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Afternoon becomes morning, and evening becomes noon

You eat dinner after 10 p.m.

You eat breakfast before going to bed

When the traffic light turns orange, instead of pressing the brakes, you speed through

It takes you three hours to drink a cup of coffee

You dress up to go for coffee, but you go clubbing with sandals

Clubbing ceases to excite you

You actually don't use the term "clubbing"

Pollution doesn’t bother you

You hate cab drivers and their inappropriate attempts at conversation (vulgar descriptions of fictitious female conquests top the list)

Waiting for the bus/tram is like waiting for rain in the Sahara

Your neighbourhood has a street called El. Venizelou

When driving, people mistake your thank-you gesture for a MOUNTZA

You forget what Telestet is now called

You complain that 25 degrees is too cold for summer

You argue with your friends about whether North is better than South

Pavements are parking spaces

You can’t understand how cities in other countries function without periptera

Your first clubbing experience was at PJ’s or Messiah but now you drive past and they remind you of the paidiki xara

You forget that the Acropolis is there

Tourists are funny

You’ve never seen the changing of the guard at Syntagma, and still cannot understand why people find it so amusing.

The islands are literally a “hop” away

Whenever you drive past McDonald’s in Kifisia at night you frown at the 14 year olds with bird nest hair (Barbour coats and Longchamp bags are EVERYWHERE)

You are tired of seeing women with Cayennes driving as if they own the road.

You are so over the Athens-Thessaloniki rivalry

You consider Athens the only true city in Greece

Everyone came from somewhere else, even if they hide it

You consider the Interamerican tower a skyscraper

You call your friends and your enemies by the same name: MALAKAS

You've actually heard yourself or others say "I closed a table" or "I'm going to the oven to get a tiropita" and didn't frown at the poor grammar

Strikes are national holidays

Rain and snow wreak havoc, making you think you are in the age of Noah's arc

You associate Syggrou with debauchery (hookers, strippers, Baby-O)

No smoking signs are so vintage.

Recycling is still theoretical to you.

Your souvlakia come faster than an ambulance

You wouldn’t dream of wearing red near or about Alexandras on a football night

You pay a whole month's salary at the Bouzoukia in one night

Despite all this, you wouldn’t dream of living anywhere else.