“Le Petit Journal’s Guide: How to Blend in with the Locals and Become a True New Yorker”

Have you just moved to New York and don’t want to pass for a tourist? Le Petit Journal gives you the codes to give the change.

🧊 Never without my ice cube. You like to drink ice cold. Summer, like winter
🧢 You wear a cap, paying close attention to what is written on it. Prefer the New York Knicks to any other basketball team
😬 You have spectacularly white and well-aligned teeth – well, ok, you can’t improvise
📣You talk loud. But really*
⚽️FIFA? Football definitely interests you much less than the Super Bowl
🌮You eat while walking
🍷You spend $18 for a glass of wine without batting an eyelid
👀 You forgot what an “Eye contact” is, so “inappropriate”
👖Leggings are your favorite pants – but it’s true that you will also run a lot
🤣*You laugh out loud. But really (really)
🙏 You are extremely polite
☕️ Coffee rhymes with take away
☀️You are outrageously optimistic
🇺🇸 You love your country (yes, it’s yours since you became a tax resident there)
⭕️You occupy space advantageously – and not only with your SUV
🚶You never stop walking until you reach your destination
⛔️You do not practice irony or the second degree
📱 You don’t use headphones to chat with your correspondent or watch a video. Speakerphone mode is much better
🐀The rat is part of your life – like the walls of garbage cans
💶Everything feels cheap as soon as you step out of New York
🚲You don’t stop at any lights on your bike
🤝You don’t shake hands or kiss, but hug your neighbors
🚘You can overtake on the right and that’s great

So. Try to stick to all of these principles and you can pretend to be a New Yorker for real – and don’t be afraid of your accent. Everyone has one in a city where more than 200 languages ​​are spoken.
Ready to be a real New Yorker?