South Jersey really is a great place to live. And if you don’t believe us (rude), here are 21 reasons why.

Try your hand at glassblowing
Show your pup the biggest fire hydrant they’ve ever seen at Wildwood Dog Beach
Celebrate a birthday with some furry friends at Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge
See thousands of holiday lights
Sit in the pilot’s seat of a military jet
Feed hippos and porcupines at Adventure Aquarium
Explore the site of the former John A. Roebling’s Sons Company, which built the Brooklyn Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge
Skate while admiring the Philadelphia skyline at Camden County’s Winterfest
Tour a nearly 150-year-old mansion in Cape May
Escape from a historic prison
Cuddle some furry friends at the Funny Farm Rescue & Sanctuary
Support a local artist – or many – at Perkins Center for the Arts
Taste a seemingly endless list of South Jersey craft brews along your own brewery crawl
Climb to the top of a nearly 200-year-old lighthouse
Gaze at stars that are trillions of miles away
Have a Hallmark getaway
See where Walt Whitman is buried
Watch a performance from one of only three training orchestras in the country – Symphony in C (next performance, Jan. 11)
Stand next to a 36-foot-tall art sculpture
Explore the rooms of a tavern and inn where the founding fathers used to meet
Climb inside “The World’s Greatest Elephant”