1. If there's one thing you miss most about the South it would have to be manners.
2. Whenever you go to a restaurant and ask for sweet tea, you're always surprised by what your server brings you.
3. It's still surprising when a New Yorker somehow "knows" you're not a NY native just from the sound of your voice.
4. That moment when you meet another person from below the Mason-Dixon line and you both vent your frustrations.
5. Within a week of arriving you knew this wasn't going to be exactly the same as women of Sex and the City.
6. You often think about when personal space was a thing.
7. You miss when strangers would give a gentle smile whenever you happened to make eye contact.
However, this is the response you get from strangers now:
8. You feel really horrible when you don't give money to the less fortunate who hound people for money.
9. You've repressed your urge to say the word "Y'all."
10. You miss regional chain restaurants like Bojangles so much.
11. You sometimes want to assume fetal position and cry when you think about paying rent.
12. Sometimes you're startled while walking down the street because there's some incredibly loud noise.
13. No matter how long you live in NYC, you doubt your nostrils will ever adapt to the smell of feces and/or piss that randomly assaults your nostrils.
14. You know the struggle of not having developed "train legs" yet.
15. When you first saw a humongous rat while waiting for the train and you had to remain calm:
16. Your reaction when everyone says that the blocks and avenues "run on a grid":
17. Seeing something weird/sketchy on the train and wondering if anyone else notices.
18. Although it's not the easiest place to live, you still romanticize the city.
