From BuzzFeed: 23 Signs You’ve Lived In New York City Too Long
Our Senior Editor, David Toussaint, asked that I repost this great piece from BuzzFeed because, well, he’s lived in New York a long time.
1. When you leave the city and a cashier smiles at you and asks how your day was, you’re like:
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3. Nothing fills you with more rage than getting on a crowded subway car and suddenly hearing, “It’s showtime!”
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4. You have the same conversation with the same friends at the same bar every night.
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5. $12 cocktails and $20 yoga classes seem normal now.
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6. In the summer, you consider the wind from an approaching subway car to be “a nice breeze.”
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7. You’ve considered moving into your office to save on rent since you spend so much time there anyway.
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8. You’ve gone from not leaving Brooklyn on the weekends, to not leaving your actual neighborhood on the weekends.
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10. You’ve Seamlessed lunch and dinner in the same day and not given a shit.
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14. You’ve become immune to the hot garbage smell.
15. You can swipe your Metrocard without breaking stride.
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17. When you visit the suburbs and try to sleep at night, the silence scares you.
19. You’ve stopped going out on Friday nights and started going out on Tuesday nights.
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20. You walk faster than most people run.
21. You’ve either gotten really into cooking, or totally given up on cooking.
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But when you return to New York, you realize you couldn’t possibly live anywhere else.
Comments
NYCBoii (Guest)
7 years agoThis is shockingly accurate! But there is nothing better then the big city!