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You Know You're From Massachusetts When...

I was scrolling through my Twitter feed today and stumbled across a tweet with the hashtag #GrowingUpInMassachusetts. It got me thinking about all of the countless quirks that truly make Massachusetts a one of a kind state. Here's a list of the funniest (and most accurate) things you know to be true if you call this place home, especially if you're from the western part, or anywhere that's not Boston, really.

1. It's impossible to pick an outfit in spring/summer when the morning feels like a fall day and the afternoon feels like the middle of July.

The struggle is real.

2. If you have absolutely anywhere to be, you NEED to go to Dunkin before hand.


Work, school, day trip, you name it; a trip to Dunkin will be in your morning commute. It's basically the pre-game for your average day.

3. Speaking of Dunkin Donuts, it could be -1000 degrees out and snowing and you would still order an iced coffee.


Don't forget to put it in a hot cup!

4. Construction. Everywhere.


Enough said.

5. It snowed on Halloween but you didn't even have to wear a jacket on Christmas because it was too warm.


Go home Mother Nature, you're drunk.

6. Wicked.


Just so we're clear, wicked is used in replacement of "very" or "really". It makes me wicked mad when people make fun of it, too because I say it a wicked lot.

7. "So you're like from Boston, right?"


Contrary to popular belief, there are other places in Mass other than Boston.

8. Listening to out of state folks say Worcester, Amherst, and Gloucester.


No, no, no. That is not how you say that. #RookieMistake

9. When you tell someone you're from Western Mass and they say they know someone from Worcester.


1. Worcester is central Mass. 2. I'm not sure why I am telling you this because you have no idea where my small little town even is.

10. You are waiting for the day when your tire pops off from a pothole.


Everyday.

11. Rotary.


Not a roundabout or a traffic circle, but a rotary.

12. The clam chowder is white.


The way chowder should be.

13. Fireworks are illegal.


When you're just trying to Fourth of July and chill but the law says "nah." Off to New Hampshire you go to purchase some colorful explosives because you're still going to light them off anyway.

14. "Do ya pahk ya cah in hahvard yahd?"


No, just please stop. I don't even have the accent for crying out loud.

15. Being amazed that you are still in the same state when you go and visit Boston.


*A Whole New World*

16. Cumbie's.


Gas, snacks and home to Free Chill Zone Day.

17. There are literally 4 different UMass campuses, not just UMass Amherst.


I'm looking at you UMass Lowell.

18. Boston Sports or get out.


The pride runs deep.

19. You've never been to Cape Cod.


But you know quite a few people who vacation at The Cape.

20. At the end of the day there's no other place you'd rather call home.


From big cities, small towns, beaches, mountains and everything in between, nothing compares to the Bay State (or should I say BAE state). Thanks for being you, Massachusetts.

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