In the little ol' town of Cypress, Texas, a suburb outside of Houston, there are a few quirks that everyone who lives there knows to be true.
If you're from a smaller town or suburb, chances are you may relate to these things too.
1. Nothing is open past 10 p.m. except Whataburger and Taco Bell.
2. Starbucks is always crowded. No matter what time of day it is, you will be waiting in line at Starbucks.
3. Highway 290 is the bane of your existence. It’s always under construction.
4. You can’t go to the grocery store without running into at least one person you know.
5. Going to the movies is the default option for what to do on a Friday night, as long as there isn’t a football game, of course.
6. Other options for weekend hangouts include going to dinner and... going to dinner.
7. You have to be careful not to do anything particularly stupid in the neighborhood or you might end up as the topic of discussion in the Yahoo! Group.
8. Trying a new restaurant, dessert place, etc. usually requires driving nearly 30 minutes away from your house.
9. High school athletics is very important, especially football. Hence the high school athletes that never get in trouble at school.
10. Almost everyone from your high school goes to Texas A&M or University of Texas.
11. When you leave Cypress and someone asks where you live, you usually have to say “Houston” because nobody actually knows where Cypress is.
12. It'll probably flood at least once a year.
Whether you like it or not, Cypress is home. As much as we like to poke fun at it, we all couldn't have asked for a better place to grow up.
