You Know You're From San Antonio When... (Alamo, Alamo Heights: home, neighborhood)

[LongHornGuy86]

You Know You're From San Antonio when...

You lost your virginity at mission drive-in

You know exactly how to get to the "Ghost Tracks" from anywhere in town.

You think "pro-choice" means flour or corn tortillas.

You've never been to the Alamo.

Your idea of a workout is going to the store to pick up several tubs of Haagen Daas.

You think a health drink is a Margarita without salt.

You think being able to read the Taco Cabana menu makes you bilingual.

You used to live in a neighborhood you wouldn't even drive through now.


There has been a road crew on your street since before the Alamodome was built.

You remember when Crossroads Mall used to be called Wonderland.

You've been to Midget Mansion.

You know all about the "Dancing Diablo" and the "Donkey Lady" bridge.

You know that Wheatley and Brackenridge is the same school.

You remember the Captain Gus show.

Your subwoofer has twice the value of your car.

You have three rodeo outfits but never have been on a horse

You're an expert with the brake pedal, but you have no idea what a blinker is, or how to merge, or how to read a yield sign.

You think the last supper was at Mi Tierra restaurant.

Your idea of culture is wearing a Hard Rock T-shirt.

You do your grocery shopping at a flea market.

You think local politicians are crooks, but you still do not vote.

You have a "Selena Lives" bumper sticker on your car.

You care if San Antonio is in the "national spotlight", aka Texas spotlight.

A formal occasion is getting a glass with your longneck.

You believe Tacos, barbecue, tequilla, and beer are the four basic food groups.

You rented Pulp Fiction to escape the everyday violence of the city.

Your White mother learned how to make Tamales & Menudo from your neighbors.

You think wearing bows in your hair will get you a husband.

You know the "real" definition of FIESTA is "stay home if at all possible".



You had breakfast tacos at Taco Cabana on Christmas morning.

You think Alamo Heights is rich.

You have ordered Mexican food at a Chinese restaurant.
You get these jokes enough to pass them on to your friends.

[sapphire]

Gee, thanks for posting this. I wonder how long it will be before UTSASTUD uses this to launch an attack on us, the weakest links. Because every other city except any in Arkansas are more sophisticated than ours.

[urrone]

This list makes us sound completely lame and stupid. San Antonio is much better than most of this list implies.

[Dube665]

Originally Posted by urrone

This list makes us sound completely lame and stupid. San Antonio is much better than most of this list implies.

If you live outside of 1604 maybe.

[mamatotex97]

Having only been hear a year, can someone please explain to me that comment of "if you live outside 1604"....I hear it alot.

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by mamatotex97

Having only been hear a year, can someone please explain to me that comment of "if you live outside 1604"....I hear it alot.

It basically means the suburbs...out in the country. When the city was in its infancy the city was all contained downtown (inside 410), and steadily grew to outside 410 and then between 410 and 1604 and now things are booming outside 1604.


I love all of those, even if I do live barely inside 1604. I'm in a facebook group that has this title "you may be from San Antonio if...." and I laugh every time I read it...even if I don't agree with some of them..just because I know the history of the city.

[TX_AGGIE13]

I think the list is about 50% racially, and status quo profiling...not too typical, but then again I live outside 1604!! Btw...you forgot one MAJOR thing:

If you have too many Spurs stickers on your vehicle primarily consisting of old Championships.
(Btw...I LOVE the Spurs, but all these people with the trashy stickers need to get out the scraper!)

[perticusrex]

You do your grocery shopping at a flea market.

- Orale! Sometimes they got good fruit!

You think Alamo Heights is rich.

You mean its not??????

[scuba steve]

aaaaaaaaand i don't understand any of these.

[Primo]

You think Big Red is a perfectly acceptable subsitute for milk to put in your baby's bottle.