You know you're from Raleigh if... posted 12/16/2007 1:58:00 PM | 1 kudo what's this?     report abuse

Magic_Matt

Something I threw together. I tried to be original and Raleigh specific. Enjoy!

You know you’re from Raleigh if:

- You bristle when an outsider doesn’t pronounce it RAW-leigh.
- You’ve wondered when the construction would end on I-40.
- You’ve wondered when the construction would end downtown.
- You’ve gotten lost in Cary.
- You know what CARY stands for.
- When someone mentions Wake Forest, you assume they mean the town.
- You pay a tax on your dog.
- You actually prayed for a hurricane or storm because your yard and plants are dying.
- You call it “Falls Of THE Neuse Road” even though it’s legally “Falls Of Neuse Road”.
- You know what “inner loop” and “outer loop” means.
- You know the location of every BBQ and steakhouse in the city.
- You’ve been to Krispy Kreme, Snoopy’s, Char-Grill, and the snowball stand in the same week. Perhaps even in the same day.
- Schools have been closed due to snow flurries (or threat of).
- Schools have been closed due to hurricanes.
- You’ve had strangers ask you how far Raleigh is from Mayberry.
- You’ve developed an itchy brake foot pedal reflex thanks to the red light cameras.
- You have a love/hate relationship with year-round school schedules.
- Even though it’s changed names, you know what “The Dollhouse” is.
- Someone mentions going out for chicken, and you automatically assume it’s Bojangles.
- You recommend “South Of The Border” to your out-of-town friends and relatives as a getaway destination.
- Acorns made for great childhood ammunition.
- Your car or your friend’s has a vacation spot euro sticker (i.e., OBX, TI, HHI, etc)
- You work in RTP, yet you claim you almost never go to Durham.
- You wonder when commuter train service will start up so that you can make a quicker drive to work in your car.
- You highlight state fair week on your calendar.
- You highlight ACC Basketball Tournament time on your calendar.
- Things are tense at the office when Carolina plays State or Duke.
- When someone mentions “The Mall”, you assume they mean Crabtree Valley.
- You remember when North Hills was actually an indoor shopping mall.
- You know someone who relocated here from New York, but you don’t know where to go for good New York or Chicago style pizza.

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