New Jersey Residents Reminded Of Top Summer Complaints

We are all yearning for a New Jersey summer, but we have to remember how quickly we switch on the complain button when summer is here as well.

New Jersey Residents' Top Summer Complaints

This winter has been brutal in New Jersey, and many of us would give anything to fast- forward the calendar to late June to get a Jersey Shore summer started.

But long-time Garden State residents remind us that our neighbors are quick to turn on the complaint button in the summer as well.

And we all know it doesn't take long. Those first humid days of summer are usually met with the first complaints of that season, and the New Jersey humidity complaints last through Labor Day weekend.

New Jersey's Top 5 Summer Complaints

We're not sure whether reminding ourselves of our summer complaints will make us feel better, since summer is so far away, but we thought it would be worth a try.

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Here are the 5 most common summer complaints from New Jersey residents. How many of them have you said?

#5 Bugs - Here come the mosquitoes, the bees, the spotted lanternflies, and that means here comes the complaining about them.

#4 Crowds - Whether it's the beach, the boardwalks, or the roads, everything is loaded with people.

#3 Driving - It seems that visitors, especially from New York, don't seem to have the driving skills New Jersey drivers cherish.

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#2 Parking - We live here, so how is it that we can never find a parking spot at our own beaches? It's maddening.

#1 Humidity - It's not the New Jersey heat; it's that humidity we can't escape every year.