Buffalonians

You know you're a Buffalonian if ...

• Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
• You can identify an Alden accent.
• You have ever gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week.
• "Down South" means Gowanda.
• You bake with "soda" and drink "pop".
• You can hold an entire conversation on the best place to go for wings.
• You not only know what the terms "snowbelt" and "lake effect snow" mean, you use them on a daily basis.
• You save the Genny Cream Ale for special occasions.
• You live within 5 miles of a bowling alley.
• You have used the term "dupa".
• You never put your winter jacket away for the summer.
• Not only do you know what it is, but you look forward to Dingus Day.
• You leave the ski lift tickets on your jacket year-round.
• You think nothing of crossing an international border for Chinese food.
• You know Canada is west of here, not north.
• You can go to Allentown or Kaisertown but you can't go Uptown.
• There is no East Seneca, West Aurora, or South Tonawanda.
• You know how to spell "SCAJAQUADA" from memory.
• You have as many Canadian coins in your pocket as US ones.
• You define Summer as 3 months of bad sledding.
• "Gridlock" means driving home from a football game.
• 4 inches of snow just means having to brush off the windshield before going to work.
• You wince when someone uses the abbreviation "OJ".
• "Rapid Transit" means making all the lights green.
• You think of football, not mail, when you hear the word "bills".

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