This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UIC chapter.
1. When north-siders are Cubs fans and South-siders are White Sox fans.
2. When you won’t dare put Ketchup on the Chicago Style Hot Dog.
3. When you call the Chicago Tribune the “Trib” and the Chicago Sun-times the “Times.”
4. You only count ‘773’ – ‘872’ – and ‘312’ as Chicago Area Codes.
5. You know why Chicago is really called the “Windy City”.
6. You visit the ‘Taste” every summer for the food and the concerts.
7. In the winter you call “dibs” on a parking spot. (Sometimes followed by violence…we in no way support violence here at Her Campus UIC!)
8. You drink ‘pop’ – not ‘soda’.
9. You know that Chicago style pizza is deep dish pizza.
10. You hate when people who don’t actually live in the city say they’re from Chicago.