You know you've been in [state/region/city] to long when...

[danger will robinson]

Ouch!!!

[robotman]

vicious deer

[binary010101]

You know you've lived in PA too long when "reading" is the name of a town, not what you do with a book.
- when you expect school to be canceled after 1-2 in of snow
- when you don't believe the weather forecast when it predicts snow
- when you pronounce "Philadelphia" "Philly"
- when you what "Punxsatawney Phil"is, and what it means if he sees his shadow
- when at least 5 people on your block have electric "candles" in all or most of their windows all year long
- when a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster County
- when you've come to expect bad roads
- when you can pronounce Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, Bala Cynwyd, Conshohocken, and Monongahela correctly
- when you realize that you can't get alchoholic beverages from a regular supermarket

[cooltiger]

You know you've been in the city (I'm a long islander) to long when you know what subways to take to get to where you want without taking a map.

[andrewwski]

You know you've lived in PA too long when "reading" is the name of a town, not what you do with a book.
- when you pronounce "Philadelphia" "Philly"
- when you what "Punxsatawney Phil"is, and what it means if he sees his shadow

Doesn't everyone? Philly is pretty commonly used (maybe because of the cheesesteak?) and everyone's seen Groundhog day.

- when you can pronounce Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, Bala Cynwyd, Conshohocken, and Monongahela correctly

Ugh yes, I hate hearing people say Wilkes-Bar. I was born in Wilkes-Barre. I can say Monongahela, but probably can't spell it. Not sure about the other ones though.

[volleyballchic_101]

* when you schedule vacations around friday night football games even if no one in your family plays
* when you know EVERYBODY in the town and stop to say hey to them
* when your whole entire wordrobe consists of t-shirts that say clinton high

[blufoster6]

-whenever you go somewhere, your parents see at least 10 people they know & stop to talk to them
-old people come up to you & say how cute you were when you were a baby

[sweetcoop]

* when you schedule vacations around friday night football games even if no one in your family plays
* when you know EVERYBODY in the town and stop to say hey to them
* when your whole entire wordrobe consists of t-shirts that say clinton high

-whenever you go somewhere, your parents see at least 10 people they know & stop to talk to them
-old people come up to you & say how cute you were when you were a baby

Those are Just like the small Hick town that i live in i know every one and probably talk to almost everyone in the town every day

[volleyballchic_101]

well me and blufoster6 are from the same town and it really isnt a redneck town until you get on the outskirts of the town.

[sweetcoop]

but does it have a pop of over 5000 people