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This is about a region in the United States. For the island of Jersey, see Jersey.

South Jersey is a colloquial term, with no consensus definition, covering the southern portions of New Jersey between the lower Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean.

New Jersey is sandwiched between two large cities: New York City in the northeast and Philadelphia in the southwest; Benjamin Franklin called her "a barrel tapped at both ends". South Jersey is the area within the Philadelphia sphere of influence, whereas North Jersey is the area within New York City's influence.

The shoreline areas, in particular Atlantic City, have a distinct economy centered around tourism.

Burlington and Camden counties have several older streetcar towns, and many residents commute to Philadelphia.

1 South Jersey counties
2 Ocean County enigma
3 Economics and Demographics
4 Commercial centers and resorts
5 Notable South Jerseyans
6 Culture
7 References
8 External links

South Jersey counties

There are 8 counties that comprise South Jersey. ^[1]

Until it was split in 1999, the original area covered by Area code 609 was one of the definitions of South Jersey.^[2]

Ocean County enigma

Recently, a 7-county definition has prevailed for South Jersey, leaving Ocean County out.^[3]. This is due to the fact that unlike the other 7 counties, Ocean County is considered to be part of the New York Metropolitan Area^[4] and is the only county of the 8 to get news coverage from New York City on basic cable.

Historically, Ocean County has also had different voting patterns from the other 7 counties. In 1980, Ocean was the only southern county (of 6 that had the question on ballots) to defeat the 1980 non-binding referendum for South Jersey to secede from the North.^[5] Additionally, Ocean County was the only county, of the southern 8, to vote for Frank Lautenberg over Rob Andrews in the 2008 Democractic Primary for US Senate.^[6],

These differences can possibly be linked to the fact that Ocean County, like most of the other northern New Jersey counties, was part of East Jersey, while the other 7 southern counties were part of West Jersey.

Economics and Demographics

In 2005, Money magazine named Moorestown the "best place to live" in the United States, although they stated that a number of adjacent municipalities (particularly Mount Laurel, Haddonfield, Medford, Marlton, Cherry Hill, and Voorhees) could have just as easily been given the distinction. New Jersey's population density, as well as the geographic limitations of such a populous state, make disparities between adjoining or neighboring towns readily evident. For example, Maple Shade, which abuts Moorestown, is a township of working class and middle income families.

By contrast, nearby Camden has excessive poverty and crime. Lindenwold, Clementon, Mt. Holly, Gloucester City, and Pemberton and Atlantic City contain large segments of working class citizens.

Commercial centers and resorts

South Jersey's regional commercial centers include: Cherry Hill, Camden, and Atlantic City with its resort casinos, boardwalk, shopping, and beaches.

Other South Jersey beach resorts include:

Notable South Jerseyans

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Bruce Springstien, singer and song writer aka THE BOSS
Lou Costello, actor, comedian born in Paterson, NJ
Mitch Albom, author and journalist
Malik Allen, basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA
The Aqua Teens, TV Stars
Mike Bibby, basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA
Mary Birdsong, actress
Dave Budd, retired basketball player
The Camden 28, anti-Vietnam war protesters
Joanna Cassidy, actress
Jeff Celentano, actor
James Fenimore Cooper, author of Last of the Mohicans
Musa Cooper, dancer
Ron Dayne, football player for the Houston Texans of the NFL
Marc Ecko, owner and founder of eckō unltd.
Keith Elias, former football player
Linda Fiorentino, actress
Calista Flockhart, actress
Glenn Foley, former football player
Chris Ford, former basketball player and coach
Bruce S. Gordon, president of the NAACP
Vernon Hill, businessman
Rodney Jerkins, rapper
Phil Ivey, poker player
Brian Joo, Korean American singer
Michael Landon, actor
Ali Larter, actress/model
Al Leiter, former baseball player
Mark Leiter, former baseball player
Carl Lewis, 9-time Olympic gold medalist in track and field
Carli Lloyd, Olympic gold medalist in women's soccer
Michelle Malkin, political commentator
Eddie Money, musician
George Norcross III, political activist
Diamond Dallas Page, retired professional wrestler
Alice Paul, American suffragist leader
Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense
Scott Patterson, actor
Piper Perabo, actress
Kelly Ripa, actress/talk show host
H. Browning Ross, two-time steeplechase Olympian
Michael Schoeffling, actor/wrestler
Scott Schoeneweis, pitcher for the New York Mets of the MLB
J.R. Smith, basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA
Patti Smith, musician
Steven Spielberg, director/producer
Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's fast food chain
Martin Truex Jr., race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Ben Vaughn, folk musician and NPR commentator
Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Bruce Willis, actor
Walt Whitman, poet
Nicole Wood, Miss April 1993 Playboy Playmate
Norman Joseph Woodland, inventor of the bar code

Culture

A list of unique and notable South Jersey cultural icons and institutions include, but is not limited, to:

References

^ Definition of South Jersey on Page 2, Southern New Jersey Development Council. Accessed January 12, 2008.
^ Demasters, Karen. "The New Phone Math: 609 Divided by 2", The New York Times, February 7, 1999. Accessed August 6, 2008.
^ http://www.usairwaysmag.com/2009_01/Profile_Souths_NJ/01_sjersey_intro.pdf McKnight, Whitney "Garden State South" US Airways Magazine , January, 2009
^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area
^ http://walter.multiply.com/journal/item/114/Across_The_Great_Divide Coyne, Kevin "Across the Great Divide" New Jersey Monthly Magazine
^ http://www.bluejersey.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8064 "Dunkin' Donuts Decides the Senate Race" Blue Jersey

External links

South Jersey Video Magazine Video archive featuring the people and culture of the region
Where is North and South Jersey? Documentary seeking to answer the question.