NEW JERSEY - AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL - RUTGERS COLORS T-Shirt

NEW JERSEY - the 3rd colony to join the US - did so on Dec. 18, 1787. It has the highest population density in the U.S. An average 1,030 people per sq. mile and has the highest percent urban population in the U.S. with about 90% of the people living in an urban area. New Jersey is the only state where all its counties are classified as metropolitan areas. The state has the most dense system of highways and railroads in the U.S. Cape May is the oldest seashore resort in the United States. It is also known as the Diner Capital of the World. North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world with seven major shopping malls in a 25 sq. mile radius. The light bulb, phonograph, motion picture projector were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park laboratory. The street names in the game of Monopoly came from Atlantic City, which also has the longest boardwalk in the world. NJ also boasts the tallest water tower in the world. The first baseball game was played in Hoboken. The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick, in 1869. The first Drive-In Movie theatre was opened in Camden. These are just a few of the many fascinating reasons a resident of the Garden State would proudly claim they are an AUTHENTIC NEW JERSEY ORIGINAL!