Where do you live?

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You live in California when . . .

1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a
house.

2. The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his
cell phone.

3. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.

4. You know how to eat an artichoke.

5. You drive to your neighborhood block party.

6. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.


You live in New York when . . .

1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.

2. You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.

3. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.

4. You think Central Park is "Nature."

5. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.

6. You've worn out a car horn.

7. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.


You live in Alaska when . . .

1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup and Tabasco.

2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.

3. You have more than one recipe for moose.

4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.

5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and
construction.


You live in the Deep South when . . .

1. You get a movie and bait in the same store.

2."ya'll" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.

3. After five years you still hear, "You ain't from 'round here,are ya?"

4."He needed killin' " is a valid defense.

5. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean.


You live in Colorado when . . .

1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.

2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center.

3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.

4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.


You live in the Midwest when . . .

1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.

2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.

3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.

4.You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"

5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"


You live in Florida when...

1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.

2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind--even houses and cars.

3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.

4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.

5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.

6. There are only GIANT doctors in Florida (Every person's doctor
is "The Biggest" in his field)
 

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3. After five years you still hear, "You ain't from 'round here,are ya?"
This is so true in the town where I live. I've been here 15 years and I'm still called "London". LOL
 
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Well, being a native New Yorker, about all of those are true....And living in Florida I can attest to the fact that you can't go 5 miles without hitting road construction somewhere!
 

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My S/O and his best friend were called Yankees when we went to North Carolina a few years ago. They were renting movies, at one of those stores where you can buy bait, too.

Having lived in the Midwest (Michigan) I agree with
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
The joke was Michigan, where you can get all 4 seasons in 1 day. Or, don't like the weather? Wait 15 minutes.
 

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I live in BELGIUM ....

UHUM , any goodies on this country : because I love homemade BELGIAN fries , because I eats lots of Belgian cocolate , because I make my own mayonnaise , because .... my mum lives here
 

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From here you Americans all look the same to me


Seriously, it is interesting to see that there are so many differences between the different states. I wonder if there is any political tension as well? any seperatist movements?
 

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Separatists? Not really, but there still are some people in the south who refer to out Civil War as the War of Northern Aggression. It was actually the southern states leaving the Union that was the final act that led to the war.

Sometimes it seems like they'd be ready to try again.
 

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1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a
house.


Soooo true!!!

The only thing GOOD about living in California is the weather!
(and Disneyland)
 

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Those were pretty good, but I have to disagree with most of the Colorado ones...

You live in Colorado when . . .
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.

2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center.

3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.

4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.
#1, 2 and 4 are actually more "You live in Boulder or Crested Butte, Colorado when..." LOL Directions to Boulder: Go to the edge of reality and take a left. Strange place, Boulder - hippies are still in fashion, patchouli is the city wide fragrance, Eco-terrorists are welcomed (no, really, that's how liberal it is - it's like a mini California!), riots happen almost any time the CU football team wins a big game (they outlawed couches on porches because they kept burning them in the streets
), and most everyone thinks legalizing marijuana is a good idea but yet they banned cigarette smoking from everywhere but residences and cars. Crested Butte is a mountain version of Boulder, only with skiing.
 

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You live in the Midwest when . . .

1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.

2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.

3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.

4.You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"

5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"
As one who grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, I can attest that all of these are false (if you don't live in corn fields).

1. I've never had a mayor know my name.

2. I've been involved in some terrific traffic jams on any given day of the week.

3. Switching from heat to A/C in a day is a rare possibility.

4. Some people do end a sentence with a preposition, but I don't attribute their grammar errors to the Midwest.

5. "It was different"? Good gravy! If that's all I can say about a new and fascinating location, shoot me now!

Jenk
 
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