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You May Be from New York City if…

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

You secretly envy cabbies for their driving skill.

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

You can argue for hours about the best way to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park at 3:30 on the Friday before a long weekend, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.

Hookers and the homeless are invisible.

The subway makes sense.

You think "nature" is Central Park.

The subway should never be called anything prissy, like the Metro.

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

You think $7.00 to cross a bridge is a fair price.

You've considered stabbing someone just for saying "The Big Apple."

You've worn out a car horn.

Your door has more than three locks. And you use them.

You go to a hockey game for the fighting. In the stands. To participate.

Your favorite movie has DeNiro or DeVito in it.

The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.

You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.

You call an 8' x 10' plot of patchy grass a yard.

You complain about having to mow it.

You are a skee-ball juggernaut.

You consider Westchester "Upstate."

You cried the day Mayor Ed Koch took over for Judge Wapner.

You cross the street when you see a flashing "Do Not Walk" sign at the intersection.

You actually get these jokes and send your friends this link!