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You know you're from Chicago when...

The "living room" is called the "front room" and is pronounced "fron troom"

You don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois, and you
become irritated at people who do.

You measure distance in blocks or minutes (especially "from the city") and you swear everything is pretty much 15 minutes away.

You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "DesPlaines" or "Lisle."

Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
Your school classes were canceled because of heat.

You know the names of the interstates: Stevenson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Dan Ryan, and the Edens. But you call the interstates "expressways."

You refer to anything south of I-80 as "Southern Illinois" or "Downstate"

You refer to Lake Michigan as "The Lake."
You refer to Chicago as "The City."

"The Super Bowl" refers to one specific game in a series of 35 played in January of 1986.

No matter where you are, when you hear the term "Downtown" you immediately assume they're talking about Downtown Chicago, which really is "The Loop."

You buy "The Trib."

You know what goes on a Chicago Style Hot Dog.

You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is.

You know why they call Chicago "The Windy City," and it's not because of the wind.

You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra and know which station they end up at.

You can distinguish between the following area codes: _847, 224, 630, 773, 708, 312, 815.

You have, at some time in your life, used your furniture to guard your parking spot in winter.

You respond to the question "Where are you from?" with a "side."
Example: "WEST SIDE," "SOUTH SIDE," OR "NORTH SIDE."

You thank Michael Jordan for helping people around the world to stop equating the city with Al Capone.

You don't flinch when you pay the fifth toll of your 45-minute car ride on the highway.

When you were walking to work last summer, you ran into a cow.

You know the significance of State and Madison.

You can decipher a WMAQ traffic report, but your out of town passenger thinks it's just gibberish.

When the visiting team hits a ball out of the park you expect to see it sail back in moments later.

You can finish this phrase: five eight eight

Grocery stores are the only type of retail entity that get a definite article: "I'm going to The Jewel" or "I'll stop by The Dominick's on the way home."

You can tell within minutes of meeting someone if they're probably a Cubs fan or a Sox fan.