How can people hate on the state where you don’t have to pump your own gas? Though known as much for its crime and congested Jersey turnpike as it is for its overly tanned reality-TV stars, the Garden State has some redeeming qualities. Cape May? Hoboken? Frank Sinatra? Even Monopoly, America’s favorite board game, is based on Atlantic City. That has to earn Jersey some bonus points.
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3. New Jersey
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