Seriously though, about bears... my sister lives in very far Northern New Jersey (West Milford). We were sitting on her deck last night when a mother with four cubs waltzed through her back yard (black bears). She says she has to wait to hear the garbage truck before she takes it out because there's a 50% chance that if she takes it out a half hour early, bears will be at it.
They have bear safety training sessions in the elementary school. 
Let's hope they don't get that common here!
Once bears learn human garbage includes food, they become real pests.
