https://padlet.com/olsen_j/m3ghcbe0axfi By Jack Olsen, Paul Brady and Vincent Didomenico III en-us 2018-10-16 18:05:36 UTC 2025-12-11 20:37:32 UTC hello@padlet.com brady_p https://padlet.com/olsen_j/m3ghcbe0axfi/wish/293523460 Located in Middlesex County 
Where the garden state parkway and the new jersey turnpike exchange traffic
Where two thirds of all of NJ's industries are
Most transportation networks, colleges and research labs are in the area]]> 2018-10-16 18:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/olsen_j/m3ghcbe0axfi/wish/293523460 brady_p https://padlet.com/olsen_j/m3ghcbe0axfi/wish/293524854 Geography is productive for people who commute because when they leave their house, a parkway is nearby
It is also where people live, work, attend college, seek culture, shop, conduct state government and clog the roads with traffic
More than half of New Jerseyans live in the Vidal Corridor
Goes outwards into hills, south and east toward the level coastal plains]]> 2018-10-16 18:10:41 UTC https://padlet.com/olsen_j/m3ghcbe0axfi/wish/293524854 brady_p https://padlet.com/olsen_j/m3ghcbe0axfi/wish/293528931 The west side is in the Piedmont
This is because colonial industry began
The hills were harnessed to power machines in the low lying lands
Alexander Hamilton and several others found out that New Jersey's waterfalls could power Paterson the first industrial city
Water power became the major need in industry]]> 2018-10-16 18:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/olsen_j/m3ghcbe0axfi/wish/293528931 olsen_j https://padlet.com/olsen_j/m3ghcbe0axfi/wish/293531272 Bergen, founded in 1660 by the Dutch became Jersey city afterwards
Railroads were prominent in the Vidal Corridor around 1850
This is important since most medicine, like drugs and antibiotics were discovered in this location
Also, this is a place of learning for many universities are there such as Rutgers, Seton Hall and Princeton]]> 2018-10-16 18:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/olsen_j/m3ghcbe0axfi/wish/293531272 brady_p https://padlet.com/olsen_j/m3ghcbe0axfi/wish/293536066 2018-10-16 18:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/olsen_j/m3ghcbe0axfi/wish/293536066 brady_p https://padlet.com/olsen_j/m3ghcbe0axfi/wish/293536635 In Essex county has beautuful scenery due to the valleys vast amount of light
Lots of universities such as Stevens, Montclair, Princeton etc.
There are cherry blossom parks in Newark, Dogwood trees in Piedmont and Belleville's Branch Brook Park
Location is convenient because the Garden state parkway is at the center of the corridor.

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