My thoughts on NJ

New Jersey is a well oiled machine from the roads to the justice system to schools, all of which help you to go to work. Jersey is the crossroads of New York City and Philly. It's a work emphasized culture. The stores are the size of warehouses and from a business point of view seem overwhelming to start your own. There is little sentiment to mom and pop shops and people would much rather shop at a Walmart or department store than care about a small business run by a resident. The houses aren't much bigger than the plot of land they are built on and everything and everyone is squeezed in. Fast food is widely available. The design of NJ is formulaic and with little personality so as to get the most function and money out of small uses of land. The people who live here are suspicious of people they meet cause their is such a high volume of people living in small spaces. Most people in this state don't know their neighbors. Products are designed to sell to a broad range of consumers and are mass produced with little individuality. People who seek individuality still shop at brand stores (how many hot topics have you seen?). So I think the value and demands put up on us by growing up in this state are different than the ideals we were taught and that's very confusing. New Jersey is like a snowball from when I watched Ducktails as a child, its starts off as a snowball rolling down a mountain then picks up more and more snow and momentum until it's so big and call roll over anything.