63 Things That Are Totally And Undeniably New York City Culture

1. Wearing all black head-to-toe

2. Changing your distance on Tinder and then realizing you don't wanna go all the way to Brooklyn for a hookup

3. Crying in public

4. Specifically crying on the subway at 2 a.m.

5. Sh*tting on New Jersey

6. Seasonal Affective Disorder

7. The New Yorker subscription tote bags

8. Under-eye bags

9. Vodka sodas

10. Running into your ex at Pret A Manger

11. Complaining about Mercury retrograde

12. “I’m the Carrie”

13. Tide to Go pens

14. Whispering “It smells like pee” when you get on the subway

15. French bulldogs

16. Lexapro

17. Ordering trentas at Starbucks

18. Flirting with your super to get him to fix your toilet

19. Depression

20. Anxiety

21. Seeing Alec Baldwin outside of NYU

22. Flagels

23. Quoting podcasts semi-out of context

24. Wearing Yankees merch even though you don’t care about sports

25. Complaining about the L train

26. Peeing yourself at TAO nightclub

27. Taking an improv class with Upright Citizens Brigade

28. Street art that says "Fulfill your destiny"

29. Judging people who wade into the fountain in Washington Square Park

30. Mini bottles of hand sanitizer from CVS

31. Telling everyone you’d never want to live in the suburbs

32 Hating children

33. Coffee sh*ts

34. Avoiding midtown

35. Being poor

36. Cutting out dairy

37. Feeling kind of sad for broken umbrellas left on the sidewalk

38. Making fun of LA for driving Priuses and other stuff

39. Accidentally dropping one AirPod onto the subway tracks

40. “I went to Gallatin”

41. Instagramming pics of yourself holding a coffee in Central Park or something

42. Fake leather jackets

43. Candles that smell like nature

44. Getting excited when you see a rare, mostly-white pigeon

45. Rollerblading across the Brooklyn Bridge (going towards Brooklyn, obvi)

46. Having a panic attack in the household aisle at Duane Reade

47. Ordering wine on Postmates

48. And ordering Insomnia Cookies 30 minutes later

49. Strong calves

50. Strong immune systems

51. Weak intellectual arguments

52. Ending a relationship solely because they live above 143rd Street

53. Dogs in booties

54. Throwing up on the Ikea ferry

55. Missing your subway stop after Sunday brunch

56. Going to The Strand and only buying a pair of socks with pugs on them

57. Bushwick bangs

58. Getting Artichoke Pizza after going out even though you said you were cutting out dairy

59. Praying your Uber driver doesn't talk to you

60. Making up a life story for every rat you see on the subway tracks

61. Drinking water

62. Specifically out of a knock-off Swell

63. And lastly, how blue Alec Baldwin’s eyes are in person.