"Staten Island is to the Jersey Shore what, say, the Upper West Side is to the Berkshires: a prime summer-rental feeder community. The relationship between shore and island is occasionally fraught—the mayor of Belmar, N.J., recently took flak (and won some fans, no doubt) for a statement denigrating the island-headquartered “Guidos” who flock annually to his beaches—but it holds firm. “Go back to Staten Island, bro!” an antagonist yells at Ronnie in one episode. “I’m not from Staten Island, bro,” he responds. Honest mistake."
