You know you're from Youngstown if...
-You're more worried about the Brown's quarterback's health than your own.
-Your high school football games draw more fans than most college games.
-You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
-You say you are from Y-town just to sound cool.
-You actually thought the legal drinking age was 18, until you made a trip to the bars in Cleveland and they wouldn't let you in.
-Your friends from out of town get scared when you go throught a red light, but you reassure them that it's scarier when you stop.
-You find yourself randomly checking on your car while at bar. Who knows at what time you have to report it stolen.
-You spend all your money at the bars, just so you won't have to give any to the guy that jumps you.
-There are no speed limit signs, because speeding is the last thing on cops' minds. Unless of course you're in Poland.
-When someone says their at a "Party on the Plaza" you know where to find them.
-You have been to JJ's and once your 21 you realize you don't fit in anymore...and drink elsewhere
-"The cell" is not only where you spent your last saturday morning, but where you drank at that Friday night
-You don't think it's weird to be drinking and gambling at a church festival. Every weekend in the summer a new church is having one.
-The biggest thrill you got in H.S. is trashing another city's school the night before the "Big" game.
-When you got caught for trashing the school, the principal...gave you a high five!
-You know the location of the following towns: Mineral Ridge, North Lima, Poland, Coitsville, Columbiana, Yankee Lake, Mesopotamia and Damascus.
-You've memorized lines from the movie "The Godfather." You actually say those lines in everyday life.
-If you're a girl, you're biggest fear is getting hit on by a
hairy-chested man, heavily weighted in gold chains, who refers to his friends as "Gino" at any local dance club.
-As your out-of-town friends brag about their latest trips to Europe, you think to yourself, "I can drive past any local ethnic church and see all the foreigners if I want to."
-You eat out at least once a week at a Mafia-owned Italian pizza parlor.
-You don't see what all the hype is about Disney World when Cedar Point is just a few hours -away.
-You don't see what all the hype is about Cedar Point, when the
Canfield Fair runs for a week.
-"I seen " is eloquently used instead of "I saw" by somebody you know.
-You water ski on the Lake Milton, Berlin or Mosquito Reservoir.
-You or somebody you know works at GM Lordstown.
-Everybody you know has at least one Italian brother-in-law.
-All of your neighbors are Italian.
-You know that McDonald is not only the last name of a clown; it's also a town.
-You know that Campbell is not only a soup, but also a city, and you also know that it's pronunciation rhymes with "mammal."
-You consider a great vacation a trip to Geauga Lake, Sea World or Lake Erie... for something a little more exotic, a trip to canada
-You're 18 years old, think this town is "the pits" and can't wait to move away -- then 10 years later, you move back because "it's a great place to raise a family."
-For the life of you, you can't understand why all your out-of-town friends don't know what Wedding Soup is.
-You have 101 favorite recipes for kielbasa and sauerkraut.
-You know that people from Canfield, Poland, Howland think they are rich.
-Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
-You find 20 degrees Farenheit "a little" chilly.
-You know the four seasons: winter, Still winter, Almost winter, and
Construction.
-Words like: sub, chipped chopped ham, pop and halushki actually mean something to you.
-You can use the phrase "white pizza" and not even bat an eye.
-You know the city Struthers because it's cheap AND the only city in the USA that does NOT have a cemetary.
-Lastly....
You can proudly say you're from the crime capital of the U.S.A
