You know you live in Clifton when…
Some of my friends are puting this list together. I’m posting it here and adding to it. Feel free to add on!
“YOU KNOW YOU LIVE IN CLIFTON IF…”
1. You can throw furniture over the balcony and no one gives you a second glance.
2. At least once a month there is a group of old protestors on the corner holding up signs such as, “IRAQ-TILE DYSFUNCTION”.
3. You have to go grocery shopping at Krogers in pairs.
4. Your houses are so close together you can shake hands with you neighbor by opening your windows.
5. When May 5 rolls around, you fear for your car’s safety.
6. You have seen the 3-legged possum at least once.
7. On a Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday… you will see at least 10 cop cars drive by your house in the period of an hour.
8. The closest parking space to your house is next to a fire hydrant.
9. It takes 20 minutes to deposit a check at any bank.
10. It’s common-place to see people carrying random furniture across the kroger parking lot.
11. You see condoms (used) laying on the ground at the intersection of Short Vine and Corry.
12. The overly friendly squirrels scurry around the streets with whole pieces of pizza in their mouth. Squirrels eat pizza?
13. Rocks and gravel are considered lawns.
14. You can’t go more than 10 yards without seeing an orange barrel or going over a GINORMOUS pothole.
15. The streets are so narrow that two cars can’t pass each other without one of you pulling over.
16. 1 in 3 cars has a duct-taped window due to the search for pocket change.
17. Random piles of dog poo on campus or on the streets…
18. Trash in your front lawn is considered lawn ornaments.
19. There are more than 2 Indian Resturants in the vicinity of 10 ft.
20. You are still wondering what Acropolis Chili has to offer.
21. You know how to parallel park a 9-foot long car in a 7-foot long parking space.
22. You have neighbors who wear their hair in more colors than you can find in a pack of skittles.
23. You get a contact buzz by sitting next to the vent that leads to the apartment below yours. (Hi, Eric!)
24. The walls to the houses are so thin that when your neighbor slams a door it sounds as though it were in your house.
25. You can name three places to go in order to witness a drug deal off the top of your head.
26. The #1 negative adjective used by you and your friends is “ghetto;” the #1 positive adjective used by you and your friends is “ghetto fabulous.”
