By the way...
I had no idea North Jersey people had anything against SJ. I live in South Jersey, and I know people down here tend to want North Jersey to take off and form their own state because that's the side that gives Jersey the "armpit of America" label. They also raise our car insurance.
Personally, I am all for union between the two sides. I have nothing against North Jersey, but if you're going to attack my side of the state, I am going to defend it.
First, how do you claim ownership over our beaches? I lived in Vetnor (outside Atlantic City), and that area definitely considers itself South Jersey, most likely because it does not want to be associated with oil refineries and pollution. I have no idea how you can even claim our beaches! Geographically, we're south, and we desire to stay south. If you can just claim our beaches for no reason, then we'll just claim... wait there's nothing in north Jersey worth claiming. South Jersey has Wildwood, Cape May, and Atlantic City- the three best beaches in Jersey.
New Jersey also received the title "Garden State" from us. We have amazing, fresh produce. Something about the acid (and I mean acids that are naturally in the soil) in the soil makes produce here grow like no where else.
If your standards of who's better is based upon what side is more violent (though personally I don't believe that is the best standard to decide this), then I point out that we have Camden. I don't believe being more violent makes us better, but I'll work with your standards- especially if we can win by them.
This is an off-the-top-of-my-head list. I'm sure there are other arguments I could use if I thought about it. I mean I didn't even mention the smell of north Jersey.
Again, I don' t have anything against north Jersey. I grew up in an area where people roll there eyese and say "That's north Jersey; they should really just go away and form their own state" when people complain about Jersey being a dirty, smelly, oil refinery, but I have always been for peace between the two sides. Honestly, I think the strife was caused soley by a difference in loyalties in sports. People from South Jersey mostly came from Philly and therefore root for Philly teams. People from North Jersey came from New York and root for New York teams. Can either side blame the other for remaining loyal to their home teams? I truly believe that the two sides should put aside their differences, bury this strife, and become one happy Jersey, despite sports loyalties.