I would say the Northeast Corridor line spans the heart of Central Jersey. The Raritan Valley Line and North Jersey Coast line would also be considered Central.
OT: Why is Princeton Part of the Philadelphia DMA??
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When/IF RU FB starts to consistently have Bowl Game seasons and occasionally 9 win seasons,South Jersey will slowly slide to the North.It takes time and results to change a culture that already exists. Can be done. BUT it wont be easy.RU must start Winning again,
I would agree that south of Toms River is where South Jersey really begins
Once you get to where no one commutes into NYC
How's this for a crazy idea--New Jersey gets it's own Network Affiliates like every other state in the nation.
Someone please explain to me why the 8th largest economy in the nation has 0 network affiliates ?
Ohio, the 7th largest economy in the nation has 7 CBS, 9 NBC, 7 ABC and 8 FOX network affiliates.
What state would allow 2 other states to control their airwaves. Pathetic.
Someone please explain to me why the 8th largest economy in the nation has 0 network affiliates ?
Ohio, the 7th largest economy in the nation has 7 CBS, 9 NBC, 7 ABC and 8 FOX network affiliates.
What state would allow 2 other states to control their airwaves. Pathetic.
Back in the days before home games were televised my uncle would drive from Orange to the Elks Lodge in Pt Pleasant to catch the Giants on the Philly CBS outlet. Eventually he moved to Lavallette but by then home sellouts were televised.
And you don't notice north Jersey residents talking up New York and downing NJ? Really?
Not really interacting with too many north jersey people about. Just an observation I made no one needs to get bent out of shape about it .
Trenton Devils should never have been called that when the NHL team took over.
Should have keeped the more neutral Titans name of the predecessor.
Should have keeped the more neutral Titans name of the predecessor.
Our biggest cities are all very close to NYC or Philly. I think AC used to have an affiliate some time ago. I think New Brunswick or Trenton should get one.
You honestly thought South Jersey would be like North Jersey?
Ride the Jersey shoreline all the way down = go 10 miles inland - its Deliverance below Trenton.
In NB in the 50's and 60's with antenna TV you could get Philly station channel 6 or VHF 17. Everything else was NYC. Don't remember any of my friends being Eagle fans.
My in-laws lived in Columbus near Bordentown and when I would go to the huge flea market, there was tons of Philly sports stuff and mostly Eagle/Phillies fans. The RT 206 corridor.
My in-laws lived in Columbus near Bordentown and when I would go to the huge flea market, there was tons of Philly sports stuff and mostly Eagle/Phillies fans. The RT 206 corridor.
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Princeton is in Central Jersey not South Jersey or North Jersey. Central Jersey is its own thing and while people in North and South jersey both want to claim it, they can't! Rutgers is also located in Central Jersey.
local channels (CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, PBS)
In North Jersey you will get NYC local channels only
In South Jersey you will get Philly local channels only
in Central Jersey you get BOTH NYC and Philly local channels, browse around the cable box and you will find both.
The new Plainsboro hospital used to be in Princeton, they kept the Princeton name so that people could find it easily.
The Plainsboro hospital never had anything to do with Princeton University and Princeton doesn't have a medical school.
The Plainsboro hospital partner with Upenn to bring to 1st ever CHOP center in New Jersey. Then later Upenn took over the hospital.
In Plainsboro and Princeton you will find many Giants and Eagles fans. That is true for all of Central Jersey. This is due to having access to both local channels.
It cant be incorrect it’s my experience with the group of people I am referring to . There’s no correct or incorrect it is what it is with that group. Maybe you talk to a different group and they are all in on NJ and RUTGERS but that was not my experience .
Having grown up in North Brunswick, I can safely say there were more Giants/Jets fans but still a sizable minority of Eagles fans. Always been that way. And even in North Brunswick, in the early days of cable TV, we got a couple of Philly stations on the old TKR system and could listen to all of that dead air on Phillies broadcasts.
In an even more obvious territorial play, in the past decade, Drexel Med started an arrangement with St. Peter's hospital on Easton Ave in NB as one of its teaching hospitals with signs, branding, etc whereas it was previously part of UMDNJ's teaching hospital rotation. I believe the Drexel affiliation was subsequently discontinued once Rutgers absorbed UMDNJ and got their act back together with RBHS/RWJMS entering into a partnership with St. Peter's.
Apparently, St. Peter's also has a CHOP affiliation as well so that presence extends further north than just Plainsboro, but up to New Brunswick as well.
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Princeton is NOT Philadelphia centric
I have lived in plainsboro for 19 years before recently moving ...right across route one
Princeton, West Windsor and plainsboro clearly has a New York bent still despite being equidistant from both Philly and New York. Comcast provides the new your channels and a coupons of Philly channels. Lots of commuters to New York ans far far less to Philly
It’s probably 63-37 in terms of sports alligence toward New York than Philly
In terms of alligence ...it’s not even close to penn state. It’s still all Rutgers. Once you get south of 195...that’s where penn state allegiance first turns up stronger.
West Windsor-plainsboro school system sends 50 plus kids to Rutgers a year.
Before the recent down turn in Rutgers football , you regularly saw Rutgers sports wear being the first team promoted in Kohl’s and Dicks and any grocery shop in wegmans would result me finding someone to take another yesterdays game
Find it very odd that you only have interactions with people from South Jersey who have no pride in NJ or Rutgers.
Sounds like you just have an axe to grind pal. These types of people exist up, down and across the state.
As someone who grew up in Hamilton, with plenty of family still there, I can say without question that this comment simply isn’t true. There are actually more Yankee fans in Mercer County than Phillies fans, but I would say Giants and Eagles are about even. Mets/Jets maybe 10%.
Remember a very large % of Mercer residents come from families with NYC roots and huge #’s commute to NYC, more than Philly, on a daily basis.
Also before cable Mercer got BOTH NYC and Philly stations. All of them.
Also, please don’t confuse Mercer for any county south of it, thanks!!
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No, she is not as Mercer has never really been considered part of “South” Jersey (yikes man!), but she can still get GREAT Pirk Rill there!!
I agree but people Ive worked with from the north usually think central is south Jersey and people from the south think central is north Jersey. Most never heard of or even knew central Jersey exists.
Well I live and work in Monroe. My store is 732 and my house is 609. Believe me, they are both in Central Jersey.
The old Central Jersey Group 4 Conference from the 50's and 60's included Trenton, Asbury Park, Long Branch, Plainfield and Union.
Now according to newspapers sports sections, Hunterdon, Warren, West Morris and Sussex is considered West Jersey. They probably eat SPAM with BBQ sauce.
Now according to newspapers sports sections, Hunterdon, Warren, West Morris and Sussex is considered West Jersey. They probably eat SPAM with BBQ sauce.
Anyone in here from or live in warren county? Just curious as to what they consider themselves. Central, north or neither. I’d almost think the culture there is more aligned with south jersey.
I'd imagine more like Lehigh Valley or the Poconos personally than South Jersey.
