When you grow up in New Jersey, you get used to knowing you're striking distance from the center of the world and a punchline at the same time.
At any given moment, wherever you are in the Garden State, you're never much more than a two-hour trip from New York City. It can be inspirational and even life-affirming, but also numbingly normal.
You've got a story to tell, but outsiders figure Springsteen or Bon Jovi already told it a generation ago, and would rather just hear some Sopranos or Jersey Shore trivia.
Your state's cities are thought of like suburbs, and its suburbs are pretty much the most suburban places on earth.Adam Schlesinger, who died yesterday (Apr.
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