The great town of Dalton, Georgia is home to a little over 33,000 lucky people. If you happen to be one of those people, congratulations! This article is for you.

You know you're from Dalton, Georgia because:

1. You're either team Tijuana's or team Los Pablos.

2. You refer to it as "Dahl-un."

3. #Carpet.

4. You can't go to Panera without seeing at least three people you know.

5. You've found more typos in the Daily Citizen than you've found in your old eighth grade research papers (but you did secretly love the 30 seconds of fame you got when you were the Citizen of the Day).

6. Bob Shaw is a common household name.

7. The Disney Trail is your idea of outdoorsy fun.

8. Everyone kisses up to JR Martinez, Marla Maples and Debra Norville because they're the only famous people from Dalton.

9. Post-church lunch with the family either takes place at Panera or Schlotzsky's.

10. You sometimes prefer Tijuana's or Los Pablos over Buckin' Burrito because Buckin' Burrito is "too American."

11. You explain the town's location by saying, "the exit on I-75 with all the carpet factories."

12. The Oakwood has changed your life in more positive ways than a college education thus far.

13. You know not to go anywhere near Chickfila any time between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m..

14. The Nutcracker vs. The Snow Queen: the annual Christmas debate.

15. You can name more than five carpet companies off the top of your head (at any given moment).

16. You know the only better biscuit than Chickfila's is from Mr. Biscuit.

17. You leave your car behind Walgreens on Walnut for any social gathering.

18. Soccer is the most unappreciated sport in the town.

19. Walking the loop is the perfect combination of exercising and socializing.

20. You see khaki shorts/skirts and colorful collared shirts and immediately know those are CHS kids.

21. You can rank every Mexican restaurant in town by how good their queso is.

22. You have to go to Chattanooga or Atlanta for anything more fun than bowling.

23. You don't even count Walnut Square Mall as a mall.

24. You actually know what a Catamount is.

25. Someone in your family either works in the carpet industry, Dalton Public Schools or Hamilton Medical Center.

26. You workout at the Presby because Bradley Wellness Center is too expensive.

27. Spanish is accidentally, but automatically your second language.

28. You either took part in GWI or you made fun of it.

29. You still call the Walmart on Shugart "the new Walmart" even though it's been there for almost 15 years.

30. You've captioned a Riverbend picture, "Bending the River" at least once.

31. You miss our Kroger when you're out of town because every other Kroger sucks.

32. If you don't think Jesus was born on Harmon Field, you better not say it out loud.

33. You swam for the Dalton Dolphins for at least one summer in your life.

34. One of your friends got a brand new Mercedes when he or she turned 16.

35. You've told someone to have a "beautiful, wonderful, glorious Catamount Day" before.

36. You either live in the Farm or you drive around it to look at all the pretty houses.

37. Every school is carpeted (and you didn't know that was weird).

38. You've taken pictures by the Wink Theatre or on the railroad tracks downtown at least once in your life.

39. There's at least one girl in your family that dances/danced at the Dance Theatre of Dalton.

40. The two biggest tragedies in the last twenty years were when Moe's shut down and when Dairy Queen burned down.

41. The Dalton Cotillion is a statement of social status to the adults in town but a fancy party to the kids in town.

42. You either went to youth group at Rock Bridge or the Presbyterian.

43. You made endless jokes about Buckin' Burrito's name when it first opened.

44. Everything you could ever need lies somewhere along Walnut Avenue.

45. You're obsessed with Cotton & Twine because it's the only somewhat affordable boutique within a 30 mile radius.

46. Your deepest, darkest secret spreads around the whole town within two days after you tell one loud-mouthed person.

47. You know you can't be one of Dalton's elites unless your family is three generations deep into the town.

48. You only know which way is north and which way is south because of the mountains.

49. You're still not sure how the K-Mart on Walnut hasn't closed down yet.

50. If you didn't rent a house at Seaside for spring break, did you even go on spring break?

51. You stopped calling Dalton "the Dirty D" when you realized what that means.

52. Every Dalton wedding you've ever been to was either at the Mason Barn, the Country Club, Trevitt Hall or Walnut Hill.

53. Fuji's half-priced sushi all day Sunday-Sunday is a lifeline.

54. You don't feel embarrassed at all when you say we're the "Carpet Capital of the World."

55. Your life changed when Krispy Kreme came to town.

56. The only non-local artist to ever have a concert in Dalton was Sister Hazel.

57. When you go out of town and people ask where you're from, you either say Atlanta or Chattanooga (it's just easier that way).

58. You know at least one person that's "related to half the town."

59. You're still wondering where that Olive Garden that's supposed to be coming to town is.

60. #BeepBeep

61. You sometimes forget that the bypass isn't the interstate and that the speed limit is 65 MPH.

62. You know every single speed trap in the entire town.

63. You live for Kiwanis Pancake Day.

64. You've been to at least one Dalton Homecoming Parade downtown.

65. You've either referred to yourself as a "City Kitty" or you've made fun of the people who refer to themselves as "City Kitties."

66. You sometimes feel like the only driver that wants to actually get to the destination in a timely manner.

67. The dumping.

68. Actually driving the speed limit on Walnut is the hardest thing you'll do all day.

69. Your favorite house in town is the Judd House.

70. You cried when Mr. Norville died and they took the animals from his farm on Dug Gap.

71. You've seen all the signs and know the history of the Vann House, but you've never actually been in it.

72. You've either climbed the back of the outlet mall/radio tower or you've chickened out last minute.

73. Your favorite part of Christmas is the star on the hill.

74. You went to at least one party at the Imagination Station as a kid.

75. You rest a little easier now knowing that both Captain D's and Long John Silver's closed down.

76. You've gotten pulled over at least once for running a stop sign on/near Valley Drive.

77. You love being a DGCC member because unless you're paying the bill every month, that means free food, free pool, free smoothies, free tennis and free golf.

78. You get way too mad about Dalton's rush hour traffic, even though it's only at the Walnut/Dug Gap and Shugart/bypass intersections, and it's really not that bad.

79. You always wanted to trick-or-treat in Windemere as a kid because they had the nicest candy.

80. You love Dalton and you hate Dalton, but you always seem to keep coming back.