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Facts about NJ
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New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. An average
1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average.
New Jersey has the highest percent urban population in the U.S. with
about 90% of the people living in an urban area.
New Jersey is the only state where all its counties are classified
as metropolitan areas.
North Jersey is the car theft capital of the world, with more cars
stolen in Newark then any other city. Even the 2 largest cities,
NYC and LA put together.
New Jersey has the most dense system of highways and railroads in
the U.S.
New Jersey has 108 toxic waste dumps. Which is the most in any one
state in the nation.
New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes
referred to as the diner capital of the world.
North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world
with seven major shopping malls in a 25 sq. mile radius.
New Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
Passaic river was the site to the first submarine ride by inventor
John P. Holland.
New Jersey has over 50 resort cities and towns, some of the nations
most famous, Asbury park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside heights,
Cape May.
New Jersey is a leading industrial state and is the largest chemical
producing state in the nation.
New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the
U.S. located in Elizabeth.
Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Redman, Das EFX,
Naughty by Nature, Sugar Hill Gang, Lords of the Underground, Jason
Alexander, Queen Latifa, Shaq, Judy Blume, Arron Burr, Alexander
Hamilton,Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Frank Sinatra, Grover
Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman, are all New Jersey natives.
The light bulb, phonograph (record player), motion picture projector
were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park laboratory.
New Jersey is home to the Miss America pageant held in Atlantic
City.
Atlantic City is where the street names came from for the game
monopoly Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world.
New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the
Middle East countries.
The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey.
New Jersey has the tallest water-tower in the world.
New Jersey is home to the Boy Scouts of America headquarters located
in New Brunswick.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
New Jersey is the only state in the nation which offers child abuse
prevention workshops to every public school.
The first baseball game was played in Hoboken.
The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick,
in 1889 Rutgers College played Princeton. Rutgers won.
The first Drive-In Movie theater was opened in Camden.
And last but not least.... New Jersey produces the most spoiled
women in the world!
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