State|upstate New York]])

* [[Woodrow Wilson]] (he was born in Virginia and first moved to New Jersey as a transfer student to Princeton)

 

=== Other ===

* [[Playful Hacker|George "geohot" Hotz]] (aka "the man who unlocked the iPhone and [[Play Station 3]]")

 

[[Paranoia Fuel|As you can see]], ''[[We Are Everywhere]]''.

 

So there you have it. The All The Tropes tour of the Garden State. Hopefully your gas tank isn't too far in the red from not trusting Jersey pump jockeys, you should be able to make it to the Sloatsburg rest stop on the New York Thruway on that...{{color|white|Now to send those Bennies back where they came from...}}

 

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