Mrguy4771

Mrguy4771 t1_j9fcbd7 wrote

Reply to Tired of NY transplants not knowing how to drive. by user1752916319

This is called "confirmation bias". When you see someone driving like an asshole with an NJ plate, you assign some broad description for them "look at this idiot". This happens hundreds or thousands of times.

Then a NY plate is driving like an asshole, and you say "look at this fucking idiot from NY, it's always the NY plates that are driving like assholes, fucking NY idiots".

So even though the NY plates are likely only a small percentage of the idiots you encounter on the road. Your brain has tricked you into thinking ALL NY PLATES = IDIOT DRIVER

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Mrguy4771 t1_ixaolin wrote

Reply to Moving to NJ for a job in Raritan by tsukinoxhana

Keep in mind, the area you're looking in is like an hour drive to get to NYC, an hour to the beach/shore towns and hour and 1/2 to Philly. 2 hours to Atlantic City. Just to give you an idea of driving distance around the state.

You pretty much have an unlimited amount of entertainment option within an hour or two. It's amazing if you like concerts you have your choice of a few different cities when bands come around.

You could look at New Brunswick or Morristown for more of a city feel I guess but nothing will feel like a real city until you get to Jersey City/Hoboken area, or eventually into NYC.

Edit: if you can get somewhere walkable to a train station you can usually get into the city in a very easy 30-45 mins. Trains run pretty often and are reliable for the most part. The only thing that sucks is the last train out of NYC coming home is at 1:50am. So if you're trying to have a late night you have to work around that.

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