The Traveler Returns
My goodness, I feel like I've been up and down the Eastern seaboard twice over the last five days. And that's because I have. I just rolled in from a business trip in New Jersey, and before that was my trip to NYC with Gerritt. I'll give that trip the write-up it deserves later on this week. For now, I'll just leave you all with some conventional wisdom I gained from the Garden State yesterday and today:
- The people there are not stereotypically rude, but their driving sure is. Be prepared to fight for your life... I mean, lane. Or both.
- New Jersey has an aversion to left turns. Be prepared to never ever exit a main road, or look closely for the right-turn sign that will also allow you to do a left turn or U-turn.
- Something I knew previously, which a lot of you probably know, too: you don't pump your own gas in NJ, so be prepared to guess how much gas you need. Quick math skills help.
- I think Jersey made me sick, because I progressively started sneezing more and more as I started to drive back today. Be cautious when making stops there.
Any other Jerseyisms?
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The left had turn thing is really the downfall of new jersey. They are the direct or indirect cause of (2) things that make traveling through the state an UGLY experience:
1)jersey barriers-what they use to keep you from making left turns.
2)A shmorgesborg of florescent and reflective signs, stickers and paint - what they use to remind all the people who aren't from jersey that you can't make left hand turns.
New Jersey is basically a pit stop between Philly and NYC
I agree completely, Tom and nacho. Couldn't have put it better myself.