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Frank Sinatra grew up
here. Bruce Springsteen waxed poetic over his youth
here. It is home to the most expensive and productive
farmland in America. Because of its integral and
strategic position within the growing Megalopolis of the
Eastern Seaboard, New Jersey has developed a huge
manufacturing and refining base. Chemicals and chemical
products are the dominant industries.
As a result, you might expect New Jersey to be the
most prodigiously polluted state in the country, chock
full of illegal waste dumps and clandestine disposal
operations. You would be right. But for once the state
legislature did something smart and passed the most
stringent anti-pollution laws in the country. That's
right, in the country. Its remaining forest,
marshland, and other natural habitats are all under some
form of environmental protection, too. As for culture?
There's always Princeton or Atlantic City (look,
everyone has unique ideas about what constitutes
culture); and don't forget, New York City is just
moments away.
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