Why Does Everyone Talk Trash About New Jersey?

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Why does everyone seem to talk trash about New Jersey? Mr. Beat reveals the REAL reason why everyone hates New Jersey.

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Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CCeHnpUlGFPPNBq6H36knV4ilTeD3L-GPu0_xyMkTPM/edit?usp=sharing

Sources/further reading:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-does-new-jersey-get-no-respect/
https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10315/25065/JAC004268.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
https://nyulocal.com/across-the-river-a-world-away-why-we-trash-new-jersey-d10dd1aa00b
https://www.jerseysbest.com/community/the-language-of-n-j-an-a-to-z-guide-to-the-phrases-we-use-but-no-one-else-understands/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnAmerican/comments/agsh5g/why_does_everyone_hate_on_new_jersey/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/otco91/new_jersey_often_seems_to_be_the_butt_of_jokes/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnAmerican/comments/kia3af/why_is_new_jersey_so_relentlessly_mocked_in/
https://nypost.com/2012/11/04/how-new-jersey-became-a-punchline/

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Lots of people apparently talk trash about New Jersey.

And this goes way back. Take this song from 1908: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1elwgJrTe4k
Even Benjamin Franklin poked fun at the Garden State, calling it a “keg tapped at both ends.”
And frankly, I am baffled by this. In this video, I am going to attempt to figure out why.

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