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Reply to "Why does NJ have a blue collar image and CT have a wealthy image?"
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[quote=Anonymous]Well all my Sicilian relatives moved to New Jersey for labor work in the first part of the 20th century. I think the CT Italians tended more towards skilled labor from napoli (new haven) and also not as much of it. The new Haven ports were also basically kaput by the early 20th century due to the shallow water not accommodating modern boats, whereas New Jersey continued to have a significant longshoreman/dock worker contingent into the 20th century. I think CT also had more of the old Yankee families and prep schools—-New Jersey just didn’t have all of the from the 19th and 18th century. It lacked the puritan pedigree that New England had in that time period, and which continued to attract the genteel money types for at least some period after. I don’t know how places like Greenwich will fare going forward—I think the rich prefer to stay in the cities now. [/quote]
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