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I guess Lin-Manuel was right…everything is legal in New Jersey.

I’m not sure what the context here is, but as a lifelong NJ resident I can assure you that there are a lot more legal burdens here than you find in most other states. Of course we do ignore most of the driving laws

The context is a lyric in the musical Hamilton referring to the Hamilton-Burr duel, which took place in NJ. Apparently dueling was already illegal in NJ.

Lin-Manuel didn’t invent the phrase, and I wonder if the original meaning was more in the spirit of “New Yorkers can get away with violating NJ laws” rather than “New Jersey literally has no laws”.

https://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolut...

I just assumed it was comparing NJ to NY, which is even more restrictive.

Except pumping your own gas.

And buying beer/wine/liquor at 90% of restaurants and retail stores.

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