Things that shock people moving to Southern New Jersey

We deal with a lot of stereotypes in the Garden State, especially in South Jersey.

You know, we have a funny accent ("wooder" for water, as an example), our taxes are sky-high, toll booths seem to be everywhere, not to mention that famous Jersey attitude we all display from time to time (I mean, how hard is it to stay out of the left lane?).

While many of those thoughts are accurate, some are not.

There's a lot of stuff around here that we look at as being normal while someone from, say, Iowa or North Dakota, who was dropped here would be totally confused about.

I mean, for us, not being able to make a left turn at half of the red lights in the state is pretty common, but just imagine trying to explain a jughandle to someone from out of the area ("you have to be in the far right lane, go around half of a circle, go through a red light, and then you can make your left turn").

Better yet, try explaining either the construction that's been going on for generations at I-76/I-295/Route 42 in Bellmawr or the bizarre traffic circle with a road that goes through the middle of it in front of Atlantic City International Airport.

With that in mind, let's take a step back and look at some things that people who are not from around here might find a bit strange.