23 Reasons ‘You Know You’re From Tri-Cities When…’
You know you're from Tri-Cities when...
- a dusting of snow delays school 2 hours
- a wreck on the Blue Bridge has made you late for work
- you pass 5 roundabouts on your way to work
- your snowmen are made from tumbleweeds
- cruising Clearwater was your idea of a good time
- a trampoline rolls down your street at least once a year
- you get excited for rain
- you know what a Spud Nut is
- you know what a hydroplane is
- you can have snow and tumbleweeds in your yard at the same time
- you've never been anywhere with worse wind
- you get why your mascot is an "American"
- you wear flip flops AND a hooded sweater to school
- you gave up explaining your hometown isn't green a long time ago
- it's normal for it to snow one day and be in the 60s the next
- you still love "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex
- you grew up in a house described by a letter of the alphabet
- you don't ride a bike because of fear of goatheads
- you've seen a tumbleweed the size a car
- you understand when someone asks you to make a reservation for Radcon
- you remember driving past a sewer plant to get to Richland
- the idea of a little radiation doesn't freak you out
- the freeway ditches are full of cars after it snows one inch