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You've referred to the county as "MoCo".
You can explain directions via the multiple highway systems connected throughout the county.
You've ridden the Red Line on the Washington D.C. Metro more than any other.
You know the history of the ICC, and you've probably heard that it's finally going through.
Your high school is in the top 20 ranked schools in the country.
You know the difference between old Rockville and new Rockville.
You hang out/hung out during the afternoon/weekend at Fallsgrove, the Rio, the Kentlands, Quince Orchard square, Cabin John Mall, anywhere on Rockville Pike, etc. etc.
You can easily name 15 high schools in the county and probably two of the three Montgomery College campus locations.
You or a close friend have at one point or another studied (whether just over the summer or for a lengthened period of time) at "Harvard on the Pike" or "Yale on the Rail."
You've been to a Green Tea Cafe, Pho restaurant, or Vegetarian Chinese joint.
You've ridden the metro for hours exploring D.C., Georgetown, etc. just because there was nothing better to do.
Four flakes of snow can close every school throughout the county.
You give directions with street numbers instead of street names (355 - Rockville Pike, 28 - Darnestown Road, etc.)
You've been on a date in Georgetown. Hey, it's the place that inspired "Afternoon Delight."
You've seen the "exorcist stairs" while driving (or fallen asleep on them while piss faced drunk).
You thought the Mormon Temple along 495 was Disney World when you were a kid.
You instinctively refer to any highway as "270."
There are places on the other side of the county that you've heard of but will probably never venture into.
Every childhood craze from Pogs to Beanie Babies to Tomagatchis were a big deal because every kid you knew was rich enough to afford them.
You just grew up feeling..safe.
You've had an entire schoolweek or more off because of snow MULTIPLE TIMES in your life.
You probably went to a high school starting with an unlikely letter... like W or Q.
Despite "MoCo" being huge, you feel like you know more than half of the people in this group.
New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Connecticut are not states - they are roads.
When you get into the habit of thinking that every intersection must have a camera connected to it.
When you find yourself driving next to a pickup truck full of illegal immigrants, a 16 year old in a Mercedes, an asian in a souped up Honda Civic, and a mini van that was just pulled over for speeding.
When you realize that even the most dilapidated part of the county is far better than College Park.
You are proud of the musicians, actors, and other celebrities that come from your county, city, or high school - Lewis Black or O.A.R. anyone?
You laugh every time you hear R.E.M.'s "Don't Go Back to Rockville" (yes, it is about OUR Rockville).
Any precipitation in the county causes an insane amount of accidents.
It's easier to tell people from out of the county that you're from the D.C. area.
You go to one high school and the people in the neighborhood next to you go to another because of oddly drawn county school lines.
You know that there are at least fifteen ways to get everywhere and know which way to go based on the weather, time of day, terrorism, road closures, as well as how to avoid slow traffic patterns.
You are actually affected when Homeland Security changes the levels from code Blue to Orange or Red.
You get off school for Jewish holidays that virtually no other schools anywhere get off for.
You cant wait to get out of montgomery county.
You can't wait to come back after breaks, and you never know why when asked.
Someone says "Chevy Chase", you don't think of the actor.
You know when 3 helicopters are flying together over your house, the president is going to Camp David.
The cars in the student parking lots are more expensive than the cars in the staff parking lots.
You can hear 270 or 495 from just about anywhere you live in the county and you know what the 495 "Rockcreek Rollercoaster" and the 270 "Spur" are.
You think lacrosse or girls soccer are better sports than football.
You see high SAT scores as a point of pride and nothing else.
You've worked at an ice cream shop, a starbucks, or a relatively nice restaurant in high school.
You have at least TRIED a technically illegal substance once in your life. (underage drinking or duster hits included)
You watch commercials for Sonic but you have no idea where one is.
You get annoyed when someone refers to Silver Spring as Silver Springs.
Your able to pick up the grammatical error in this example.
All you see down the street are prostitots and tanorexics.
The two drivers in front of you in both lanes are stopped talking to each other. Get a cell phone.
It's 3 in the afternoon and people have their headlights on.
There are speed traps every day on the same parts of certain roads.
You have NO idea how to pronounce "Sam Eig Highway." (it's Eye-Guh by the way)
You have found access to a public school's rooftop via portables. That's all I'm saying..
You refer to Wootton High School as "Wonton" and all your Asian friends are cool with it.
You were THIS close being shot by the DC Sniper.
Half of your friends don't know what their parents do; it's "top secret government work."
You can't remember ever being to a Wal-Mart, despite the fact that half the US works for it.
Your driver's ed car was a Corvette.
Anywhere else when you refer to the freeway as the beltway people get confused.
You decide to give out your zip code when asked where you live because your house is on the border of so many cities (for example, 20878 can be Gaithersburg, North Potomac, Darnestown, etc.).
You know all of the names for 355, and where every change in name begins and ends.
You've picked pumpkins at Butler's Orchard.
You know what the innerloop and outerloop are.
You spent half your childhood birthday parties at Putt Putt (for the fun of it, Putt Putt for the fun of it) and how are you repaid? Closed Down. You still compare all Putt Putt's you go to to this one.
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