1. You consider tacos and burritos major food groups. When abroad, y'all miss Mexican food more than than family and friends.

two. You know In-Due north-Out's secret menu by center. Your usual club: animate being manner, a fresh beefiness patty with mustard broiled in, slathered with tangy Thousand Island and onions hot off the grill. When you're feeling salubrious: poly peptide style, which swaps the bun for a lettuce leaf.

3. You shop for nigh any fruit or vegetable at Trader Joe's or Whole Foods, unaware it'due south out of flavour until you get to the greenbacks annals.

iv. Either yous or one of your friends is on a juice cleanse or raw-food diet.

5. You lot spend at least 30% of your day driving. Except on Sundays, when you merely bulldoze to the gym.

half-dozen. You own a cycle, merely the only time you lot ride it is when yous load it into your Explorer, bulldoze xx miles to meet your bike club, tool around with your cycling buddies, then reverse the process and drive home.

seven. You know how to surf, skateboard, and ski, also as what jargon to utilize when engaging in each of these activities.

8. You always use the definite article when referring to freeways — e.g., "the 101" or "the 405."

9. Regardless of distance, you tell friends it'll take xx minutes to become there, depending on traffic. This ensures accuracy since traffic can account for endless delays.

ten. Yous have no thought how to ride a public bus. The simply people who ride buses in LA are transplants, household help, and folks with awaiting DUIs.

11. You know you'll lose friends if you ask them to take you to LAX. If that'due south your departure indicate, you spend the 50 bucks for a shuttle, exit your machine in long-term parking, or switch to a suburban airport in Long Beach, the OC, or Ontario if yous want free, friendly transport.

12. You stress about jaywalking considering y'all've copped 1 besides many tickets for crossing against the light. You warn friends from abroad, just most ignore you lot and practice it anyway. Except the Germans, who accept like rules in their country.

13. Yous know at least 1 able-bodied person with a "Disabled" sign on their dashboard, assuasive access to prime handicapped parking at stores, restaurants, sports, and concert venues.

xiv. Common cold makes you lot broken-hearted, especially when temps dip beneath 65. Anything below 50 has you staying indoors with the estrus on.

15. You only own one jacket, other than the goose-down number reserved for skiing and camping ground.

16. June is the saddest month, when y'all alive with fog and gray skies.

17. You lose your driving ability when it rains.

eighteen. Earthquakes are no big deal. If you lived through Northridge, you lot can live through anything.

nineteen. You lot've never seen it snow. Certain, yous've been to Big Bear or Lake Arrowhead for riding, merely you've never really seen white stuff come from the heaven.

20. You consider flip-flops appropriate for near occasions. For weddings and funerals, you vesture fancy sandals.

21. Yous've asked at least one friend, "Are yours real or fake?"

22. Nearly of your buddies have the aforementioned beginning name: "Dude."

23. You'd NEVER refer to your home land as "Cali."

24. "Dank" describes anything especially good, as in, "This burger is dank." While Merriam-Webster defines "dank" as "wet and cold in a fashion that is unpleasant," the give-and-take refers to tasty food or high-quality marijuana in LA.

25. You aren't from Los Angeles, fifty-fifty if your address says so. Any pride y'all take about living in SoCal is overshadowed by loyalty to your 'hood. Whether it's Venice, West Hollywood, Silverlake, or over the colina in the San Fernando Valley (where everything is cheaper and water boils in your car), that's where you lot hang.

26. Several of your friends are trying to break into The Industry. Between casting calls and auditions, they bartend or wait tables in Hollywood.

27. Yous're smitten past at least one LA sports squad. Whether it's the Dodgers, Angels, Clippers, Lakers, Kings, or Ducks, y'all'll sentry them in action, live, or on the tube.

28. If you lot're a Bruin, you consider USC students spoiled brats. If yous're a Trojan, every other pupil is beneath you.

29. You wonder why anyone would live whatever place other than Southern California.