Top 10 Signs You're from New York City 1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know that this means Manhattan. 2. You secretly envy cabbies for their driving skill. 3. You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. 4. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park at 3:30 on the Friday before a long weekend, but can't find Wisconsin on a map. 5. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multilingual. 6. You think $7.00 to cross a bridge is a fair price. 7. Your door has more than three locks. 8. You go to a hockey game for the fighting. In the stands. To participate. 9. The most frequently used part of your car is the horn. 10. You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.