1. You refer to Chinese food as the chinamen.
2. You drink Vess soda (any flavor)
3. Matter of fact, you think Vess soda and chinamen is the best combo meal.
4. You only drink Strawberry soda with Popeye’s, Subway, or chinamen.
5. You remember when the Center, Northland, and River Roads was popping.
6. You used to sneak in the movies with a gang of people (Halls Ferry or Esquire).
7. Some of your people grew up in Blumeyer, Carr Square or Laclede Town.
8. After you meet people in St. Louis you ask them what high school they attended?
9. You consider Florissant Valley, Forest Park, and Harris-Stowe to be high school all over again.
10. You still refer to The Victor Roberts Building as the Old Sears Building.
11. You still think that Barrington Downs is a high-end area.
12. You do not like to drive in Calverton Park (Ferguson), Cool Valley, or Jennings because the police don’t play over there.
13. You think GM or Chrysler is the best place to work in St. Louis.
14. You have ever rode up and down Kingshighway and Natural Bridge and hung out in Forest Park or the Riverfront on a Sunday until the police forced you back on the highway.
15. You ever parked on the Shell lot on Lucas and Hunt just to hang out on a Sunday
16. You pick up the St. Louis American, skip the front page news and go straight to the Partyline section.
17. You read the Evening Whirl newspaper to try and see if you know anybody.
18. You attend the Platinum Hood Awards simply because it’s so ghetto.
19. You hate St. Louis, but now that you are away at school or don’t live here anymore, you rep it to death.
20. You tell everybody how you know Nelly and Chingy.