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I was born and raised in Manhattan, so let me add a few
You have mastered the subway system before you are out of elementary school.
Even with that, you have WALKED from one end of the island to the other.
People from the "other" boroughs talk funny and dress in out of date styles.
Staten Island is where the Ferry goes to and you turn around and go back home.
Long Island is the end of the earth.
You wear white 3 times in your life: at your Christening, your Communion, and your Wedding. If somebody is wearing white, they are either from Long Island or Florida.
When you walk down the street, you look straight ahead or down. Only TOURISTS look UP.
You don't look AT people on the street. You look THROUGH them.
Your best friends growing up are from Puerto Rico, Greece, or someplace other than NY.
You listen to people talking on streets and try to figure out what language they are speaking.
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You know you're from Long Island when...
-You've tried to find the Amityville Horror house.
-You've never been to Times Square on New Year's Eve.
-You don't associate Fire Island with gay men.
-When you hear Billy Joel's "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" you try to figure out what places on Long Island he singing about.
-You think if you're not from Long Island or NYC, you're not really from New York.
-You don't go to Manhattan, you go to "The City".
-When people ask "where are you from?" you answer Long Guy Land and automatically assume everyone in the world knows that answer means New York.
-You can recognize members of the mob on sight—especially in a pizza place.
-You always look out at Coney Island when you pass it—because you’ve stupidly been caught in traffic on Belt Pkwy.
-You or someone you know swears they just saw a famous person in a supermarket.
-"Fuhggedaboudit!" becomes not just a saying, but a way of life.
-You return after being away for a while and the first things you want are a “real” pizza and a “real” bagel.
-You can name every bridge and tunnel through and out of NYC from the Bronx to Staten Island in order, and probably have at least one funny story about crossing one of them.
-You consider seeing a Broadway play "no big deal."
You say Newark and people ask "what's noork?"
You don't even notice the sound of airplanes anymore.
The sound of sirens and gunshots give you a great night sleep
You make people pump your gas when you're out of state
I never pumped my own gas either living in Queens or LI for 30 years, and didn't know how.
In that vein... You know you're from Oregon when...
You take a trip to Washington and wait for several minutes in your car at the gas pump for the attendant to come before realizing they never will when the person at the pump in front of you hangs up the nozzle, gets in the car, and drives away, and then you have to ask the clerk inside to pump it for you...
I was born and raised in Manhattan, so let me add a few
You have mastered the subway system before you are out of elementary school.
Even with that, you have WALKED from one end of the island to the other.
People from the "other" boroughs talk funny and dress in out of date styles.
Staten Island is where the Ferry goes to and you turn around and go back home.
Long Island is the end of the earth.
You wear white 3 times in your life: at your Christening, your Communion, and your Wedding. If somebody is wearing white, they are either from Long Island or Florida.
When you walk down the street, you look straight ahead or down. Only TOURISTS look UP.
You don't look AT people on the street. You look THROUGH them.
Your best friends growing up are from Puerto Rico, Greece, or someplace other than NY.
You listen to people talking on streets and try to figure out what language they are speaking.
Can I go?
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