The Bryce Harper Compendium (2017)

[Natsinpwc]

So the pristine Atlantic City beaches count?

Yes. South jersey is from Atlantic city and south.  It is also the home of the jersey devil who lived in the pine barrens of south jersey. The name was stolen by the North Jersey Devils. 

[GburgNatsFan]

That's very different. Big fan of Cape May County. But still *entirely* infested with Philthy fans all summer long.

South Jersey covers from Cape May North about 40 miles as far as I'm concerned.  Not that the rest is necessarily North Jersey but none of it qualifies as South Jersey which to me is essentially a different state.

[Natsinpwc]

That's very different. Big fan of Cape May County. But still *entirely* infested with Philthy fans all summer long.

South Jersey should have been annexed by Philly years ago. And North Jersey by New York. Trenton and central New Jersey could be left for the Hessians.

[mitlen]

South Jersey should have been annexed by Philly years ago. And North Jersey by New York. Trenton and central New Jersey could be left for the Hessians.

Oh yeah, that's a step up for S. Jersey.           Ah, the Hessians.    Just about done with my American Revolution tome.

[Natsinpwc]

Oh yeah, that's a step up for S. Jersey.           Ah, the Hessians.    Just about done with my American Revolution tome.

A major step up!!

[Ray D]

So the pristine Atlantic City beaches count?

No, Atlantic City is more than 40 miles north.  I was very careful to exclude it.

[Natsinpwc]

No, Atlantic City is more than 40 miles north.  I was very careful to exclude it.

AC has always been part of south jersey.

[GburgNatsFan]

No, Atlantic City is more than 40 miles north.  I was very careful to exclude it.

Agreed. Wildwood. No further North. The best part of the state. Well, the extreme northern end is also quite nice, the area constrained by 80 and 287.

[skippy1999]

South Jersey should have been annexed by Philly years ago. And North Jersey by New York. Trenton and central New Jersey could be left for the Hessians.

Central Jersey is Monmouth County, right? Count me in with the Hessians then

[Natsinpwc]

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/04/mapping_njs_unofficial_north_central_and_south_jer.html

Atlantic city is in south jersey. Certainly places like Avalon and Sea Isle city north of Wildwood are also south Jersey. I generally think of the dividing line as the AC expressway but you will see from the link that people even north of that and north of Atlantic city consider themselves to be in south jersey.

[Ray D]

 

the extreme northern end is also quite nice, the area constrained by 80 and 287.

I just spent three days in Princeton last week and it was very pleasant.

[Natsinpwc]

Agreed. Wildwood. No further North. The best part of the state. Well, the extreme northern end is also quite nice, the area constrained by 80 and 287.

Sea Isle City and Avalon are much nicer than Wildwood. Few hotels so less congested and the beaches are just as nice. Best place to rent a house for a week. Short drive to the Wildwood boardwalk or to Atlantic City.

[Ray D]

 people even north of that and north of Atlantic city consider themselves to be in south jersey.

People in Rockville and Wheaton say they live in Potomac but saying it doesn't make it so.

[Natsinpwc]

I just spent three days in Princeton last week and it was very pleasant.

It's a nice area. If you stay away from all the snooty types at the college. Sorry but Dad went to Penn and I have an inherited dislike for the school.

[GburgNatsFan]

Yeah, a lot of the beaches are nice. I think what Ray was trying to describe was pretty much just Cape May County, or maybe State Route 40 and south.

Sea Isle City and Avalon are much nicer than Wildwood. Few hotels so less congested and the beaches are just as nice. Best place to rent a house for a week. Short drive to the Wildwood boardwalk or to Atlantic City.

[Natsinpwc]

People in Rockville and Wheaton say they live in Potomac but saying it doesn't make it so.

Atlantic city has always been considered part of south jersey.

[Ray D]

Growing up in the 60s Atlantic City was just about my favorite place on earth.  When it was converted, it became nothing more than a sewer frequented by fat chain-smoking losers.

[HalfSmokes]

People in Rockville and Wheaton say they live in Potomac but saying it doesn't make it so.

anyone else remember when north Potomac became a thing?

[GburgNatsFan]

Still is a thing to people who live in Darnestown.

anyone else remember when north Potomac became a thing?

[JCA-CrystalCity]

It is also the home of the jersey devil who lived in the pine barrens of south jersey.

Is that the Russian interior decorator who killed a bunch of Czechoslovakians?

[Ray D]

anyone else remember when north Potomac became a thing?

1965.  My girlfriend lived in a cheap apartment in Langley Park. Then the family moved to North Potomac and she dumped me because a girl from Potomac can't have a Takoma Park boyfriend.

[GburgNatsFan]

Not if you didn't have a car to drive all the way the eff out to Darnestown.

Or was she the Rockville sect of North Potomac?

Was Takoma Park communist back in '65?

1965.  My girlfriend lived in a cheap apartment in Langley Park. Then the family moved to North Potomac and she dumped me because a girl from Potomac can't have a Takoma Park boyfriend.

[Ray D]

Was Takoma Park communist back in '65?

No. It was under the firm control of the Seventh Day Adventists. They made sure no communists moved in.  The communist movement began in the mid 70s. First, they killed off all the Seventh Day Adventists.  I was out of Takoma Park by then but moved back and bought a house in 1979 (lived there 30 years).  By then the communists pretty much had firm control under the leadership of Mayor-for-Life Generalissimo Sammy Abbott. He established the Nuclear Free Zone, and several other initiatives.  Mayor for life Abbott was overthrown in 1985  in a bloodless coup led by my good friend Steve DelGuidice, who took over as mayor and things calmed down a bit. But Steve moved on to greater things the city is back at it again.

[skippy1999]

It is amazing to me how any mention of New Jersey will throw any thread off the rails

[mitlen]

It is amazing to me how any mention of New Jersey will throw any thread off the rails

It's New England.    Whaddya expect?