I have lived in New York for the majority of my life. Hence I have been trained and brainwashed to think that New Jersey is an inferior state reserved for wannabe New Yorkers. The armpit of America. The toxic wastedump of the northeast. A garbage dump for New York. I have heard, and used, them all. So imagine my embarrassment when New Jersey became our first home after marriage. I'm still in denial. I really am. When people ask where I live, I say "the New York area" (which is technically true, seeing that my commute into midtown Manhattan is a lot shorter than that of those living in Brooklyn, Queens, or even uptown Manhattan itself). On the rare occasions when I get...