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This is pure self-indulgence:
New Jersey is the only state where all of its counties are classified as metropolitan areas.
North Jersey has the most shoppping malls in one area in the world - seven in a 25 mile radius!
New Jersey has more race horses than Kentucky.
New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq mi.) than Havana, Cuba.
New Jersey has the densest system of highways and railroads in the US.
New Jersey has the highest cost of living in the nation.
New Jersey has the highest cost of auto insurance in the nation.
New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation.
New Jersey has the most diners in the world.
The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine ride by inventor John P. Holland.
New Jersey has the most stringent testing along our coastline for water quality control than any other seaboard state in the entire country.
New Jersey is a leading technology & industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals.
New Jersey is the world leader in blueberry and cranberry production
In 1642, the first brewery in America, opened in Hoboken.
The famous Les Paul invented the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah, in 1940.
New Jersey has the largest seaport in the US, located in Elizabeth. Nearly 80 percent of what our nation imports comes through Elizabeth Seaport first.
The light bulb, phonograph (record player), and motion picture projector, were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park, NJ, laboratory.
NJ has the first town ever lit by incandescent bulbs.
The first seaplane was built in Keyport, NJ.
The first airmail (to Chicago) was started from Keyport, NJ.
The first phonograph records were made in Camden, NJ.
The game Monopoly, played all over the world, named the streets on its playing board after the actual streets in Atlantic City.
Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world.
The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey, in the Watchung Mountains.
New Jersey has the tallest water-tower in the world in Union.
New Jersey had the first medical center in Jersey City.
The Pulaski SkyWay, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway in the nation.
NJ built the first tunnel under a river, the Holland which takes you into NY under the Hudson.
The first baseball game was played in Hoboken, NJ, which is also the birthplace of Frank Sinatra.
The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick in 1889 (Rutgers v Princeton).
The first drive-in movie theater was opened in Camden, NJ.
New Jersey is home to both of "NEW YORK'S" pro football teams!
The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson, NJ.
And . . .
New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area in the world outside the Middle East.
So, go ahead, set that on fire. (Many thanks to Patrick H.)
New Jersey is the only state where all of its counties are classified as metropolitan areas.
North Jersey has the most shoppping malls in one area in the world - seven in a 25 mile radius!
New Jersey has more race horses than Kentucky.
New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq mi.) than Havana, Cuba.
New Jersey has the densest system of highways and railroads in the US.
New Jersey has the highest cost of living in the nation.
New Jersey has the highest cost of auto insurance in the nation.
New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation.
New Jersey has the most diners in the world.
The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine ride by inventor John P. Holland.
New Jersey has the most stringent testing along our coastline for water quality control than any other seaboard state in the entire country.
New Jersey is a leading technology & industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals.
New Jersey is the world leader in blueberry and cranberry production
In 1642, the first brewery in America, opened in Hoboken.
The famous Les Paul invented the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah, in 1940.
New Jersey has the largest seaport in the US, located in Elizabeth. Nearly 80 percent of what our nation imports comes through Elizabeth Seaport first.
The light bulb, phonograph (record player), and motion picture projector, were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park, NJ, laboratory.
NJ has the first town ever lit by incandescent bulbs.
The first seaplane was built in Keyport, NJ.
The first airmail (to Chicago) was started from Keyport, NJ.
The first phonograph records were made in Camden, NJ.
The game Monopoly, played all over the world, named the streets on its playing board after the actual streets in Atlantic City.
Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world.
The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey, in the Watchung Mountains.
New Jersey has the tallest water-tower in the world in Union.
New Jersey had the first medical center in Jersey City.
The Pulaski SkyWay, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway in the nation.
NJ built the first tunnel under a river, the Holland which takes you into NY under the Hudson.
The first baseball game was played in Hoboken, NJ, which is also the birthplace of Frank Sinatra.
The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick in 1889 (Rutgers v Princeton).
The first drive-in movie theater was opened in Camden, NJ.
New Jersey is home to both of "NEW YORK'S" pro football teams!
The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson, NJ.
And . . .
New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area in the world outside the Middle East.
So, go ahead, set that on fire. (Many thanks to Patrick H.)
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