NY vs. NJ

Happy Monday friends and fam! Ya girl Sistah Ceej spent the weekend in dirty jers and I wrote this little ole blog on the subway en route back home while reflecting.

New Jersey vs. New York.

There is such a stark, inevitably undeniable difference between the two. Although they are literally next door neighboring states, I could physically feel the surrounding differences on the New Jersey transit vs the New York subway. You wouldn’t think there would be such a huge difference, but let’s start with the transportation. NJ transit: clean, walkable, established walkways, with people behaving like adults. NY subway: rat running across tracks, homeless man sitting on the floor, people flying to and from lord knows where.

Next, the people. NJ: suburbia, a courteous asking of if it’s okay to sit next to you if there are no open seats, ppl wearing either business clothes- on a SUNDAY or college wear (logo studded sweat suit), eating Cheetos in the seat right next to you and it’s not gross. NY:  people of a plethora of cultures wearing red top hats and overcoats to carharrt hoodies to medical scrubs to Yankee hats, a rando snuggling up next to you with a paper cup of hot drip coffee in one hand and cellphone scrolling in the other while on a call with her best friend who lives in San Diego.

The vibe. NJ: put together, family living, familiar, long term. NY: individuality, unique, grungy, grit, forever.