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40 Undeniable Signs You're From Cleveland

You know you're from Cleveland when...

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40 Undeniable Signs You're From Cleveland
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Being from Cleveland, there are a certain number of things we all share in common. Whether we notice these things or not, they make us the amazing, proud Clevelanders that we are! Here are the 40 undeniable signs that you are from Cleveland.

1. You still call it Jacobs Field

2. ...And the Gund.

3. You consider anything above 30 degrees "warm weather."

4. You can't admit that you ever hated LeBron... because you never did... Because you love LeBron till the day you die.

5. You talk about going to Put-in-Bay and Kelley's Island as if you're going to the Bahamas.

6. You drink pop, not soda.

7. You can't imagine Easter without Malley's.

8. When you go out of town people always comment on your accent, but you swear you totally don't have one.

9. Any time you watch A Christmas Story you personally take credit for the movie.

10. You called off sick/skipped school for St. Patrick's Day.

11. You are Polish, or Irish, or both.

12. You will drench any and everything with ranch because ranch is the greatest condiment there is and ever will be.

13. You have name-dropped Michael Simon or Drew Carey at least once.

14. You have experienced all four seasons in one week.

15. You will always say that everything is 20 minutes away from everywhere.

16. Stadium mustard or your hot dog goes naked.

17. You expect the world to bow down and thank you for Cedar Point.

18. When referring to more than one person, it's "you's guys," not y'all.

19. You know someone who was an extra in The Avengers.

20. You play corn hole... what is "bags" exactly?

21. Sweetest Day is a real holiday and you expect presents.

22. You know the real rivalry is East Side vs. West Side

23. You hate that poor excuse of a state up north.

24. You have shopped at Marcs more times than you're comfortable saying.

25. Who saves you the run around?

26. You look forward to The Feast of the Assumption.

27. You have thrown countless pennies into the fountain at Tower City.

28. You hate Pittsburgh, but you hate the Clevelanders who love Pittsburgh even more.

29. You feel a little edgy every time you take Dead Man's Curve (and chances are you take it at 55 mph or more.)

30. Someone famous is always in town, but you've never actually seen anyone.

31. You take out-of-town-ers to the West Side Market or Little Italy.

32. John Adams is your hero.

33. You've gone with your parents to watch airplanes land at Hopkins Airport.

34. You blame everything on Lake Effect.

35. You can get anywhere in University Circle, but there is no way you can explain how to get there to someone else.

36. You believe that anyone not from Cleveland who claims to like MGK is not a true fan.

37. Your river is flammable, and you are proud of that.

38. You love to bash Cleveland, but get super defensive when anyone else does.

39. There's a 99 percent chance you agreed with all of these, but you're actually from some tiny surrounding suburb, not Cleveland.

40. That being said, till the day you die when anyone ever asks you where you're from, you will proudly respond "Cleveland."


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