Your day has to start with a baconeggandcheese and coffee from your local street cart

In high school, this is literally where all of my allowance went. And yes, there are no spaces in baconeggandcheese. It's one word.

Having to deal with train delays every damn time you take the train

Something you learn after becoming a commuter is whenever you're planning on taking the subway, you have to make sure to add at least twenty minutes to your commute. Google Maps might tell you 15 minutes, but that shit will end up taking 30 minutes, trust me. Subway delays are a daily nuisance. It won't work as an excuse when you're late for work, though.

Construction, everywhere. It's always happening

Sometimes I wonder if they're actually building something or if it's just to add to the general ~ambiance~ of the city. Like who needs to set alarms when you can wake up to jackhammers?

People always tell you to slow down because you walk too fast

Scenario: Long Island school campus.

Me: *zooms past people because they're walking too damn slow for my patience*

Long Island folk: Why do you walk so fast?

Me: Why do ya'll walk so slow?

Everything costs like a million dollars

Trying to move out and live on your own stays a dream for a lot of people here. You won't get a decent place to live for less than two thousand dollars a month.

Having a bad habit of cursing in every single sentence

Please don't get offended! It's just our vocabulary enhancers.

Oh, and using slang that other people (non-NYCers) have never even heard of

I always love the reactions I get when I use city slang in front of people who aren't from here. "What?" "Is that even a word?" Fun fact: a lot of colloquial words, like "deadass," originated in the city.

Avoiding Times Square at all costs

One word: tourists.

Having to avoid not getting trampled every single day

Welcome to New York City, where people actually get trampled to death.

Driving is an absolute nightmare

The Van-Wyck Expressway, Grand-Central, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the GW, need I say more? The traffic is so bad that I'll only sit in a car as a last resort.

 Mastering the motto of not giving a f*ck

You can get away with pretty much anything in public in New York City. That's what the popular comedy show "Impractical Jokers" is based on. We've seen so much shit as New Yorkers that we've become desensitized to everything. You could literally do whatever you want and get away with it.

 Finding people from the city outside of it and immediately hitting it off with them

"Yo, you from the city, too! Which borough?" *Dap*

 And no matter how much we shit talk our city, we know it's the best city in the world and we wouldn't live anywhere else

"IN NEW YORKKK, CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE OF, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN'T DOOOOO."