If New Jersey followed California and tried to split, what would the new state look like?

New Jerseyans have long debated where the "real" dividing line lies in their home state, but with the move by some in California to split up instead of settle differences between regions and split up, it's given rise to new daydreams on the East Coast.

What would New Jersey and New New Jersey look like?

The founders of New California already have that figured out. On Monday, the founders, who want to take with them all but the coastal urban areas of the state, held a reading of their own Declaration of Independence from California, a state they described as "ungovernable."

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Well, the good news for New Jersey is, if we are going to go the way of California, we have a history full of options.

What would East and West Jersey look like?

Rather than creating a new arbitrary dividing line, New Jersey could return to its former configuration as East and West Jersey, two provinces that existed until 1702, when the two were joined into New Jersey.

East Jersey of old was comprised of the area of present-day Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset and Union counties.

West Jersey would include present-day Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Salem, Sussex and Warren counties.

In an East/West Jersey situation, Perth Amboy could return as the capital of the East, and Burlington could reprise its role as the West's capital.

The advantages are the history New Jersey has with its previous incarnation as provinces, and it observes the line of demarcation between two ideologies on a hotly-contested issue: is that salty pork product called "Taylor Ham" or "pork roll"?

If you're in the Taylor Ham camp, head east; the western part of the state usually regards this food as "pork roll."

North, (Central?) and South Jersey?

In casual conversation, many New Jerseyans already divvy up the state by general location.

Out-of-staters (but those still in the know) might ask what part of the state a New Jerseyan calls home, and they don't mean your county. There are only two ways to answer this question: with a Garden State Parkway exit number, or in general "north," "central" or "south" Jersey terms.

Industry in the regions of New Jersey also vary, from the metro of northeast New Jersey to the shore towns of the south, from verbiage to the pace of life, natives notice the difference.

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Central Jersey lies somewhere in-between the two, a blended middle-ground of both north and south. Others might say it isn't really there.

However, North/South Jersey purists may insist on the dividing line being the Raritan River or Driscoll bridge. There is precedence for this, too. South Jersey voted to secede from the North before in 1980. You could almost say California is copying New Jersey.

What are the other possibilities?

There's also this possibility of dividing the state with a less clear-cut line, separating the counties up by their political affiliation. The discussion came up on NorthJersey.com's Facebook page after the news broke of a potential New California.

Or, what if the state's urban powerhouses consolidated into one entity, leaving rest of the state to fend for itself? That's one direction the discussion took on Reddit.