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- This is about a region in the United States. For the island of Jersey, see Jersey.
South Jersey is a colloquial term, with no consensus definition, covering the southern portions of New Jersey between the lower Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean.
New Jersey is sandwiched between two large cities: New York City in the northeast and Philadelphia in the southwest; Benjamin Franklin called her "a barrel tapped at both ends".
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- This is about a region in the United States. For the island of Jersey, see Jersey.
South Jersey is a colloquial term, with no consensus definition, covering the southern portions of New Jersey between the lower Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean.
New Jersey is sandwiched between two large cities: New York City in the northeast and Philadelphia in the southwest; Benjamin Franklin called her "a barrel tapped at both ends". South Jersey is the area within the Philadelphia sphere of influence, whereas North Jersey is the area within New York City's influence.
The shoreline areas, in particular Atlantic City, have a distinct economy centered around tourism.
Burlington and Camden counties have several older streetcar towns, and many residents commute to Philadelphia.
South Jersey counties
South Jersey comprises seven counties.
Until it was split in 1999, the original area covered by Area code 609 was one of the definitions of South Jersey.
Ocean County enigma
Recently, a 7-county definition has prevailed for South Jersey, leaving Ocean County out.. This is due to the fact that unlike the other 7 counties, Ocean County is considered to be part of the New York Metropolitan Area and is the only county of the 8 to get news coverage from New York City on basic cable.
Historically, Ocean County has also had different voting patterns from the other 7 counties. In 1980, Ocean was the only southern county (of 6 that had the question on ballots) to defeat the 1980 non-binding referendum for South Jersey to secede from the North. Additionally, Ocean County was the only county, of the southern 8, to vote for Frank Lautenberg over Rob Andrews in the 2008 Democractic Primary for US Senate.,
These differences can possibly be linked to the fact that Ocean County, like most of the other northern New Jersey counties, was part of East Jersey, while the other 7 southern counties were part of West Jersey.
Economics and Demographics
In 2005, Money magazine named Moorestown the "best place to live" in the United States, although they stated that a number of adjacent municipalities (particularly Mount Laurel, Haddonfield, Medford, Marlton, Cherry Hill, and Voorhees) could have just as easily been given the distinction. New Jersey's population density, as well as the geographic limitations of such a populous state, make disparities between adjoining or neighboring towns readily evident. For example, Maple Shade, which abuts Moorestown, is a township of working class and middle income families.
By contrast, nearby Camden has excessive poverty and crime. Lindenwold, Clementon, Mt. Holly, Gloucester City, and Pemberton and Atlantic City contain large segments of working class citizens.
Commercial centers and resorts
South Jersey's regional commercial centers include: Cherry Hill,Collingswood, Camden, and Atlantic City with its resort casinos, boardwalk, shopping, and beaches.
Other South Jersey beach resorts include:
Notable South Jerseyans
- Malik Allen, basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA
- The Aqua Teens, TV Stars
- Mike Bibby, basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA
- Mary Birdsong, actress
- Dave Budd, retired basketball player
- The Camden 28, anti-Vietnam war protesters
- Joanna Cassidy, actress
- Jeff Celentano, actor
- James Fenimore Cooper, author of Last of the Mohicans
- Musa Cooper, dancer
- Ron Dayne, football player for the Houston Texans of the NFL
- Marc Ecko, owner and founder of ecko unltd.
- Keith Elias, former football player
- Joe Flacco, quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL
- Linda Fiorentino, actress
- Calista Flockhart, actress
- Glenn Foley, former football player
- Chris Ford, former basketball player and coach
- Bruce S. Gordon, president of the NAACP
- Orel Hershiser, former baseball player and ESPN baseball analyst
- Vernon Hill, businessman
- Rodney Jerkins, rapper
- Phil Ivey, poker player
- Brian Joo, Korean American singer
- Michael Landon, actor
- Ali Larter, actress/model
- Al Leiter, former baseball player
- Mark Leiter, former baseball player
- Carl Lewis, 9-time Olympic gold medalist in track and field
- Carli Lloyd, Olympic gold medalist in women's soccer
- Michelle Malkin, political commentator
- Eddie Money, musician
- George Norcross III, political activist
- Diamond Dallas Page, retired professional wrestler
- Alice Paul, American suffragist leader
- Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense
- Scott Patterson, actor
- Piper Perabo, actress
- Kelly Ripa, actress/talk show host
- H. Browning Ross, two-time steeplechase Olympian
- Michael Schoeffling, actor/wrestler
- Scott Schoeneweis, pitcher for the New York Mets of the MLB
- J.R. Smith, basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA
- Patti Smith, musician
- Steven Spielberg, director/producer
- Bruce Springsteen, rock and roll legend
- Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's fast food chain
- Martin Truex Jr., race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
- Ben Vaughn, folk musician and NPR commentator
- Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
- Bruce Willis, actor
- Walt Whitman, poet
- Nicole Wood, Miss April 1993 Playboy Playmate
- Norman Joseph Woodland, inventor of the bar code
Culture
A list of unique and notable South Jersey cultural icons and institutions include, but is not limited, to:
External links
- Video archive featuring the people and culture of the region
- Documentary seeking to answer the question.
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