It only works if you're from Jersey

I'm from Jersey. It's okay to forgo the "New" because I'm a Jersey Girl, not a "New Jersey" Girl, just a Jersey Girl. It sounds natural to say it like that, we're real, we're authentic. It just doesn't sound right when other 2 word states try it. I'm a York Girl, a Hampshire Girl, a Dakota Girl? Nope, it just doesn't work.

I have this thing about people who say they're from L.A. or Vegas. Why??? They're from California or Nevada. We don't say "I'm from Spring Lake," or I'm from F.L. (Franklin Lakes) we're from Jersey. Is their state name not good enough? Hey I'm not trying to make this a Jersey pride thing, just trying to make sense of it. Is it cooler, is that it? Maybe that's the answer, Jersey Girls are already cooler than most.