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Top 10 Reasons You know you are from Berkeley:

  1. You ride your bike through the Ohlone Pathway from Berkeley to El Cerrito and don&acirc;??t refer to Native Americans as Indians
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    6 up, 1 down
  2. You refer to UC Berkeley as 'CAL'
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    5 up, 1 down
  3. You refer to the Grocery Outlet as 'The Canned Food Store'
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    6 up, 2 down
  4. You love the Pan-African Drum circle at the Ashby Flea Market
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    8 up, 5 down
  5. You realize the only Republicans you know are your Aunt and Uncle in Texas.
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    4 up, 1 down
  6. You see a man in a pink leotard riding a unicycle, its just pinky
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    4 up, 2 down
  7. Your high school computer teacher used to panhandle on Shattuck and Telegraph
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    3 up, 1 down
  8. 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 family&acirc;?&brvbar;
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    7 up, 5 down
  9. You&acirc;??ve acquired an outfit or two at 'The Wishing Well' a.k.a. the Free box on Bancroft
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    4 up, 2 down
  10. You love your public library
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    2 up, 1 down


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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.

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More reasons You know you are from Berkeley

  1. Everybody is either gay or an ally and the ones who are neither both are in a closet for homophobia
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    3 up, 2 down
  2. You&acirc;??re favorite festival of the year is the 'the How Berkeley Can You Be Parade?'
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    3 up, 2 down
  3. You support the needle exchange at the Berkeley Free Clinic
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    2 up, 1 down
  4. You love the Solano Stroll
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    3 up, 2 down
  5. You don&acirc;??t like going downtown when all the high school kids are at lunch&acirc;?&brvbar;.
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    3 up, 2 down
  6. You remember JJ Newberries
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    3 up, 3 down
  7. You don&acirc;??t celebrate 'Columbus Day' &acirc;?" you celebrate 'Indigenous People&acirc;??s Day'
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    2 up, 2 down
  8. You see naked people. It&acirc;??s just the naked people
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    2 up, 2 down
  9. You see 'Free Tibet' Stickers everywhere
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    1 up, 2 down
  10. You&acirc;??re utterly enraged that the City Council wants to put condos where the Ashby flea market is
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    6 up, 7 down
  11. You don&acirc;??t know why they keep renaming that park across the street from Berkeley High; you still call it Provo Park
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    2 up, 3 down
  12. You&acirc;??re angry that Cody&acirc;??s shut down, and perturbed that the independent movie theaters are going under
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    1 up, 2 down
  13. You found your current apartment, car, couch, running pals, book group, girlfriend/boyfriend, and booty call all on Craigslist.
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    1 up, 4 down
  14. You know what a Poetry Slam is and you have been to one
    by Priya | December 2, 2009 at 11:02am. | add comment
    1 up, 4 down

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