Other successful retail markets in the state include the Route 23 corridor from Wayne to Butler because of its proximity to 1-287 and the growing housing market; the Route 3 corridor in Clifton because of its seven-day-a-week commuter traffic which heavily draws the Bergen County customer who can't shop on Sundays due to the blue laws, and the Monmouth and Ocean County markets because of their growing population, region-wide lower housing costs and convenient highway accessibility.

More years ago than I wish to recall, I worked closely with Glenn Archer, then executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, on a number of issues, primarily blue laws and education.

Leaving aside their histories of Jim Crow, Sunday blue laws, and restrictions on alcohol, the regions where Webb says Scots-Irish culture remains strongest are arguably freer and more individualistic than other parts of the country in several respects.