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Originally Posted by RUFFIAN
YOU PROBABLY WONT APPRECIATE THIS
BUT ITS A REAL LIFE INCIDENT
WHILE TRAVELING ON DOG SHOW CIRCUIT
I WAS SLEEPING IN BACK OF THE VAN
SUDDENLY I WAS AWAKENED
BY A HORRENDOUS ODOR
I AKED MY HUSBAND WHO WAS DRIVING
WHAT IS THAT HORRID SMELL?
HE REPLIED
NEW JERSEY  |
The State of New Jersey has always gotten a bad rap for just a few really obnoxious places. Unfortunately, they are located where lots of travelers see and smell them and judge accordingly. The refineries of Linden are right next to one of the most heavily traveled parts of the Jersey Turnpike. If you drive by at night you can see the open fires from the cracking towers. Anywhere near Camden, on the approaches to Philadelphia, you can smell the distinct aroma of the Campbell Soup works. You're probably much too young to recall that at one time Secaucus had a number of pig slaughterhouses. As you approached the Lincoln Tunnel from the Jersey turnpike the aroma was overwealming. That was all cleaned up and now Secaucus has become a hub for outlet malls.
But for those assaults on the senses (and I guess you had better include Atlantic City as well), most of the State is clean and beautiful, although perhaps a bit too congested for some tastes. It does not deserve its reputation.