Everybody has their own picture of what Jersey looks like (lots of factories and chemical plants and rotting industry and older suburbs), but it's really a quite diverse state. You have some really scenic mountain areas on the west side of the state, fields and farmland in the center, all the industry and chem plants in the northeast near NY, glass office parks and super wealthy suburbs a bit farther away, amusement parks, the shore... I don't really think it's as bad as everyone says it is.