I've lived near Trenton for decades but was not born in NJ. So I see the state as an outsider. I appreciated the video. The second half of the video was about "boroughitis", that I figured out by experience, I didn't realize it was driven by policy. But the first half about the (pre)colonial history was new to me and very informative, made sense. I knew previously, that Ben Franklin referred to New Jersey as "a barrel with two corks at either end", being opposite Phila and NYC. And I also knew before, the geography, more than in the video. The state is split north-south by "hills" and rocky lands north, clay and sand and forest soils to the south. I know in particular, the economic value of the southern farms, clays for pottery, sand for glass - a lot of economic value a century or two ago. Trenton was a world pottery center, from vases down to sinks and toilets. Also pine for construction. Even the Pinelands had "bog iron", washed down from the north into the clays. Not in the video, is the fact that ridges run across the north half of the state, from southwest to northeast. They are the ancient foothills and worn-down Appalachian Mountains (mined for coal and iron, other minerals). Rivers and roads run in those directions. They are physical obstacles to north-south commerce, until powered vehicles and asphalt highways were created, except for the Delaware. The Delaware River cuts through these ridges, from northwest to south east in the north half, as the video called out. In the south half, the Delaware bends to the southwest. Roads in either half follow in parallel, or perpendicular-to, the river. Thus there's no "cardinal directions" in the the state - you can't drive "north", you drive roughly parallel or perpendicular to the Delaware. Thus a compass is useless for travel in most of New Jersey. The video called out greater Newark as a single sprawling metropolitan area of millions, bigger than Chicago - that was a surprise. regards Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA https://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net