[dp0622]

We say that in NY too :)

NJ is south.

[vpintheak]

Lower 48ers for most of you!

[DoodleBob]

North Jerseyans believe NJ runs from the NY border to Newark International, while their southern bretheren think NJ runs from Cape May to Cherry Hill, leaving a DMZ with Princeton that nobody acknowledges.

The meaning of Going down the shore depends on from which sector of NJ you hail; that's why Darryl Hannah's backhanded comment about Wildwood in the movie Wall Street was clearly the result of an uneducated dolt: some NYC thing like her character would have instead spoke of Mannesquan or Long Branch or Asbury Park.

FWIW, the best cheesesteak I ever had was on the boardwalk in Wildwood while the best ice cream was from a shack in Asbury Park near The Stone Pony.

And for the record, I hate Springsteen.