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"This was the state where professional baseball was first played (in Jersey City), where the first trade union was organized (in Haledon, of silk factory workers from Paterson), where Aaron Burr had his duel (in Weehawken). It was the state with the most traveled pavement in America. An historical place. The state that first sold malted milkshakes and filtered cigarettes. Lapels were narrow then. Parking spaces were wider. Shopping bags were made of paper. Bergen County was the seat of much change. So when Louis Giolas had completed his job interview with the gigantic carpet at the Paramus Park Mall, where, in a bid for personal advancement, he was hoping to become one of the store managers, he thought he'd take a spin around like he used to when he was a kid."

Garden State
-Rick Moody