You know you're from Virginia when ...

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

You know you're from Virginia when ...

Speed limits are just suggestions

Passing on the shoulder of the interstate is normal.

You refer to I-81 as The Virginia Autobahn.

You have at least two friends who have no idea what their relatives do...because its "top secret" government work

Most of your senior class went to Mason, JMU, Tech, VCU or UVA

You've never told someone you're from Virginia without putting "northern," "central," "southwest" or "southern" in front of it

It's not actually tailgating unless your bumper is touching the car in front of you

You know yellow light means at least 5 more cars can get through. (Yeah, man...at least. Probably also happens everywhere else.) A red light means 2 more can

You actually know what the black boxes at stoplights are for

You are amused by visiting relatives who are actually excited to see Washington, DC

You took a field trip to Williamsburg as a kid

You or someone in your family has a Smart Tag

An inch of snow and you miss 3 days of school

All the potholes just add a little excitement to your driving experience

Crown Victoria = undercover cop

Subway is a fast food place. The transportation system is known as Metro, and only Metro (or Transit)

They just tore down the old farm house across the street and put 12 new McMansions in its place

For the cost of your house, you could own a small town in Iowa

If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually have three new names

You have to dial the area code to call your neighbor

"Vacation" means spending a day at King's Dominion or Busch Gardens

"Going to the River" means any stream with water

You have never been served tea without the waitress asking "sweet or unsweetened?"

Anyone who can't trace his or her ancestry back to at least four generations in Virginia is an outsider

"Going to the beach" means anywhere from Ocean City to Virginia Beach to Myrtle Beach

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Virginia

"Nova" to you is not a PBS program.

[Princess74]

Ha ha, those are so true.

[dazedandconfused]

I love those~ so true.

[RN_Jen]

That pretty much sums it up!

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Jen, from "Northern" VA :roll

[capribry]

I'm a waitress at Norfolk Int'l Airport and you would be so suprise about how many people who have never heard of SWEET TEA!!

Your list is good but you can tell that u are not in the hampton roads area, or southeast VA.

[HappyNurse2005, RN]

I'm guessing whoever wrote this list is from NOVA themselves.

I'm in southwest virginia (hey, that was on the list) and these ones don't apply

You have at least two friends who have no idea what their relatives do...because its "top secret" government work

Subway is a fast food place. The transportation system is known as Metro, and only Metro (or Transit)

down here in the country, we don't have a metro/transit. the "big" cities have a bus system

For the cost of your house, you could own a small town in Iowa

down here in the sticks we have very reasonable housing

although, these were really funny....

An inch of snow and you miss 3 days of school

so true

and

Crown Victoria = undercover cop

seriously, thats a virginia thing? is this not true elsewhere? i mean, i know the crown vic's are cop cars, but thats only here?? lol.

thanks for sharing

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

Your list is good but you can tell that u are not in the hampton roads area, or southeast VA.

I'd found this list online, it's not tying me to the Hampton Roads or NOVA.

[HappyNurse2005, RN]

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Your list is good but you can tell that u are not in the hampton roads area, or southeast VA.

I'd found this list online, it's not tying me to the Hampton Roads or NOVA.

I didnt write that post, but i did write the one assuming the writer was from nova, but i didn't mean you. i meant the writer of the list, not the op.