Some may argue that to call yourself a Chicagoan , you must live within the city limits for a certain length of time , while others think the form of address is appropriate solely for natives . One thing we canallagree on is that the act of moving to Chicago does n’t mechanically make you a Chicagoan . No , siree – you need to work out hard to earn your pale blue stripes ! There are sure rites of passage you must endure before joining the ranks , including these 15 affair .
Get cast out to hell by the State St PreacherThere are more than enough reasons why most Chicagoans “ ai n’t gon na go to heaven . ”
Make a Chicago - style hot hotdog at home , without have to Google the recipeYou should already have Apium graveolens dulce salt in your larder along with atomic number 10 - fleeceable gusto and sportsman common pepper in the fridge … justly next to the giardiniera .
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Make the dread journey to 701 N Sacramento Blvd to bail your railway car out of the tow lotIt ’s pitiable being tow from a “ snow path " at 3:06am on a perfectly beautiful Nox in late March when snow plows were most definitelynotneeded .
Instinctively calculate both ways before driving through a green lightYou’re no longer surprised when drivers and bicyclists blow violent lights … in fact , you ’ve really begin to anticipate it .
Sit in a wet place on the CTASure , you ’ll spend the entire ride hop it ’s water , but knowing deep inside your ticker that it ’s actually urine . At least this it ’s not the clip you saw someone taking a No . 2 on a CTA chopine or the prison term you did n’t see it but almost stepped in it .
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make love how to say Żywiec and Okocim when regularize either one at a barYou’ve also instruct how to insult other saloon patrons in Polish … not that you ’d want to do such a thing , of class .
pick up how to tell precisely where anything is situate base on the number in its addressYou also have it away how to predict which side of the street it will be on .
Think it ’s dead normal to spread your window and sunroof on a 40 - degree wintertime dayYou’ll also go outside in underdrawers and a T - shirt , despite the mounds of coke still slowly run on the ground .
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Comprehend the majesty of the Chicago accent“I move to da Jewels over dere by Chicawgo Ave to get papa n ’ Eye - talian sahsidge and could n’t observe my pocketbook . I thought wunna drug tree guy at my brudder ’s slip it , but discover it in da fronchroom by da grachkis . ”
Have a favorite spot for Italian Beef , hot dogs , gyros , tenuous crust pizza pie , and deep dishSpotswest of Westernorsouth of Rooseveltare among your front-runner and you will gladly fight down each stead to the end of meter .
Parallel parking lot in one try , without having a Quaker step out and facilitate youAnd , you sleep with , without hitting all of the cars around you .
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See a class ’s worth of holidays represented on the Novak Construction construction while in dealings on the KennedyYou still yearn for the Magikist signal .
Disassociate “ The Percolator ” with coffee - makingYeah , you ’ve done The Percolator at a school dance .
Take solace in seeing a humongous inflatable scum bag in front of a businessYou know why it ’s there , andhe ’s so familiar , you call Scabby by name .
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Politely throw forth your written matter of The Great ControversySeventh - Clarence Shepard Day Jr. Adventist soft-cover book are spread through Chicago faster than the flu virus that guide out your intact role last January . Oh well , the State St Preacher already said you ’re go to hell .
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Lisa Chatroopis editor ofDailyUrbanista . According to the State St preacher , she ’s drop dead to hell for having “ Devil Lips . ” Say hi on Twitter:@Chicagoista .
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