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  1. #17951
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    Quote Originally Posted by climberevan View Post
    My Jersey babe is pretty nostalgic about the place but seems to prefer the bigger mountains of the West. I was forced to agree with her that the pizza in the Trenton area is the best anywhere after trying some. Tomato pie FTW.
    Best pizza I’ve ever had was in Trenton.


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    Quote Originally Posted by yeahman View Post
    My Jersey Girl wife prefers the mountains too. But for me, the smokier the west gets, and the more fucksticks that move to Montana, the more my mind is opening up to living in places I never before considered. Been here 35 years, maybe it's time to do something else. I don't know. Pretty depressing tbh.
    I guess grass can always be greener elsewhere.....We are still about 5 million people shy of it actually being busy. Go spend a couple weeks driving on the NJTP or Parkway. Do the same around the CO Front Range. That will put it all into perspective.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian View Post
    Do the same around the CO Front Range. That will put it all into perspective.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian View Post
    I guess grass can always be greener elsewhere.....We are still about 5 million people shy of it actually being busy. Go spend a couple weeks driving on the NJTP or Parkway. Do the same around the CO Front Range. That will put it all into perspective.
    Quote Originally Posted by skaredshtles View Post
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    We visit my partners family in Denver a few times a year and it makes me want to slit my wrists. If I quit skiing (getting closer every year) I figure I could tolerate Ft. Collins, which still seems semi-affordable for some reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by concretejungle View Post
    We visit my partners family in Denver a few times a year and it makes me want to slit my wrists. If I quit skiing (getting closer every year) I figure I could tolerate Ft. Collins, which still seems semi-affordable for some reason.
    Good climbing up that way. Colorado and California fucking rule for climbing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by concretejungle View Post
    We visit my partners family in Denver a few times a year and it makes me want to slit my wrists. If I quit skiing (getting closer every year) I figure I could tolerate Ft. Collins, which still seems semi-affordable for some reason.
    Yeah, most of my longtime friends still live in Boulder/Denver. There are certainly lots of things I still love down there.....(and they have women now. Lots of them. And the hot ones aren't just 20 years old and there only for school)......but driving on 25 or 70. Holy shit. No thanks. It's like the LIE now. Psychos weaving through across 5 lanes etc. Just insanity. It wasn't like that 10-15 years ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian View Post
    Yeah, most of my longtime friends still live in Boulder/Denver. There are certainly lots of things I still love down there.....(and they have women now. Lots of them. And the hot ones aren't just 20 years old and there only for school)......but driving on 25 or 70. Holy shit. No thanks. It's like the LIE now. Psychos weaving through across 5 lanes etc. Just insanity. It wasn't like that 10-15 years ago.
    Yeah - 15 years ago they were weaving through just three lanes...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian View Post
    I guess grass can always be greener elsewhere.....We are still about 5 million people shy of it actually being busy. Go spend a couple weeks driving on the NJTP or Parkway. Do the same around the CO Front Range. That will put it all into perspective.
    You forgot to mention that you have to pay to sit in that traffic. Fucking tolls.
    "We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully." - Randy Pausch

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian View Post
    I guess grass can always be greener elsewhere.....We are still about 5 million people shy of it actually being busy. Go spend a couple weeks driving on the NJTP or Parkway. Do the same around the CO Front Range. That will put it all into perspective.
    Every city comes with its own special blend of infuriating driving but wtf is the wrong with Denver area drivers? Why do they all go the exact same speed in every lane (which is always the speed limit)? I couldn't figure out why I found it so frustrating even though the roads weren't that busy until I realized I was driving the speed limit all the time in every lane behind a bunch of people that were either actual or spiritual Subaru drivers.

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    Real Estate Crash thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Well, here's the thing. When I was twelve, we drove a mile to a farm that grew the corn and tomatoes. Now everyone in Jersey buys Florida tomatoes at the ShopRite.
    It is unfortunate that no one in Jersey buys from farmers markets or farm stands anymore.

    I’ll put Wisconsin corn and tomatoes over Jersey. We had a farmer who treated his corn like it was grapes being made for fine wine. He was a third generation farmer who was the one selling off the family farm. But he’d plant 10 acres of yellow and white and white sweet corn on a section of the 1000 acres they still owned. Man was that great corn.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pinned View Post
    Every city comes with its own special blend of infuriating driving but wtf is the wrong with Denver area drivers? Why do they all go the exact same speed in every lane (which is always the speed limit)? I couldn't figure out why I found it so frustrating even though the roads weren't that busy until I realized I was driving the speed limit all the time in every lane behind a bunch of people that were either actual or spiritual Subaru drivers.
    Might have something to do with the 5000 weed shops? Idk I'm just spitballing here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by neufox47 View Post
    It is unfortunate that no one in Jersey buys from farmers markets or farm stands anymore.

    I’ll put Wisconsin corn and tomatoes over Jersey. We had a farmer who treated his corn like it was grapes being made for fine wine. He was a third generation farmer who was the one selling off the family farm. But he’d plant 10 acres of yellow and white and white sweet corn on a section of the 1000 acres they still owned. Man was that great corn.
    Well, my point is, there are no farms and farm stands near where most people live in the garden state anymore.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Well, my point is, there are no farms and farm stands near where most people live in the garden state anymore.
    Don't head up northwestern NJ much do ya? Plenty of farmland, 4H clubs, and farm stands.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pinned View Post
    Every city comes with its own special blend of infuriating driving but wtf is the wrong with Denver area drivers? Why do they all go the exact same speed in every lane (which is always the speed limit)? I couldn't figure out why I found it so frustrating even though the roads weren't that busy until I realized I was driving the speed limit all the time in every lane behind a bunch of people that were either actual or spiritual Subaru drivers.
    I know this is contrary to TGR exceptionalism, freeways are designed so that traffic flows best when all cars are traveling the same speed with the proper amount of space between vehicles, roughly one car length for every 10 mph. This even allows for on ramp merging without slowing traffic. If everyone is traveling at different speeds and staying nut to butt traffic slows down.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Pinned View Post
    Every city comes with its own special blend of infuriating driving but wtf is the wrong with Denver area drivers? Why do they all go the exact same speed in every lane (which is always the speed limit)? I couldn't figure out why I found it so frustrating even though the roads weren't that busy until I realized I was driving the speed limit all the time in every lane behind a bunch of people that were either actual or spiritual Subaru drivers.
    Just had flashbacks to California, where no one knows how to drive. I liked mildbill's suggestion - "we send all new drivers to Boston for a few months, those that live return with actual driving manners and skills".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skidog View Post
    Don't head up northwestern NJ much do ya? Plenty of farmland, 4H clubs, and farm stands.

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    I'm not going to drive an hour or two for fresh corn. Besides, the stuff at Whole Foods is pretty good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    I'm not going to drive an hour or two for fresh corn. Besides, the stuff at Whole Foods is pretty good.
    The local groceries round here carry local corn and apples from local farms when in season. Ton of farms around me in the black dirt region of orange county. No shortage of farm stands. Most are honor system based. Fresh eggs, fresh meats, farm shit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toadman View Post
    You forgot to mention that you have to pay to sit in that traffic. Fucking tolls.
    EZ Pass makes it a breeze, you never need to wait. Driving the GS Parkway does not bother me. I guess coming back from the Shore at night is a little sketchy with all the video game drivers. Scarier than that though are the crotch rocket boyz who scream past on the lane dividing lines. Wtf. Cops can't catch them even if they wanted to.

    Three Brothers from Italy on Casino Pier boardwalk has great pizza imo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    I'm not going to drive an hour or two for fresh corn. Besides, the stuff at Whole Foods is pretty good.
    Closer then you think.
    And you could even ride your bike.

    https://parks.westchestergov.com/ima...ailwaysMap.pdf

    https://www.meadowsfarmmarket.com/

    The local fresh corn was good last night.
    Tomatoes; I grow my own.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn View Post
    I know this is contrary to TGR exceptionalism, freeways are designed so that traffic flows best when all cars are traveling the same speed with the proper amount of space between vehicles, roughly one car length for every 10 mph. This even allows for on ramp merging without slowing traffic. If everyone is traveling at different speeds and staying nut to butt traffic slows down.
    You are right...but I want to be able to pass in the left lane. Nothing I can do about it other than complain on the internet and drive slowly when I'm in CO.


    Anyways, stumbled on this on YouTube - I agree with a lot of what this guy is saying. But it also aligns with what I'd like to see happen as a prospective buyer:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2NuXgp32J8

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    Quote Originally Posted by stayhighstaydry View Post
    Tomatoes; I grow my own.
    The tomatoes from my MIL's garden are out of this world. You put a slice on a sandwich and you need no condiments at all, no mustard, mayo, nothing. Just one slice of a Jersey tomato. Mmmm.

    Stuff grows like crazy in NJ. Compare that to the 4,000 foot high desert where I live now and maybe that's why NJ seems so appealing. Of course I remember that same feeling of craving moisture before we moved to Washington, where stuff also grows like crazy, and after seven years of getting soaked out there I was ready to move back to the big dry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by yeahman View Post
    after seven years of getting soaked out there I was ready to move back to the big dry.
    Man, I sure miss 4 seasons, one of which is a bunch of rain in the spring. I love to sit and listen to it rain.
    Quote Originally Posted by leroy jenkins View Post
    I think you'd have an easier time understanding people if you remembered that 80% of them are fucking morons.
    That is why I like dogs, more than most people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by schuss View Post
    Just had flashbacks to California, where no one knows how to drive. I liked mildbill's suggestion - "we send all new drivers to Boston for a few months, those that live return with actual driving manners and skills".
    Always grateful that I learned to drive in and around Boston. One of the Boston city driving rules my dad taught me early on: oldest, shittiest car always has the right of way while merging.

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    Not in So Cal, nicest, most expensive car has the right of way. We drive assuming everyone has insurance
    Quote Originally Posted by leroy jenkins View Post
    I think you'd have an easier time understanding people if you remembered that 80% of them are fucking morons.
    That is why I like dogs, more than most people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by liv2ski View Post
    Not in So Cal, nicest, most expensive car has the right of way. We drive assuming everyone has insurance
    If I need to merge in traffic I pick an expensive car to cut in on. They always give it up.

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