m*******y
发帖数: 14292 | 1 1. When you meet people and they say they’re from “the city” you
immediately interrogate them on what exact borough, avenue, and cross
streets they lived on to see if they really mean “the city” or somewhere
“20 minutes from the city.”
2. You went to schools that actually had racial diversity.
3. You would spend hours browsing CDs at Tower Records.
4. You learned how to ride the subway and take public busses at a very young
age.
5. You NEVER had to rely on your parent’s car.
6. When you watch mainstream movies about high school, you simply can’t
relate.
7. You had friends from all socioeconomic backgrounds.
8. When you travel abroad, you always say “I’m from New York City,” and
never “the States” or “America” or “USA.”
9. You have fond memories of FAO Schwarz, the Bronx Zoo, and the Brooklyn
Botanic Gardens.
10. You get angry when the city you’re in doesn’t have a 24 hour subway.
11. When you watch movies and shows filmed in New York, you can almost
always recognize where they are.
12. It takes a lot for a person to make you feel uncomfortable, as you’ve
spent at least 18 years witnessing and interacting with the craziest of the
crazies.
13. You know that Times Square is an atrocity.
14. You begged your parents to let you take gymnastics/horseback riding/ice
skating lessons at Chelsea Piers even though it was way out of their price
range.
15. You’ve accidentally walked through countless film sets and rarely even
inquired as to what’s being filmed.
16. You didn’t go to Central Park as often as people would assume.
17. You indulged in “unusual” hobbies as there was always a program
somewhere in the city that supported it.
18. You never learned how to drive, thus amusing all your college friends
upstate.
19. You still don’t know how to drive.
20. You’ve tasted every kind of cuisine out there, from Ethiopian to Greek-
Japanese-Spanish fusion.
21. Your Facebook albums from high school often feature the backdrop of good
ol’ Union Square.
22. You dream of living in the same kind of apartment you grew up in.
23. Your high school had metal detectors and many security guards.
24. You know what the Grand Prospect Hall is, and you know what the owners
look like.
25. You know who Doctor Zizmor is.
26. You know that it’s worth it to wait on line at Gray’s Papaya and
Magnolia Bakery.
27. You know what black and white cookies are.
28. You never had a legitimate reason to feel bored.
29. You never had to wait long for your favorite band to come to town. They
always did.
30. Choosing which high school to attend was like picking a college: there
were hundreds, and each specialized in different things.
31. You feel weird when you’re not in a <.5 block radius of a pretzel,
Nuts4Nuts, or hot dog stand.
32. You know where all 20 “original” locations of Ray’s Pizza’s are.
33. You know what a real bagel tastes like.
34. Your summers were enhanced by Italian Ices. No, not the freeze pops you
get at Costco. The real thing.
35. You took field trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American
Museum of Natural History.
36. You know what neighborhoods were like before they got gentrified into
their current states. Gentrification is a very real issue to you.
37. You never had to worry about how you would get home as the subway was
always open and taxis were always around.
38. You have street smarts (or at least, you can claim you have street
smarts).
39. You can walk, and are willing to walk, great distances.
40. You always secure your bike in a sea of chains and locks no matter where
you are.
41. You never had to worry about leaving a house party, as there was always
another one happening nearby.
42. Spending more than a dollar per dumpling is a cardinal sin.
43. You went to shows at the Knitting Factory well before you were 21.
44. You’re tolerant of crowded train rides, as you’ve spent your youth
learning how to stand for 20 minutes between a man four times your size with
a scratchy scarf and an older lady with six stuffed plastic bags.
45. You’re easily impressed by nice beaches, because all you had was Coney
Island.
46. You’ve never been to the Empire State Building, or Ellis Island, or the
New Year’s Eve Ball Drop.
47. Overflowing trash bags on the street don’t gross you out.
48. You don’t really know how to answer the question, “So what was it like
growing up in NYC?” because you don’t know what it wasn’t like.
49. You find it very difficult to not just live with your parents in their
apartment forever, for nothing more than the fact that they scored ideal
location years ago. With rent control.
50. You have confidence that you could raise your kids here, because you
turned out alright. Right? | Y*****2
发帖数: 38613 | 2 1. When you meet people and they say they’re from “the city” you
immediately interrogate them on what exact borough, avenue, and cross
streets they lived on to see if they really mean “the city” or somewhere
“20 minutes from the city.”
2. You went to schools that actually had racial diversity.
4. You learned how to ride the subway and take public busses at a very young
age.
5. You NEVER had to rely on your parent’s car.
6. When you watch mainstream movies about high school, you simply can’t
relate.
7. You had friends from all socioeconomic backgrounds.
8. When you travel abroad, you always say “I’m from New York City,” and
never “the States” or “America” or “USA.”
9. You have fond memories of FAO Schwarz, the Bronx Zoo, and the Brooklyn
Botanic Gardens.
10. You get angry when the city you’re in doesn’t have a 24 hour subway.
11. When you watch movies and shows filmed in New York, you can almost
always recognize where they are.
12. It takes a lot for a person to make you feel uncomfortable, as you’ve
spent at least 18 years witnessing and interacting with the craziest of the
crazies.
13. You know that Times Square is an atrocity.
15. You’ve accidentally walked through countless film sets and rarely even
inquired as to what’s being filmed.
16. You didn’t go to Central Park as often as people would assume.
18. You never learned how to drive, thus amusing all your college friends
upstate.
20. You’ve tasted every kind of cuisine out there, from Ethiopian to Greek-
Japanese-Spanish fusion.
21. Your Facebook albums from high school often feature the backdrop of good
ol’ Union Square.
23. Your high school had metal detectors and many security guards.
26. You know that it’s worth it to wait on line at Gray’s Papaya and
Magnolia Bakery.
30. Choosing which high school to attend was like picking a college: there
were hundreds, and each specialized in different things.
31. You feel weird when you’re not in a <.5 block radius of a pretzel,
Nuts4Nuts, or hot dog stand.
33. You know what a real bagel tastes like.
35. You took field trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American
Museum of Natural History.
36. You know what neighborhoods were like before they got gentrified into
their current states. Gentrification is a very real issue to you.
37. You never had to worry about how you would get home as the subway was
always open and taxis were always around.
38. You have street smarts (or at least, you can claim you have street
smarts).
39. You can walk, and are willing to walk, great distances.
42. Spending more than a dollar per dumpling is a cardinal sin.
44. You’re tolerant of crowded train rides, as you’ve spent your youth
learning how to stand for 20 minutes between a man four times your size with
a scratchy scarf and an older lady with six stuffed plastic bags.
45. You’re easily impressed by nice beaches, because all you had was Coney
Island.
46. You’ve never been to the Empire State Building, or Ellis Island, or the
New Year’s Eve Ball Drop.
48. You don’t really know how to answer the question, “So what was it like
growing up in NYC?” because you don’t know what it wasn’t like. | m*******y
发帖数: 14292 | 3 lol. what are you doing? | P******d
发帖数: 4272 | 4 Picking out the ones that are true for me
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: lol. what are you doing?
| m*******y
发帖数: 14292 | 5
oh
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: Picking out the ones that are true for me
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| b**********5
发帖数: 7881 | 6 I know who dr. zizmo is!!!!
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| m*******y
发帖数: 14292 | 7
good for you. did you go to him?
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: I know who dr. zizmo is!!!!
| b**********5
发帖数: 7881 | 8 hell no. that pic creeps me out! I go to Spring Street Dermotology. An
indian chick as well! But not very indian looking! BEAUTIFUL!!! her bedside
manner is 100%! and when she does referrals, she referred me to a white dude
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: good for you. did you go to him?
| m*******y
发帖数: 14292 | 9
bedside
dude
我最近集合了一批印度美女大夫 现在大夫跟real estate agent一样 都流行挂个明星
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: hell no. that pic creeps me out! I go to Spring Street Dermotology. An
: indian chick as well! But not very indian looking! BEAUTIFUL!!! her bedside
: manner is 100%! and when she does referrals, she referred me to a white dude
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