Age also plays a factor - North Jersey settlement in general is a bit older than South Jersey settlement. The joke I heard is that the roads up here are based on the old wagon routes, which were based on old Native American footpaths, which were sometimes based off of old deer trails - so you can get weird bends because five hundred years ago a deer stopped to look at something interesting!
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Reply to Noticed South Jersey has a lot more “straight” roads compared to North Jersey by darkflame927
Age also plays a factor - North Jersey settlement in general is a bit older than South Jersey settlement. The joke I heard is that the roads up here are based on the old wagon routes, which were based on old Native American footpaths, which were sometimes based off of old deer trails - so you can get weird bends because five hundred years ago a deer stopped to look at something interesting!