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Originally Posted by CateP
- I lived in Maine for 10 years and know what winter is like.
- I have lived in NE most of my life.
- I went to the New Hampton School... during the winter.
- My family had a house in Melvin Village that I used year-round.
- Everything up here is NOT more expensive than NJ, in fact quite the opposite.
- It is not illegal to pump your own gas in NJ.
- I took a boat ride around Wolfeboro and Alton last week and saw many a waterfront mansion. I would beg to differ that there is no "cushy life" up here.
- I have never washed my car in the lakes region so pardon my ignorance about what is available. As I said before, I will adapt to car wash conditions. It's not that big a deal.
- Please don't assume that just because I am moving from NJ that I have a certain attitude, expectations or life style. That would be stereotyping.
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Sorry, I had to get the answer to this because we have family in NJ and I was curious about the answer. (And because I'm the one who made the original comment.) Wikipedia says it
is illegal to pump your own gas in NJ:
All stations in New Jersey and Oregon offer only full service and mini service; attendants are required to pump gas because customers are barred by statutes in both states from pumping their own gas. New Jersey banned self-service gasoline in 1949 after lobbying by service station owners. Proponents of the ban cite safety and jobs as reasons to keep the ban.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filling_station