• Check all of the statements that are true:

• The subway makes sense to you.
• Going to Times Square on New Years doesn't interest you in the least.
• You have a favorite spot in the city - and it's not in any guidebooks.
• You can't leave Manhattan for more than a few days - without missing real pizza and real bagels.
• You know what it means to be a "bridge and tunnel" person.

• Paying $1200 a month for a studio apartment the size of a closet is a steal.
• You take fashion seriously.
• You can fit at least $50 worth of groceries in a paper bag.
• You don't have a drivers license.
• Passing a celebrity on the street is no big deal to you.

• You have 27 different menus next to your telephone.
• Going to New Jersey or Connecticut is a "road trip"
• If someone bumps into you, you check your wallet.
• You "Houston St." is not pronounced like "Houston, TX"
• You're annoyed, not excited, if a movie is being filmed on your block.

• You can swear in multiple languages.
• You've ended up in the background of a tourist's photo.
• You know what a bodega is.
• You can't remember the last time you saw a starry sky.
• You consider Westchester to be upstate.

• A $15 martini doesn't shock you.
• If someone pisses you off, you communicate with one finger.
• You know there is no reason to go to Staten Island.
• You know where Hell's Kitchen used to be.
• You know there are no eggs in an egg cream.

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