That's NJ? What exit?
I have to admit that when I went up to NJ/NY years ago, I took a look at a lake and thought it was so pretty. Then I looked closer at it, and saw how dirty it was. lol. I did like parts of Jersey though because the towns in that area were so small and cute. One could drive through them in five minutes. And of course, they had green unlike NYC. NYC could be exciting though, mostly because of the people.
Actually, that Lake Johnson in Raleigh that I posted up was actually very dirty when I lived across from it. I never saw anybody actually swim in the lake. lol.