You are from Central Jersey when...

• Your town is full of garage sale signs.
• There are more Italians immigrating in than New York in the 1920’s.
• You will take any road, ANY road, other than Route 9.
• You have skipped school to go to the beach.
• The field you grew up playing in is now under development.
• You can’t believe other states don’t have full service at the gas stations.
• You DON'T pump your own gas.
• You spend more time at the mall than you do at home.
• People from other areas say you say ‘water’ weird and you don’t understand why.
• No matter where other people are from, if they aren’t from California, Florida, New York, or Jersey, they are a hick.
• Pennsylvania is another world.
• You think there’s no better shore than the Jersey shore.
• Everyone makes fun of how your state smells, yet all your trash goes to their state *cough* PA *cough*.
• Just after they are finished building a school, another one is in the works, or there are trailers erected for the dumb kids.
• You are sick of seeing Italian flag reflectors and stickers on cars.
• You remember Q104.3 and you know K-ROCK turned more commercial than MTV.
• The ‘Goonies’ touches home to your childhood.
• You are on the front line of the war with the Mets and Yankees, Jets and Giants, and Rangers and Devils.
• Every driveway has a basketball net.
• Every other house has a pool.
• You recognize places from the Sopranos show.
• You remember when 9 and 33 by the mall used to be a circle.
• You know what U-turns/jug handles are.
• Cops have nothing better to do then sit in speed traps all day.
• You see five cops on your way to the convenience store.
• You remember the riots of the Freehold Mall.
• You remember that asshole that killed a kid and gave the Smashing Pumpkins a bad name.
• Wawa is your home away from home.
• When you go to the shore, you need to buy salt water taffy and fudge.
• You stay away from Asbury Park unless you are going to the Stone Pony.
• You drive around looking for ghosts.
• You’ve driven to gravity hill.
• Your area code keeps changing.
• Your local police department is a joke.
• You know what handball is.
• You know that the only people who call it "Joisey" are from New York (usually the Bronx) or Texas.
• You know that it's called "Great Adventure," not "Six Flags."
• You know what a "jug handle" is.
• You know that this is the only "New..." state that doesn't require "NEW" to identify it (like Mexico, York, Hampshire- it doesn't work.)
• You only go to New York City for day trips, and you only call it "The City."

-From her Myspace blog