2. You know what a Hoagie is, and you NEVER call it a sub or grinder.
3. You've ever had a 20 minute debate over what is the best pizza in your town.
4. You know the difference between a Bennie and Piney.
5. In the 1980s, at least one of your family drove a Trans-Am and all the women in your family teased their hair into fenceposts.
6. You know that the best view of "the city" is from Jersey City, NOT the SI Ferry.
7. One of your grandparents got a job from Frank Hague or Hugh Addonizio.
8. You drank Tuscan milk.
9. You know how to get to the shore via Route 1 and 9, rather than via the Turnpike like all of those Noo Yawkers.
10. You talk about how much you hate New Yorkers, even though your parents were from Brooklyn.
11. You know more Jews or Hindus than Baptists.
12. You know where "Brick City", "The Hollow", and "The Manor" are.
13. You have seen a play at the Paper Mill playhouse.
14. Its either Rutts or Hot Grill. Jimmy Buff's is for posers, and Dicky Dees don't make it like they used to.
15. You whine about liberals yet vote Democratic anyway.
16. You earn over $100,000 a year, but still can only afford a fixer upper along I-70 or the Turnpike.
17. You think folks from North Jersey are snobs or thugs (if you are from South Jersey), while you think folks in South Jersey are retards from Philly (if you are from North Jersey).
18. You can't decide if Central Jersey begins at Great Adventure or Cranbury.
19. You believe the movie Clerks is a documentary.
20. You believe the movie The Toxic Avenger is a documentary (especially if you live in Linden or Pennsauken).
21. The center of your life is the Paramus Park Mall or the Short Hills Mall, depending on whether you are a hardcore Jerseyite or a wannabe Manhattanite.
22. You think Brett Schundler is an extremist, but Jon Corzine and Jim McGreevey are "mainstream."
23. You know that Manor Moms put out when their husbands are away.
24. You think that "Pennsy" is a foreign country.
25. You believe that you cannot go to heaven or hell without stopping at the Vince Lombardi rest station.
I could go on...
One of your grandparents got a job from Frank Hague or Hugh Addonizio.
We lived in a house that had lots of fancy paneling and cabinetry, stained glass, fireplaces etc. that none of the other houses on the block had. All of that improvement was because the work was done for free by construction companies. And that was because the previous owner was a city councilman.