Ngakho-ke, yebo, iNew Jersey iyinhlekisa yabaningi. Kodwa kukho konke okubi, kukhona okuhle ngokulinganayo. Yingakho siyithanda le ndawo. Lapha, izinto ezingu-30 wonke umuntu ongowokuzalwa e-Garden State angahlobana nazo…ngisho noma akekho omunye ongakwazi.
Drew Lazor/Serious Eats 1. I-mascot yethu esemthethweni kufanele ibe u-trinity ongcwele wengulube yengulube, iqanda kanye noshizi (okubizwa ngokuthi isangweji le-Taylor ham). Ungayinqobi uze uzame eyodwa.
2. Sinenhlanganisela engavamile yokuziqhenya nokuzizonda ngobunjalo bethu bombuso.
3. Sazi zonke izindlela zokuhamba ukusuka eNew Jersey ukuya eManhattan.
4. Sichaza lapho sihlala khona ngokususela ekuphumeni kwe-turnpike (noma i-parkway).
5. Nasezitolo ezinkulu. Ingabe useduze kwaseCherry Hill, Bridgewater, Palisades, Freehold Raceway noma Short Hills?
6. Akekho ombiza ngoJoisey.
7. Kodwa abanye bethu banayo indlela ehlekisayo yokuphimisela. Phinda ngemva kwethu: udaka (amanzi) kanye begel (ibheji).
8. Asazi ukuthi siyimpompa kanjani eyethu igesi. Futhi asizisoli ngakho.
Todd Heisler / New York Times 9. Kwezinye izindawo abantu bayazipholela ezitolo zekhofi. Sizihlalela ezindaweni zokudlela.
10. Abantu baseNew York bangaba nama-latte abo ka-. Sizophuza ikhofi le-Wawa (nama-hoagies) noma nini.
11. INyakatho neSouth Jersey ingase ibe yizifundazwe ezihlukene. Futhi iCentral Jersey inenkinga kamazisi.
12. Cha, akuzona indle eluhlaza oyinukayo. Ngu-Elizabeth nje.
Esiteji saseMelika13. Nguye phansi ogwini , abantu. Futhi cha, asikhulumi ngalowo mbukiso wangempela owacekela phansi i-rep yethu unomphela.
14. I-Cape May iyinhleko ye-Victorian.
15. Yilapho esilethela khona ama- hoagies ethu khona ogwini lolwandle.
16. Asiwathandi ama-Bennys nama-Shoobies (uyazi...izivakashi ezisuka e-NY nase-PA) ziminyene emabhishi ethu ehlobo.
17. Kodwa siyajabula ukudlala ngokusingatha i-Jets and the Giants e-East Rutherford's MetLife Stadium.
Izithombe ze-Al Bello/Getty 18. E-New Jersey, uma inyakaza, kunentela kuyo. Ngaphandle kwezingubo. Ngakho sithenga eziningi zazo.
19. Asikholelwa ngempela kuJersey Devil...kodwa uChris Christie kuyinto okwangempela.
20. Kodwa abakwaPine Barrens basuke behlukunyezwa kakhulu.
21. Futhi amapentshisi ethu eGarden State, utamatisi namablueberries ngokungangabazeki ahamba phambili ezweni.
Ed Yourdon/Flickr 22. Sazi kangcono kunokujikela kwesokunxele. Yilokho okwenziwa izibambo zejeke.
23. Uma sikhuluma ngezibambo zamajeke, ziwumkhuba wokudlula. Futhi mfana kuyajabulisa ukubuka abantu bangaphandle kwedolobha bezama ukukubona.
24. Akunakwenzeka ukugwema imigwaqo ekhokhelwayo. Yingakho sonke sine-EZ-Pass.
25. I-Atlantic City kufanele ibekelwe amaphathi ama-bachelorette kuphela…kanye nomncintiswano kaMiss America.
26. Asibona bonke abayizixhwanguxhwangu nosopolitiki abakhohlakele, njengalokhu AmaSoprano futhi I-Boardwalk Empire kungenzeka ukuthi ukholwe.
27 Kodwa inqwaba yabafana esibaziyo okuthiwa nguTony.
HBO 28. Empeleni uSnooki akaveli e-NJ.
29. UBruce Springsteen ukhona. Ubizwa nge-Boss ngesizathu.
30. Futhi siyohlala simthanda uBon Jovi.
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