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Jersey Week
An unofficial New Jersey holiday during the first week of November when every public school in the state closes Thursday and Friday for the NJ Teachers' Convention, but parents collectively decide that Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday are optional. What was originally intended as a two-day break for teachers has somehow turned into a seven-day, $15k family vacation to the Caribbean or Florida. EWR becomes a war zone of moms wearing Lulu, dads in PM polos, & children dragging $300 Away suitcases. Every flight to FL is packed with families who claim they're going somewhere to "get away from Jersey," only to discover that their entire neighborhood booked the same resort. The beaches of Aruba suddenly have more people from Hunterdon, Morris, & Bergen County than actual Arubans. Every hotel pool sounds like a high school reunion, and you can't walk five feet without hearing someone complain about property taxes or ask what exit you live off. Parents insist the trip is educational because their kids are "experiencing different cultures," despite spending six straight days at an all-inclusive resort ordering tenders & frozen piña coladas. Meanwhile, the three kids who actually show up to school Monday through Wednesday watch movies because half the teachers are also in FL. By Sunday, everyone returns home sunburned, $12k poorer, & ready to post 47 IG stories.
We're going to Aruba for Jersey Week because the kids have Thursday and Friday off, so obviously we're pulling them out of school for the entire week and spending $15,000 to sit on a beach with every other family from Hunterdon County.
Jersey Week by MoneyPlz November 5, 2026
University of Tampa
A ridiculously expensive private university in downtown Tampa where rich kids from New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, & Massachusetts go when they don't get into the University of Miami but still want to attend college somewhere tropical.
The parking garages look like luxury dealerships, filled with BMWs, Mercedes, Audis, & Porsche Cayennes Daddy bought for graduation. Students complain about being broke while wearing $150 Lululemon shorts, $200 On Clouds, & holding $9 Starbucks drinks.
The student body consists of former lacrosse players, aspiring influencers, finance bros, sorority girls, & kids whose entire personality is being from Jersey or NY. Everyone majors in business or marketing, but their real major is going to MacDinton's on Thursdays.
Everyone's Instagram bio says "UTampa '30," & students complain about walking to class in 75-degree weather.
The campus looks like a five-star resort, tuition costs as much as a luxury SUV, & students spend more time at the pool than the library. Everyone posts Plant Hall as they discovered it, & every freshman thinks they'll become a millionaire selling real estate.
The hardest part isn't passing accounting. It's convincing your parents that your $70,000-a-year Florida vacation is an education.
The parking garages look like luxury dealerships, filled with BMWs, Mercedes, Audis, & Porsche Cayennes Daddy bought for graduation. Students complain about being broke while wearing $150 Lululemon shorts, $200 On Clouds, & holding $9 Starbucks drinks.
The student body consists of former lacrosse players, aspiring influencers, finance bros, sorority girls, & kids whose entire personality is being from Jersey or NY. Everyone majors in business or marketing, but their real major is going to MacDinton's on Thursdays.
Everyone's Instagram bio says "UTampa '30," & students complain about walking to class in 75-degree weather.
The campus looks like a five-star resort, tuition costs as much as a luxury SUV, & students spend more time at the pool than the library. Everyone posts Plant Hall as they discovered it, & every freshman thinks they'll become a millionaire selling real estate.
The hardest part isn't passing accounting. It's convincing your parents that your $70,000-a-year Florida vacation is an education.
Bro goes to the University of Tampa, drives a brand-new Audi his parents bought him, wears Lululemon to his 10 AM business class, & complains about being broke because Daddy only gave him $2k for the month.
University of Tampa by MoneyPlz November 5, 2026
Whitehouse Station, NJ
A small, ridiculously overpriced town in Hunterdon County where everyone either drives a lifted pickup truck, a Jeep, or a BMW their parents bought them for their 17th birthday. Half the population thinks they're country because they own a pair of cowboy boots and occasionally drive past a farm, while the other half thinks they're wealthy suburban royalty because their parents have a house on 5 acres.
There's absolutely nothing to do unless you consider driving around aimlessly, getting Wawa at 11 PM, or sitting in a parking lot with the same 15 people you've known since kindergarten entertainment. Everyone claims they hate living here, yet somehow their entire family has lived within a 10-mile radius for 3 generations.
The kids either play lax, spend their weekends at the Jersey Shore, or pretend they're from the Deep South despite living an hour away from New York City. Everyone knows everyone, everyone's parents know your parents, and somehow your business travels faster than the NJ Transit train that barely anyone takes.
The town consists of $1M+ houses, random farms, overpriced developments, and people who complain about new construction despite having moved here five years ago. Half the residents insist they live in Readington; the other half say Whitehouse Station because nobody outside Hunterdon County knows what the hell either one is.
The biggest social event is running into someone you went to high school with at Kings and pretending you don't recognize them.
There's absolutely nothing to do unless you consider driving around aimlessly, getting Wawa at 11 PM, or sitting in a parking lot with the same 15 people you've known since kindergarten entertainment. Everyone claims they hate living here, yet somehow their entire family has lived within a 10-mile radius for 3 generations.
The kids either play lax, spend their weekends at the Jersey Shore, or pretend they're from the Deep South despite living an hour away from New York City. Everyone knows everyone, everyone's parents know your parents, and somehow your business travels faster than the NJ Transit train that barely anyone takes.
The town consists of $1M+ houses, random farms, overpriced developments, and people who complain about new construction despite having moved here five years ago. Half the residents insist they live in Readington; the other half say Whitehouse Station because nobody outside Hunterdon County knows what the hell either one is.
The biggest social event is running into someone you went to high school with at Kings and pretending you don't recognize them.
You know you’re from Whitehouse Station, NJ, when your first car is either a BMW, Audi, or Mercedes, and you think driving a three-year-old one means your family is struggling financially.
Whitehouse Station, NJ by MoneyPlz November 5, 2026