1 If when speaking "the" precedes the number or name of any highway (The Scajaquada, The 33, The 290).

2 If snow tires come standard on your car.

3 If you have gotten frost bitten and sunburned in the same weekend.

4 If you bake with "soda" and drink "pop".

5 If you feel it's your right to yell at people when they ask for a soda.

6 If you think Stop/Slow/Yield Signs are only suggestions.

7 If you can hold an entire conversation on the best places to go for wings, a fish fry or pizza.

8 If you not only know what the terms "snow belt" and "lake effect" mean you use them on a daily basis.

9 If you live within 1 mile of a bowling alley.

10 If you not only do you know what it is. but you look forward to "Dingus Day".

11 If you like to order beef on "weck" and are always surprised when someone doesn't know what "weck" is.

12 If you drive over 70mph on the Thruway and pass on the right and never get caught by the cops.

13 If you leave your ski lift tickets on your jacket year round.

14 If you know how to pronounce, Scajaquada, Cheektowaga and Depew.

15 If the rest of the country is snowbound in the worst blizzard of the century, but you still have to walk to the corner to catch the school bus.

16 If you rather walk then ride the Metro.

17 If for prom you went to Mc Donald's or "Da Falls".

18 If you give directions.... by saying, "turn left" or "at the first light" instead of "head north" or "go east".

19 If you don't think Canada is to the north you know it's to the West.

20 If you keep the snowplow on the front of the truck year round.

21 If you have a favorite Greek restaurant, and you know no one that is Greek in the area.

22 If when someone says they are from "the City" and they think Buffalo.

23 If you eat Orange Chocolate.

24 If you put more lights up for Halloween then X-MAS.

25 If you think of Football, not mail when some mentions bills.

26 If you think one of the Seven Wonders of the World is boring.

27 If you have not been on the "Maid of the Mist"- Unless you had out of town company or a field trip.

28 If when in another city - you threaten the chef with false advertising after trying something called "Buffalo Wings".

29 If you know who stole Charlie the Butchers head.

30 If you know what Charles head was turned into.

31 If you call them "Pilot Field" and the "Aud" -no matter what the signs say.

32 If you define summer as three months of boredom.

33 If you kick kids out of there own school parking lot (ClevHill).

34 If "Gridlock" means driving home from a football game.

35 If "Rapid Transit" means hitting all the green lights.

36 If you own two or more pink flamingos or gazing balls.

37 If the cops woke you up at 8:00AM on a Saturday to ask if your gazing ball was broken last night. (it happened to us Cheektowavages kids like to steel them and sell them on the black market I guess)

38 If you have a shrine on your lawn to the bills, fat women bending over, or plastic flowers.

39 If you know what a pussy willows are really used for ::evil giggle:: WACK!

40 If people cringe at the thought of pronouncing your last name. Lips-in-der-ski?

41 If your idea of a difficult decision is choosing between Polish Villa and Polish Villa II.

42 If you refer to the I-90 as "Da True-Way".

43 If you've held your wedding reception in a fire hall.

44 If you brag to Lancaster residents because even though they have Salvatore's Italian Gardens, you have Club Diamond Dust right across the town line.

45 If you've ever missed a loved one's wedding because it was league-bowling night.

46 If while giving directions to your house, you've ever said "Turn on Dick".

47 If making it big means moving to Willamsville.

48 If a restaurant serves "foreign foods" you won't go to it.

49 If you live down the street from a catholic church named after a Saint you've never heard of and whose name you couldn't spell if your life depended on it.

50 If your talk while a plane is flying right over head and you can understand every word.

51 If you can't walk down the street without seeing those fake"women's butts" in someone's garden.

52 If you wonder why the heck Depew has its own police department.

53 If you have a falcon tattooed somewhere on your body.

54 If you have many friends with ski at the end of there names.

55 If you lost your virginity at either the Buffalo Drive-In, or the cemetery next door.

56 If you wonder why the name Cheektowaga is not included in the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, even though the airport is technically in Cheektowaga.

57 If you ever had to put a 25 cent deposit of a shopping cart.

58 If you've ever wondered why there is no downtown in Cheektowaga.

59 If your mother ever said "I'm gonna send you to Father Bakers" when you were being bad.

60 If you refer to Easter as "Dingus Eve".

61 If you have no idea who George Urban is or why you can only drive 35 MPH on his boulevard.

62 If you say you're going to "The Mall" and people assume your going to the Galleria Mall.

63 If you ever high-fived a Jesus statue at school.

64 If your mayor had no clue what to tell the people in a snowstorm. (eg:2000 blizzard bug)

people have read about Cheetowaga.