New Jersey

Delaware River neighbor

New Jersey is a state in the northeastern United States, bordered by New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the Atlantic Ocean.

Despite being the fourth-smallest state by area, it ranks among the most densely populated.

Known as the Garden State, it combines heavy industrialization and urban sprawl in the north with farmland and shore communities in the south.

We're heading down the shore is characteristic Jersey speak for beach vacations along its Atlantic coastline.

geography

Trenton

New Jersey's capital city

Atlantic City · Princeton · Morristown · Hoboken · Hudson River · Delaware River · Palisades · Highlands · barrier islands

industrial

refineries

Facilities that purify raw materials

smokestacks · Edison · Newark · Elizabeth · pollution · manufacturing · warehouse · Meadowlands · container port · factories

shore

boardwalk

Planked waterfront pathway

beach · ocean · saltwater taffy · Snooki · lifeguard · pier · dunes · clamming · seagulls · funnel cake

suburban

commute

Regular work travel

  • sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
  • mallsIndoor retail centers
  • dinersCasual roadside eateries

parkway · transit · subdivisions · cul-de-sac · strip malls · traffic · congestion · shopping centers · developments · neighborhoods

garden

tomatoes

Red fleshy fruits

produce · orchards · agriculture · nurseries · corn · peaches · vineyards · farmland · harvest · cultivation

Categories
Opposites
us regional stereotypes

New JerseyAlaska

America's frozen northwest

Montana · Wyoming · Hawaii · Idaho · rural America

landform type

New JerseyHawaii

Pacific island state

island states · Puerto Rico · Guam · US Virgin Islands · Long Island

Family

Jersey

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G