Let s face it. New Jersey has been the vain of jokes for late night talk show hosts, to movies like Miss Congeniality. I have also got a ribbing from a friend or two who live in the pristine mid-west.
I took a drive to visit a friend in Illinois and he noticed my license plate read Garden State. He then laughed and said, Garden State? What or where in New Jersey would you find a garden.
I shrugged it off and after he came out to visit me he took his words back. As a matter of fact, he seriously contemplated moving out here to New Jersey.