You know that the pastries at Villabate Alba, in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, are the best you’ll get outside of Italy.
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You’ve hung out on a stoop, not a porch.
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You know what real bagels are.
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You can fall asleep on the subway and never miss your stop.
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You know how to make an egg cream and that it must be made with Fox’s U-Bet syrup.
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You remember how proud you were to see Saturday Night Fever.
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You lost a lot of these playing stoop ball.
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You’ve been to an Italian Feast
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You didn’t know you had an accent until you left.
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