DESCRIPTION: BUFFALO, NY

Description: BUFFALO, NY

I'm from Buffalo. We eat wings, not Buffalo wings or chicken wings, beef on weck, handmade horseradish, pierogies, golabkis, kapusta, kielbasa, placek, Weber's mustard, St. Joseph's Day bread and twice baked double cheese baked potatoes washed down with Genny, Genny Cream, loganberry juice, Vernors, Old Vienna, or Black Rock pop.

Jack Kemp is a quarterback, not a politician. We drink Labatt Blue and love it. Mighty Taco always has preference over Taco Bell. Pop, not soda and Pepsi, not Coke.

They are sneakers not tennis shoes. It's a sucker, not a lollipop. Bison chip dip, La Nova Pizzeria, Aunt Rosie's Loganberry, Chavettas Chicken, Peter K's Potato Pancakes and Ted's Hot Dogs are all too familiar...not to forget Taffy's Shakes and Charlie the butcher.

A fake ID is unneccessary, there is always Canada...But we have them anyway. Our bars don't close until 4amm and we DO sell beer in a grocery store (Tops or Wegmans), which always makes for early starts and late nights. Jim's steak out or Mighty Taco at 4 in the morning is calling it an early night...

We never cuss, but we swear entirely too much. We know that a 65 mph speed limit really means 80. We will cut you off, swear, and give you the finger if you are keeping up AND do it all in the snow, while expecting nothing less in return. Driving in the snow not only comes naturally, it is fun.

We know what Artvoice and Nightlife are and we either love them or try to burn every copy we see. We start the weekends off right at Thursdays in the square while enjoying beer, free music, and an interesting crowd.

We lived through Wide Right, The Forward Lateral, and No Goal. Dubbed by Dan Marino as "the meanest fans because no-one actually wants to live here..."

We all know he wouldn't stand one winter up here. We love the Bills (no matter what) and accept that it takes 2-4 hours to get home from a game. Nothing closes in 3 feet of snow or -20 windchills...In fact, that's how we prefer to tailgate.

We can correctly pronounce, spell, and identify Chippewa, Scajaquada, Lackawanna, Cheektowaga, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Olean, Tonawanda and Gowanda without hesitation. When giving direction it's not "take I-90 to Route 33 east" it's " take the 90 to the 33 east"..."the" is not an option.

Driving is better in the winter, because the potholes are filled in and we know what "wind chill factor" and "lake effect snow" mean.
Our kid's halloween costumes can fit over a snowsuit. We've gotten frostbite and sunburn in the same weekend. We've driven during a state of emergency or driving ban. We've seen lightning and snow in the same storm.

Pop is to drink, and soda is to bake with. We know what a firehall wedding is. We know the marineland jingle....by heart. We know that Billy Fuccillo is really HUUUUUUGE. We celebrate Dyngus Day and watch fireworks twice during the first week of July.

Our parents threatened to send us to "Father Baker's" if you didn't behave.

We think of Canada as West, not North. We go to Niagara Falls for the outlet shopping, not the view.

A Bills - Dolphins football game isn't just a game, it's personal. We follow a Bills game or Sabres game on TV with the sound off and the radio tuned to the game.

We get made fun of for being from upstate even though you're from Western New York!

We are 30 minutes from another country, one of the seven wonders of the world, and even a few beaches. It's the second largest city in New York.

When you have never had a home team win something big and know the world will end when it does!

I AM FROM BUFFALO, a drinking town with a sports problem, and damn proud!

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