1. Being surrounded by garbage. All. The. Time.

Eating next to a garbage can, walking on the street along hundreds of garbage bags piled up on top of each other, smelling it even when it's not in sight--ahhh, the wonderful aroma of New York City. But do you really mind it?

2. Immediately inserting your headphones and looking down at your phone when you hear, "IT'S SHOW TIME!" on the train.

And although you might low key enjoy the performance, you still manage to avoid eye contact with the guy who's passing his hat around for change.

3. Saying things like "low key" are part of your daily vocabulary.

Low key, high key, sus, brick, facts... shall I go on?

Not to mention the fact that many of these terms could are interchangeable as nouns, adjectives, and verbs.

4. You have NO PATIENCE for SLOW WALKERS.

I don't mean to be rude. Actually, I don't really care. PLEASE PICK UP THE PACE OR GET OUT OF MY WAY!

5. When you tell the bus driver you forgot your MetroCard and he looks away so you just take that as a yes and board the bus.

$2.75 really is a struggle.

6. Planning out how to use the 3 swipes on your student MetroCard.

"Oh, the places you'll go!" -Dr. Seuss

7. One of the best meals you can get is a $1 slice and a can of Coke.

Oh, you wouldn't think I'd write a New Yorker thread without mentioning our beloved pizza, would you?

8. You'll never understand what's so spectacular about Times Square.

Maybe it's the knock-off Elmos and Spider-Mans following you around for a picture, maybe it's all the traffic.... or maybe it's all the SLOW WALKING TOURISTS.

9. Your go-to breakfast in high school was a bacon-egg-and-cheese with a can of Arizona.

Did you know that 'baconeggandcheese' is one word?

10. Forever referring to Manhattan as "the city."

And here's an accurate, low quality depiction of how I feel about people who assume I live in Manhattan just because I told them I'm from NYC: