I'm actually from the Chicago area, but lived in Garfield twice. I'm a glutton for punishment. In a county, Bergen, where at one time, not sure now, you couldn't buy clothes or other household items on Sunday. Entire stores closed and grocers blocked aisles. You could however purchase liquor and the local adult entertainment emporium was open. You just couldn't get yourself some clean drawers or anything to clean up with after the party!
I feel your pain on the accents. Mrs. is from Brooklyn. She got rid of most of it for business reasons. But if she gets around her sisters? Fugettaboutit! I recently had 15 of the outlaws in my home! My ears!
We've been here 14 years. I like to think I'm a damn fine yankee. The current state of affairs here in NC has me very concerned. Meck has become like the Raleigh/Durham area. Entire commission Democrat, and an anti-2A, pro open borders TV Star/sheriff.
One of the outlaws that went shooting with me now has the bug. I feel sorry for him, living in Jersey. He seriously wants to get in to shooting. I handed him a Mossberg 500, 18.5 inch cylinder bore/brass bead and he put 5 slugs into the nine ring at 25 yds after me talking him through it. I didn't that day! Them we moved on to the AR15. I gave him 10 round mags to use and told him to not get attached to using a VFG, lol. He is currently researching what he needs to do in NJ to get started and saving money.
Yep, that pretty much sums it up.