If you are lucky enough to live in the best state in the country, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

1. You’ve been on a field trip to at least one of the following: Ellis Island, Great Adventure, or the Liberty Science Center.

2. You refer to New York as “the City.”

3. You've had to choose between the Mets or the Yankees, the Rangers or the Devils, and the Giants or the Jets.

4. When you're out of state, you have to ask someone to come with you to get gas because the idea of pumping your own gas terrifies you.

5. You don’t go to the beach; you go down the Shore.

6. And you’ve been to the Boardwalk.

7. Memorial Day weekend is one of the biggest weekends of your year.

8. You’re confused by the fact that diners aren’t a thing elsewhere.

9. They’re called subs, not hoagies.

10. You’ve been in a long, heated debate about the correct term: pork roll or Taylor Ham. And it matters.

11. When people ask where you’re from in New Jersey it’s either North, Central or South.

12. And when you’ve met someone from your region you automatically start naming off people they probably know.

13. Going to the Hunt is a rite of passage for a NJ kid.

14. You’ve had to defend your state more than once because of the TV show "Jersey Shore" giving you a bad rep.

15. When people refer to Jersey as “Joisey,” you're just like no.

16. PNC is like home.

17. You live within 15 minutes of a mall.

18. You've taken one of these pictures whenever you go back to NJ.

19. Most people are intimidated by Newark Airport, but you know your way around it like the back of your hand.