+1 for Globe Supremacy™️

These are all great recs!!!!

It’s out of your geographical range, but if you’re ever in the area Jack’s Music Shop in Red Bank is great also. The front of the shop is packed with new records, cds, cassettes, and dvds along with some vintage band merch.

There are also quite a few crates and areas in the back with used records.

They also have a separate store in the back for sound systems, instruments, etc.

I think the “New Yorkers” you’re referring to are just self-aware New Jerseyans.

NYC has food (both diversity and quality), entertainment (nightlife, broadway), culture significantly above Jersey.

It’s unfair to Jersey as a state to say we have better stuff to NY in those regards. We’re great in our own regard.

Ahh got it, sorry!

I don’t know enough about California to have a real opinion, but my experience is it’s so thoroughly not walkable it makes Jersey look urban.

But maybe i just haven’t seen enough of the state

I just dropped one by me. 24 hits - up to 20 miles away, with chinese/sushi spots (not actual dedicated ramen spots)

Food is incomparable imo, although we do have some gems. I’d put NJs food above a ton of/almost all cities/states i’ve been to. I do love it here, but from a food/culture standpoint to me we are more or less a byproduct of the vast amount of food/culture in the city

It’s almost like your little slice of Jersey isn’t indicative of the entire state, “lol”

That was also just an example. The food in manhattan is more diverse and generally accepted to be better, that shouldn’t really need any justification.

One of the best parts of the state, and one of our defining characteristics, is proximity to manhattan.

We definitely don’t have better food, we don’t have as diverse of a selection of food that’s for sure. NJ is not more walkable by any means either.

For instance: from my office in midtown, i can walk to 5 different ramen places within 15 minutes. From my home in north/central jersey, there are two ramen spots that are both 20+ minute drives.

If you don’t like that the city is crowded that’s one thing, but just say that then