The "Arm Pit of the United States"

That is what NJ is referred to as.

I have been born and raised here, and slowly have watched this state turn to trash, and now i know why.

Since i started taking yearly trips to West Virginia and noticing how beautifully clean their roadways and highways are, it made me realize just how disgusting our state truly is.

First off, it wreaks with trash in the central portion because of a land fill that seems to be popping up near the East Brunswick/Edison area. I cannot believe just how disgusting that smell is when the temperature is right and the wind is blowing in the proper direction. The swamps near and around the Meadowlands, Lawrence Harbor, and spots similar throughout the state wreak of.. well.. swamp.. it's nasty.. for sure water cannot smell that bad on it's own, i'm thinking dead bodies are probably in there some where. As you travel through and around the Newark-Liberty airport/Elizabeth/Linden areas you are met with the smell of oil.. Have you truly ever smelled oil? it's gross.

Now you have the visual aspect of it. The highways are littered with garbage. Just this past weekend i counted not 1, not 2, but 3 garbage cans on the side of the road on the same damn highway. So either people had a heck of a sense of humor and were forwarding a non-verbal message to the road keepers of NJ, or people are just assholes for not cleaning up the stuff that falls out or off of their vehicles. Also found on the side of the road are alligator parts, you know those tires that shred off of the tractor trailers? ALL over the place. Bottles, bags, cans, paper, clothing, tires, you name it you can probably find it on one of NJ's many highways. In fact, i pulled two bags from my radiator this past weekend. At least i did my part in the clean up effort.

On my way home from work yesterday i had "2" assholes flick their cigarettes out of their windows and both hit the front of my car. Sparks, ashes and the like flying everywhere, not to mention the butt that's going to litter the ground (if it didn't get stuck in my radiator). While getting on the NJ Turnpike this morning, the driver of a car that was 3 cars in front of me, threw his coffee cup out the window and onto the side of the roadway. If i knew the cops would do anything i would have called, but there are more important matters to attend to.


While waiting at the light when i left the NJ Turnpike i had a lady open her car door and dump her coffee on the roadway, then the truck driver next to me threw a tissue out the window.. People are fucking disgusting! Wait to get to work to dump out your coffee and get a garbage bag for your trash and an ashtray for your sick sticks! better yet, just look on the side of the road! you can most likely find a bag on the side of the road! That's recycling at it's finest right there!

It's no wonder when people come here they are not impressed with what Jersey has to offer. Unless of course they are lucky to travel to the more rural areas such as western NJ.

Rude people, asshole drivers, stench and litter. That's the NJ way.