digitaldiscipline ◾ ◾ You know where you're from.

Rather than do some overly-vague "New York" version [because, people, there's an entire fucking state beyond the seven boroughs], and because I can get away with being subtly pretentious enough to have located one for the neighborhood where I grew up, rather than "Buffalo" as a whole. . .

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/3831/amherst.htm

You've ever boasted about having a Buffalo Sabre as your next door neighbor.
False - As customers, yes. Neighbors, no.

You've ever worked at Stereo Advantage, or any of their affiliated businesses ([insert name here] Advantage, Tony Walker, Aussie [insert name here], etc.).
False - Only been a (satisfied) customer. Mmmmmm. . hi-fi equipment.

You've ever protested a planned apartment complex that was to be built within a mile of your house - but don't mind more big box retail like Target and Home Depot.
False

You've ever bragged about how many years it's been since you last visited Downtown Buffalo.
False - That's where the hockey games and bars are.

People get lost trying to find your house.
False - And I can give directions to it from three different expressway exits.

You've ever questioned the name "Eastern Hills Mall."
True - Ain't no hills out thataway.

You could care less about the Bills, but you have season tickets for the Sabres.
This was true when I was a little kid and the Bills sucked (and we -did- have Sabres season tickets, in the last row of the Oranges). These days, I'll take whatever hometown team coverage I can get.

When someone mentions slums, you think of Eggertsville.
False - I'm from Eggertsville, dammit! We were here first, you East-Amherst yuppie scumbags!

You rarely venture south of the Thruway, except to go to the ski resorts, the Walden Galleria and Sabres games.
True - Well, except to go to college, and visit K.

Half of your wardrobe consists of Tony Walker items or Aussie T-shirts ("Give Blood - Play Hockey," "Pain is Temporary - Pride is Permanent," etc.)
False - Never had any of 'em.

Your property tax bill is higher than your mortgage payment.
I have no idea. . . ask my parents. ;-)

You think a three foot slope is a major hill.
False - My street was on the escarpment and had a forty foot vertical slope.

Your house has a circular driveway, or a concrete pad perpendicular to your driveway to park yet another Acura.
False

You've ever totaled your Acura by crashing into a deer.
False. . . but my sister did total her POS to avoid one.

The name of your favorite restaurant ends in "Trattoria," "Bistro," "Ristorante," "Cucina," or "New American Grill."
False. There is only one DUFF's Wings.

You holiday in Cape Cod, not Crystal Beach.
Ummm. . . does Owl's Head (ME) make me a Cape Cod person?

The only bus you ever rode was yellow.
True. . . until they said that anyone within a mile of school was on their own, and I had to walk. Natch.

Your neighborhood has more temples, mosques and Protestant churches than Catholic churches.
Tie - there were both a Catholic & Lutheran church on my block.

You don't really see a problem with urban sprawl.
True.

You live on a street that ...
is named after the animals and trees that were killed off to build the subdivision
True-ish. "Westfield." I have no idea whose field it might have been, or what it was west of way back when. Dad was in real estate development, so I guess that makes us responsible for some of the below trends. . .

is named [insert name here] Del Way
is named [insert name here] Lea
has an insanely British name ("Barringtonshire Court," "Wexfordham Lane,"
etc.)
has a name that does not end in the word "street" or "avenue"
Okay, okay. . . but, really, is "Road" that pretentious? No, I didn't think so. Shaddap.

is plowed daily, even when there's no snow
False. We had to cal and bitch to get a plow out some days.

is lined with real working gaslights
False - I didn't see anything like that until I came to New Orleans.

Your lot is measured in acres, not square feet.
True. . . but it was -half- an acre. . .

You have a "service" mow your lawn in the summer and plow your driveway in the winter.
False - You're talking to the "service." However, I did work for hire for neighbors. . .

You say you're from Williamsville, Eggertsville, Snyder, East Amherst, Getzville - but not Amherst.
True - Eggertsville, dammit. Old school. . .