John McPhee wrote a wonderful book about The Pine Barrens.
New Jersey is not as bad or declasse as its rep. Nor is Connecticut as elegant and cool as its rep.
jks
--- ravi <gadfly at exitleft.org> wrote:
> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > Carl Remick wrote:
> >
> >> That lost-in-the-woods episode is another of the
> all-time greats.
> >> Tony's henchmen Paulie and Chris take a Russian
> gangster (apparently a
> >> highly trained former commando) off into the
> woods to whack him.
> >
> >
> > An episode rich with New Jersey content. They're
> in the Pine Barrens in
> > central Jersey, and they worry about being
> attacked by the "Jackson
> > Whites." I have no idea who the Jackson Whites
> really are, but I grew up
> > hearing about them as a horde of inbred hillbilly
> types who preyed on
> > outsiders.
> >
>
> duh! a real new jersey'an knows that the thing to
> worry about in the
> pine barrens is the jersey devil ;-). i have read
> some "reports" about
> people living in the pine barrens, and hikers
> occasionally coming across
> some of these reclusive members!
>
> --ravi
>
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