And if you're a transplant, learn your history! This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Jersey Shore in the 90s: A look back at the great decade ...

From delivering the paper to picking it up at the corner bodega to waging advocacy battles in its pages, readers from around the country recall their ties to The Jersey Journal.

Ah, the '90s. Everything seemed much simpler then ... The first mall food court opened at the Paramus Park Mall in New Jersey in 1974, and the concept soon spread. Food-court staples like Sbarro ...