You Know You Are From Saint John, New Brunswick When...

1. You see nothing wrong with one family owning 90% of the city.

2. You see crazy people as funny and entertaining instead of scary and frightening.

3. You remember all the previous names for the bars uptown.

4. You're a fan of Elsie Wayne and have seen her dance at hockey games.

5. You made fun of Harbour Station's name when it first came out but now you like it.

6. You've gotten used to the "Saint John " plastic eyesore that greets you when you come in to the city.

7. The Loyalist man billboard doesn't make you want to turn around and go somewhere else.

8. You believe O'Leary's is the greatest pub in the universe.

9. All your friends have worked in a call-centre at one time or another.

10. You parents let you actually go to the ex even though none of the staff looked capable of operating a toaster, let alone a complicated piece of machinery

11. You refer to McAllister Place as "the mall" since every other mall in Saint John pretty much blows.

12. You remember heated rivalries between St. Macs and Saint John High even though you had about the same number of friends in both no matter what high school you went to.

13. You've spent many a Thursday night at the AQ even though you hated that fat radio guy host.

14. You don't think the West side smells that bad.

15. You have an oil refinery in your back yard but still pay more for gas then most of Canada.

16. You're pretty sure you know the location of at least one uptown crackhouse.

17. You're not freaked out by having an 19th century graveyard right in the middle of the uptown area, and actually use it as a place to relax.