Have you ever heard of/been to the NJ Pine Barrens?

[Patiod]

Poll question: Have you ever heard of/been to the NJ Pine Barrens?

Talking to a colleague who grew up in NE Pennsylvania, today, and she had never heard of the Pine Barrens. A lot of folks in the travel industry haven't, either.

At 1.1 million acres, they make up 22% of New Jersey. Cool place.

[RubyDuby in GA]

1. Wasn't this the location of one of the episodes of the Sopranos?

When Paulie and Christopher were lost in the snow?

[Patiod]

7. It was also in the X-Files

Of course, it looked like the hilly Pacific Northwest for some reason :shrug: and not the pancake-flat Pine Barrens

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

10. It sure was...

Directed by Steve Buscemi, too.

:toast:

[WCGreen]

2. Mentioned, i believe, in the Philip Roth Book

I Maried A communist

[Jokerman]

3. Only through an episode of "The Sopranos" n/t

[no name no slogan]

4. Heard of them, and heard the Pineys are scary

I had a friend who grew up in south Jersey and used to talk about them like it was Deliverence. 'course, he could be fulla crap too tho...

[Patiod]

5. We were just talking about that today

I've been there often, but once a friend's car got stuck, and the guys at the local service station panicked.

"You girls don't really want to be here after dark"

Wish I had asked him what he meant by that.

[no name no slogan]

8. do do do do do do do do do......

[northzax]

6. ah, so that's the Garden in the Garden State

interesting.

actually, no, I have been to, camped in and even shot a snitch in the Barrens.

But have you been to the Maryland barrens? that's the question.

[Talismom]

9. I've been canoeing in the NJ pine barrens. Very different! n/t

[SeanQuinn]

11. I've heard of them and visited them, nt.

[izzybeans]

12. Yes and Yes, but I'm not the Jersey Devil...However I have

kissed the (jersey) devil on his tongue a time or too.