• You think the most important holiday is Picnic Day
  • You take conference and national sports championships won by UCD for granted
  • You do your Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas, and birthday shopping at the Whole Earth Festival
  • You look for reasons to be out of town during the Whole Earth Festival
  • You know what the eggheads are, where each one is located, and which is your favorite
  • You eagerly look forward to reading the next issue of the Davis Food Co-op newsletter
  • You think it's normal for homes to cost $750,000 even after the housing bubble burst
  • You think Davis is the only city with bike lanes
  • You think recycling was invented in Davis
  • You go to the Farmer's Market just to hang out
  • You consider sushi to be American cuisine (sushi **** yeah!)
  • You think its normal to pay 25$ for a bad pizza
  • You know the difference between Mexican and Tex-Mex (Taco Bell **** yea!)
  • You know the difference between Chinese food and Panda Express
  • You know a lot about agriculture and what fruits and veggies are currently in season
  • You think its normal to have bike paths in America
  • You only drive 15 mph on your bike
  • Your bicycle chain is cleaner than your car wheels.
  • You stop at a stop sign on your bike, and you know about the Stop Sign Strangler
  • You dont look twice at a bike cop writing a ticket.
  • You are nervous about if a store will allow you at 40 years old to buy a beer or wine at a grocery store
  • You consider it entertaining to go outside to spot people falling off their bikes for no apparent reason
  • You consider yourself to be an Aggie or wear an Aggie T-shirt or sweater
  • You know where all the happy hours are in Davis at a given time
  • You know which stores take Aggie cash
  • You kick out a pair of people sleeping under your car on campus during Whole Earth Festival and neither of you think it's particularly strange until you mention it to an out of towner on the phone
  • You see 100ish degrees on the thermometer and think that the weather hasn't yet turned hot
  • You sneeze and think that the pollen level is up rather than that you are catching a cold
  • You can't go anywhere in town without running into people that you know
  • You think all museums are the size of port-o-potties
  • You don't give Double-Decker Buses a second glance
  • You think some person yelling like a madman out in public is pretty normal
  • You have not only heard of the Toad Tunnel but have also seen it in all of its empty glory.
  • You are constantly referencing Departed Businesses that no one else has ever heard of.
  • You have seen every piece of equipment at the Arc get replaced with newer models.
  • You have seen the field that the arc was built on and the rec hall wasn't the pavilion
  • You know the names of every Thai restaurant in Davis, and can predict what the next five will be called.
  • You walk around town looking at things thinking "That would make a great mystery picture".
  • You spend at least 30 minutes a day editing or browsing the Davis Wiki.
  • You accept that a 1/4 mile trip downtown will probably involve waiting for a freight train, 6 bikes, 15 pedestrians, 2 double-parked SUV's and a beer truck.
  • You've visited bike shops at least 6 times in the last month.
  • You know that the cars will stop for you in the crosswalks, but the bicycles won't
  • You are riding your bike in another town and are annoyed because the cars always yield the right of way
  • You are annoyed that pedestrians always yield their right of way, which forces you to stop completely, instead of being able to roll slowly past behind them if they had walked
  • You hold deep convictions on leaf-blowers, 5th Street, fences, or big boxes.
  • You no longer buy furniture, but instead go dumpster diving on moving day
  • When you hear that a new restaurant is about to open, you instinctively joke that it's going to be another Thai or sushi place
  • When you hear the word "yogurt" you get a preemptive brain freeze, start choosing toppings, and get out your bike/car keys without even realizing you're on the way out the door.
  • You move to another town and still frequently visit and edit the Davis Wiki.
  • You get upset when you visit other cities and find they don't have a wiki, and if they do it's not nearly as useful as this one.
  • You remember where the sidewalk ended over the years, and that what was once considered the edge of town is now considered either central or core.
  • It no longer seems confusing to you that Covell Blvd. and Cowell Blvd. are totally different streets, but Russell Blvd. and Fifth Street are the same.
  • Joe Sherman's rants are starting to make sense.
  • You know which parks are safe for boozing
  • You start to think that ten miles is a long distance away.
  • You have to make a conscious effort to say "Redrum Burger" instead of "Murder Burger".
  • You keep your garage door opener in your bike trailer instead of in your car.
  • You go back to your country and when you see a biker in black clothes and a helmet in the distance, you go "uh uh, it's the bike cop!" only to realize they do not exist there.
    • Or you move cross country, and wait over an hour to talk to the owner of a vehicle that you spotted a KDVS bumpersticker on just to find somebody who might be able to point you to Davis-ish things in your new town.
  • You meet a person for the first time, in person, and know all about them from their wiki posts.
  • You've lived in the same house on the same block for over 10 years and are still considered the "New Family".
  • You can easily tell if someone is homeless or just super environmentally friendly after a quick visual inspection.
  • You see two young men in suits riding bikes and don't immediately assume they're door-to-door missionaries.

Why this list?

It is inspired by "You know you've been in Denmark too long if...." which actually implicitly describes a lot about Danish culture for visitors and immigrants. Davis is often described as an untraditional town. Therefore, a list like this may shed some light on what that really means.

Let it evolve

Add your own items if you have been here in Davis and found some funny or strange things or attitudes happening around you.

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