23 M and 26 F here, both from south jersey, atlantic county, but living in eastern Europe right now! Glad to have gotten out of jersey but still miss the people and just the suburbian life out there.
By the way, gotta give it up for Newark and Camden as being the roughest spots and scummiest cities on the east coast. Seriously I feel bad for anyone that lives in camden or newark, there real terrible places, not much out there but Smack and crack. I mean its great smack and crack but still, not great when your coppin in the projects 11 at night and all the homeboys are circling around your car because your white.
Anyway, suburb wise, I think jersey is a pretty cool place to live, sure there isn't shit to do except get high, have sex, and eat, but thats why we have cities like philly and new york close by to break the tension every now and again.
If I had my choice, i would never go back to jersey again, only because its a little boring and once you see other parts of the world and country, you realize how much time you were wasting all along. Sorry for make this a huge run on sentence but it made me excited to see jersey people online after so long!