NYC Praktikum

You know you live in NYC when...

  1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
  2. You think Central Park is "nature."
  3. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multilingual.
  4. You've worn out a car horn.
  5. You consider Westchester "upstate"
  6. You haven't heard the sound of true absolute silence since the 80s, and when you did, it terrified you.
  7. Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.
  8. You're paying $1,200 for a studio the size of a walk-in closet and you think it’s a "steal."
  9. You pay $5 without blinking for a beer that cost the bar 28 cents.
  10. You've considered stabbing someone just for saying "The Big Apple"
  11. You call an 8' x 10' plot of patchy grass a yard.
  12. The subway makes sense
  13. Being truly alone makes you nervous.
  14. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.
  15. You don't notice sirens anymore.
  16. You can get into a 4-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
  17. You live in a building with a larger population than most American towns.
  18. You have never been to the Statue of Liberty.
  19. You run when you see a flashing "Do Not Walk" sign at the intersection.
  20. You ride in a subway car with no air conditioning just because there are seats available.
  21. You're willing to take in strange people as roommates simply to help pay the rent.
  22. There is no North and South...it's uptown and downtown.
  23. You cringe at hearing people pronounce Houston St. like the city in Texas.
  24. Rather than waiting safely on the sidewalk to cross the street, you wait inches away from speeding traffic waiting to cut through it.
  25. Your local news is national news.
  26. You know who Dr. Z is...
  27. There are more things to do within your 5 block radius than there is to do in most other cities in the world
  28. You know exactly which subway car & door is closest to the stairs at the stop you're getting off.
  29. You think of the LIRR as being the most luxurious train ever
  30. You know the fastest way down a crowded sidewalk is actually walking in the street.
  31. You walk faster than the crosstown bus.
  32. Sidewalks are your runway.
  33. on the subway, you always manage to wake up right before your stop.
    34. You take a taxi to get to your health club to exercise.
  34. You take fashion seriously.