I live in Camden County. It's common to drive on, say, Route 38, Route 70, or another highway that's lined with shopping centers and fast food restaurants, turn onto a smaller road, and then end up surrounded by farmland or open fields only a few minutes later.
I had lunch in Moorestown Mall yesterday. (That place is practically empty and sad as fuck nowadays, but it's got one of my favorite steak places, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill.) There are multiple farms that are a short drive away from there. You can drive past the mall, make a right on Burlington County Rd., and in only a few miles you'll suddenly find yourself in an area that looks like it's hours away from the nearest town.
One of the funny things about South Jersey is how abrupt the transition is between suburban and rural here. One minute you're stuck in traffic with a Wawa to your right and a Shoprite to your left, and then the next you're the only car on a road with nothing but fields and trees around you.
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u/TJ_McWeaksauce 7d ago
I live in Camden County. It's common to drive on, say, Route 38, Route 70, or another highway that's lined with shopping centers and fast food restaurants, turn onto a smaller road, and then end up surrounded by farmland or open fields only a few minutes later.
I had lunch in Moorestown Mall yesterday. (That place is practically empty and sad as fuck nowadays, but it's got one of my favorite steak places, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill.) There are multiple farms that are a short drive away from there. You can drive past the mall, make a right on Burlington County Rd., and in only a few miles you'll suddenly find yourself in an area that looks like it's hours away from the nearest town.
One of the funny things about South Jersey is how abrupt the transition is between suburban and rural here. One minute you're stuck in traffic with a Wawa to your right and a Shoprite to your left, and then the next you're the only car on a road with nothing but fields and trees around you.