Like the popular folk song states, "I'm from New Jersey." Yes, that State next to New York defined by the "Turnpike", Tony Soprano, and Bruce Springsteen. However, and as Lee Siegel point out in an excellent Wall Street Journal article, "The Hidden State of Culture", New Jersey often gets a bum wrap.New Jersey has produced countless artists, academics, musicians, intellectuals, actors, and its geography goes from gritty to picturesque in a matter of miles. New Jersey is also packed full of cultural diversity from eastern European immigrants from Italy and Croatia to Asian imports from Korea and Vietnam.
New Jersey is, indeed, awesome and Mr. Gorka we are good enough and do expect much!
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