You know when you are a true Chicagoan when you start to notice some of the following:
1. Your car has been smashed up in some way: broken into, crashed up, crashed into while parked, or window smashed AND you still drive it.
2. When its above 15 degrees you don't consider that unbearable weather.
3. If you wake up to a blizzard, you do not pause with contemplation of a snow day from work.
4. Its normal to talk to strangers or help them dig their car out of a parking spot.
5. You have a favorite Chicago neighborhood that you consider 'superior' to the others.
6. A typical weekend has some form of sports entertainment...preferably Cub season.
7. People are generally in a pretty happy mood without obvious reason, just because.
8. You put a chair in place of the parking spot you dug out that morning with your shovel.
9. Every time summer arrives, you treat summer like winning the lottery...surprising and thrilling.
10. Your friend from the 2nd grade is the buddy who you still hit the bar with on Friday nights.
11. You see family more than three times a year.
12. Regardless of the where you travel, you can't help but defend why the seasons build 'character' and thus is reason enough to return to Chicago...:)
1 comment:
Do people seriously put chairs in the parking spots they dug out? That's kind of awesome if it works. I don't know if it would work here though. Also, I like the "Builds Character" one.
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