You know you're in the suburbs when...

• You borrow salt from a neighbor
• You notice when someone on the block puts in a new flowerbed
• You know the names of all the neighborhood dogs
• You have a teenage babysitter next door
• You know the strip malls by name
• You know what time the Target closes
• You eat lunch at Costco
• You drive an extra mile to save $.04 a gallon on gas
• You spy on folks through your window (no, wait, we did that all the time in Stuy Town)
• You know the mail came because the little flag on the box is lowered
• You shop for lawn ornaments, and hang those little garden flags
• You call 6 cars an hour passing by "a lot of traffic"
• You get pissed when people let their dogs crap on your lawn
• You take nature walks
• You hit the yard sales before 8am
• You wish you could find the Scrabble set
• You sit around watching Starter Wife on a Saturday night*
• You sit around watching Sunset Tan on a Saturday night**

* Disclaimer: Diana only
** Disclaimer: Steve likes it too