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[KevinR1990]

You know you live in central Florida when a walkable downtown area is Universal CityWalk.

You know you live in Florida when you have a beach in your backyard.

 

[Shinsei-J]

You know you live in Margaret River(south of Perth(Australia)) when you know what wine goes with which cheese and which is best to eat in 30 degrees celsius heat on the beach while surfing.
Ahh Christmas time...

 

[Shocksplicer]

You know you live in Queensland (Australia) when it rains for a solid week, shortly after forecasts predicted the region would fall into a period of drought. Just goes to show that Australia, like Australians, likes to fuck with people for kicks.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

You know you live in interesting times when shit goes down!

Reminds me of a friendly Chinese curse:

"May you live in interesting times"

 

[thesilentman]

I really have to thank whoever makes those signs that go on the side of the road for the inspiration to this topic.

For reference, generally speaking cautionary signs for animals will show a picture of a deer or moose, or say "Deer Crossing" and then have a little extra tag that says some distance.

Today, while driving along an interstate highway, I saw a sign that happened to say

Moose
Stay Alert​

And nothing more. After immediately chuckling to myself, I thought, "Yeah, that's very Vermont."

So, Escapambilidandoes, what are some things that happen to you that you feel are very endemic to your local area?

Seems like a Forum Game. Can I ask a mod to move it there? Or do you think it deserves it's place here?

OT- You know you live in India when you see herds of cows (legit serious, did not goof up the grammar) on the side of the road. :-D

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

You know you live in rural England when everywhere stinks of shit and you don't find it to be a problem.

Dung? Semi-liquid manure? Dog poop? Sheep droppings? Cow patties?

You can't get good crops, healthy veggies or delicious bread if you don't know shit about shit.

Hell, in other places people use animal poop to build homes or make a fire.

I prefer the smell of poop to prohibitive Monsanto bills or industrialized farming that looks like kolkhoz farming on steroids.

 

[teebeeohh]

you know you live in Berlin when you ask a bus driver something and he proceeds to rant at you for five minutes.
bus drivers are dicks

I wouldn't say that this is something unique to Berlin.
Bus drivers all over the world are dicks, so try something else...

because having a lot of snow(like so many people here picked) is something truly unique.

My post might have seemed to "dick-ish", I admit, but I was rather hoping for something humorous to stem from that.
E.g.
"You know you're in Berlin when you can walk down a street and watch Kebap prices drop as you walk past"

OK let me try
You know you live in Germany when you can't watch music videos an YouTube.
You know you live in Germany when newspapers think it's a good idea not to show up on Google search.
You know you live in Berlin when people tear down important cultural landmarks to build luxury apartments.
Oh god those are not funny, those are depressing.hang on, I got one:
You know you live in Berlin when people fight over what to call breakfast rolls.
You know you live in Berlin when Chinese and Italian fast food places are run by Turks.

 

[Pink Gregory]

You know you live in rural England when everywhere stinks of shit and you don't find it to be a problem.

Dung? Semi-liquid manure? Dog poop? Sheep droppings? Cow patties?

You can't get good crops, healthy veggies or delicious bread if you don't know shit about shit.

Hell, in other places people use animal poop to build homes or make a fire.

I prefer the smell of poop to prohibitive Monsanto bills or industrialized farming that looks like kolkhoz farming on steroids.

Clearly I don't know how good we have it.

 

[Gormech]

You know you live in Georgia when people run to the stores in mass, emptying the shelves of as many canned goods as they can, and basically panicking in general whenever the news forecasts a chance of 'flurries'. WE HAVEN'T HAD A DECENT SNOWSTORM IN OVER 10 YEARS.

 

[-Samurai-]

You know you live in Ohio when it rains, snows, hails, and is 60 degrees....in the same day. Oh and tornadoes.

 

[eBusiness]

You know you live in Denmark when anything resembling a hill is called a mountain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmelbjerget

 

[Calibanbutcher]

you know you live in Berlin when you ask a bus driver something and he proceeds to rant at you for five minutes.
bus drivers are dicks

I wouldn't say that this is something unique to Berlin.
Bus drivers all over the world are dicks, so try something else...

because having a lot of snow(like so many people here picked) is something truly unique.

My post might have seemed to "dick-ish", I admit, but I was rather hoping for something humorous to stem from that.
E.g.
"You know you're in Berlin when you can walk down a street and watch Kebap prices drop as you walk past"

OK let me try
You know you live in Germany when you can't watch music videos an YouTube.
You know you live in Germany when newspapers think it's a good idea not to show up on Google search.
You know you live in Berlin when people tear down important cultural landmarks to build luxury apartments.
Oh god those are not funny, those are depressing.hang on, I got one:
You know you live in Berlin when people fight over what to call breakfast rolls.
You know you live in Berlin when Chinese and Italian fast food places are run by Turks.

Great, now I am depressed and want ice-cream.

Also:
"You know you live in Germany, when having a fake Ph.D doesn't mean you can't become the secretary of education"

"You know you live in Germany, when praising the RAF is still socially acceptable"

Wait, these are also depressing...

Ok, here we go:
"You know you live in Germany, when you get to watch well-trained intelligent people compete against a balding fat guy on TV and lose."
Incidentally, you also get to watch the same fat guy throw himself down an ice-canal in a wok and jump of a diving board.

"You know you live in Germany, when a great band can actually win a casting show."

 

[Fayathon]

You know your in Utah when you move to a new neighborhood and EVERY SINGLE neighbor come over to "welcome you too the ward". And then treat you like the spawn of a vampire and a leper when you say your not a member of the church. Makes things interesting .

Damnit, I thought I was going to be the first Utahn to post something snarky about being in this state and not being LDS.

 

[Techsmart07]

You know you live in Georgia when people run to the stores in mass, emptying the shelves of as many canned goods as they can, and basically panicking in general whenever the news forecasts a chance of 'flurries'. WE HAVEN'T HAD A DECENT SNOWSTORM IN OVER 10 YEARS.

This. I know one year schools were closed for 3 days due to about 1 inch of snow. Granted it was because we don't have anything to clear the streets of snow with (and snow tires/chains are in about 1 house per 10,000), but it is still funny.

You know you're in Georgia when a visitor complains it is hot while everyone else is running around with coats on (The temperature is still under triple digits).

You know you're in Georgia when you have to refer to whatever soda you're drinking as a kind of coke. Pepsi is criminal.

You know you're in Georgia when a random pedestrian directs traffic better than the state police.

 

[TheMaskOfSanity]

You know you live in fort hood when you drive to the grocery store next to an Abrams.
You know you live in the south when people stare at you funny for ordering an unsweetened tea.

 

[Fenra]

You know you live in England when there's horse meat in your beef burger (ok might not be just us but its been all over the news lately)

You know you live in England when the first day of sun of the year triggers a hose pipe ban

You know you live in England when everything is the hottest/wettest/whatever since records began (hear it all the time on the radio for just about everything!)

You know you live in England when people give you a look like you insulted their mother when you say you cant stand Top Gear

You know you live in England when the school adviser tells your sister that getting pregnant is a valid career choice (seriously, wasn't put quite that way but she essentially said with the welfare system as it is its actually very profitable to become a single teenage mother)

You know you live in England when people complain about import foods running British farms out of business, then buy imported stuff because its cheaper

 

[teebeeohh]

you know you live in Berlin when you ask a bus driver something and he proceeds to rant at you for five minutes.
bus drivers are dicks

I wouldn't say that this is something unique to Berlin.
Bus drivers all over the world are dicks, so try something else...

because having a lot of snow(like so many people here picked) is something truly unique.

My post might have seemed to "dick-ish", I admit, but I was rather hoping for something humorous to stem from that.
E.g.
"You know you're in Berlin when you can walk down a street and watch Kebap prices drop as you walk past"

OK let me try
You know you live in Germany when you can't watch music videos an YouTube.
You know you live in Germany when newspapers think it's a good idea not to show up on Google search.
You know you live in Berlin when people tear down important cultural landmarks to build luxury apartments.
Oh god those are not funny, those are depressing.hang on, I got one:
You know you live in Berlin when people fight over what to call breakfast rolls.
You know you live in Berlin when Chinese and Italian fast food places are run by Turks.

Great, now I am depressed and want ice-cream.

Also:
"You know you live in Germany, when having a fake Ph.D doesn't mean you can't become the secretary of education"

"You know you live in Germany, when praising the RAF is still socially acceptable"

Wait, these are also depressing...

Ok, here we go:
"You know you live in Germany, when you get to watch well-trained intelligent people compete against a balding fat guy on TV and lose."
Incidentally, you also get to watch the same fat guy throw himself down an ice-canal in a wok and jump of a diving board.

"You know you live in Germany, when a great band can actually win a casting show."

Well technically it was a real PhD, she just cheated getting it.
And you know you live in Germany when a fat, balding man who routinely makes an ass of himself and kinda sorta won the Eurovision song thing gets to host our presidential debates.
And because your kebab related one was funny:
You know you live in Berlin when kebab places routinely sell kebab for 1,5? and people are confused when there is weird shit in there and they spend a day on the toilet.

 

[shrekfan246]

You know you live in Texas when you think 2 hour long drive is a short trip.

I think that depends on your frame of reference.

You can drive practically anywhere in Vermont in two hours.

You know you live in Georgia when people run to the stores in mass, emptying the shelves of as many canned goods as they can, and basically panicking in general whenever the news forecasts a chance of 'flurries'. WE HAVEN'T HAD A DECENT SNOWSTORM IN OVER 10 YEARS.

Ah yes, snow in the south. Don't most businesses shut down if you get so much as an inch on the ground? Silly people.

Seems like a Forum Game. Can I ask a mod to move it there? Or do you think it deserves it's place here?

OT- You know you live in India when you see herds of cows (legit serious, did not goof up the grammar) on the side of the road. :-D

I felt enough discussion could stem from various people who live in similar areas. Didn't even think about a Forum Game using the same template, funnily enough.

 

[Edible Avatar]

Michigan.

One three words.

Lake-Effect Snow

 

[TheTJackson]

You know you live in Perth, Australia when you celebrate even the slightest hint of rainfall