You know you are from Berkeley ...
- Added by Priya, December 2, 2009 at 11:02am.
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Top 10 Reasons You know you are from Berkeley:
- You refer to the Grocery Outlet as 'The Canned Food Store'
- You ride your bike through the Ohlone Pathway from Berkeley to El Cerrito and donâ??t refer to Native Americans as Indians
- Your high school computer teacher used to panhandle on Shattuck and Telegraph
- You refer to UC Berkeley as 'CAL'
- You see 'Free Tibet' Stickers everywhere
- You remember JJ Newberries
- You love your public library
- You donâ??t celebrate 'Columbus Day' â?" you celebrate 'Indigenous Peopleâ??s Day'
- You realize the only Republicans you know are your Aunt and Uncle in Texas.
- Youâ??re utterly enraged that the City Council wants to put condos where the Ashby flea market is
More about "Berkeley"
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington.[+] Post a Comment | toggle meta
More reasons You know you are from Berkeley
- Youâ??re favorite festival of the year is the 'the How Berkeley Can You Be Parade?'
- Youâ??ve acquired an outfit or two at 'The Wishing Well' a.k.a. the Free box on Bancroft
- You support the needle exchange at the Berkeley Free Clinic
- Youâ??re angry that Codyâ??s shut down, and perturbed that the independent movie theaters are going under
- You see naked people. Itâ??s just the naked people
- You donâ??t know why they keep renaming that park across the street from Berkeley High; you still call it Provo Park
- You see a man in a pink leotard riding a unicycle, its just pinky
- Everybody is either gay or an ally and the ones who are neither both are in a closet for homophobia
- You love the Solano Stroll
- You love the Pan-African Drum circle at the Ashby Flea Market
- You know what a Poetry Slam is and you have been to one
- You found your current apartment, car, couch, running pals, book group, girlfriend/boyfriend, and booty call all on Craigslist.
- You donâ??t like going downtown when all the high school kids are at lunchâ?¦.
- You collect free stuff when the city does their annual pick-up and then sell it at yard sales. Or maybe that is just my familyâ?¦

