You know you’re in/from Crown Point if

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You know you’re in/from Crown Point if

1. Everything closes at 5pm. Literally the entire town shuts down; unless of course you are headed to one of the dozens of bars scattered throughout town.

2. If the weather is above 70 degrees, you know there will be bikers littered across the east side of the square.

3. "7:30pm at the sticky floor" means something to you.

4. You can literally walk AROUND town in 5 minutes.

5. People know and care more about what Mayor Klein does than President Bush.

6. "I’m going downtown" means downtown Crown Point, not Chicago.

7. Other people want to come to town but by 6pm are bored with walking around.

8. The Cornroast, The Taste, The Fourth of July Parade, and the fair shut everything else in town down.

9. Dean White is a household name.

10. The biggest thing to happen in the last year is the Starbucks going up (but that’s still quite a drive for coffee).

11. Country = okay any time.
Rap = you’re from Merrillville

12. The Illinois drivers don’t turn left on red and go the wrong way around town.

13. Cops are on bikes, motorcycles, and in cars, but mostly on bikes.

14. Wally’s Repair Shop will forever hold a place in your heart.

15. You’ve bought at least one pair of shoes at Hub Bootery or had some repaired there.

16. Sitting around is not uncommon. Loitering doesn’t exist because it’s the only thing to do.

17. The US Marine Office is the new brothel.
(No one will understand except Mel and Ash)

18. You can’t go out without seeing someone you know.

19. Gun Shows, Garden Sales, Pet Parades, and local concerts are just a few of the activities that can be found happening at the Fairgrounds.

20. The Hub Run shuts down half of CP.

21. Madeline makes the best hot dogs you’ve ever had.

22. The Government Center is NOT the Courthouse.

23. The Star is NOT a tabloid; it’s a legitimate newspaper.

24. You can find anything as long as the directions involve North, South, East, or West Street.

25. Football games keep Schoops open an hour later than normal, and if you wear CP gear you get 15% off.

26. Lake Maggots are easily identifiable.

27. You and your mechanic are on a first name basis.

28. The same movie plays for one week straight, so you might see it twice.

29. The town celebrity is Jerry Ross. There’s a school and a park named after him.

30. You’re new to the area if you’ve lived here less than 5 years.
(but you still probably understand all this)

31. You hate Winfield (especially if you live there).

32. You have town clean up days.

33. The big wooden man is a landmark, not a dirty comment.

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34. Everyone knows Main Street Café reuses their rolls, but we go anyway.

35. When you say you’re going to the gym, everyone knows you mean the YMCA.

36. There are more places to buy liquor than to eat.

37. You hear Carrie Underwood and blast it.

38. You almost cried when Taco Bell moved because you thought it was leaving for good.

39. All the gas stations close at 10pm except the Speedway on Main and Goldsborough.

40. Wendy’s is always hiring.

41. The tank is a landmark.

42. You know a sign must be wrong on a shop door if the closing time is past 5pm.

43. You could eat at a different pizza place for every day for 3 weeks.

44. You know the horror of having to sit out of an adult swim at Hub pool.

45. When someone asks if you want to go to the Superbowl, they mean bowling not football.

46. When you get hit on, or rather, hollered at for walking around the Square.

47. You didn’t think Vanis Salon was going to make it because, honestly, it’s CP.

48. Belusch and Moriarty’s are the competing Jewelers.

49. You have figured out how to comfortably sit in the curvy chairs scattered around town.

50. Because of all this, you have come to realize that you actually love your town.

51.
Everyone you meet you know, knows someone you know or is related to you!

52.
You know what meet me at The Hen means!
So true!!!
ad some keep this going….