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