If you've lived in the Capital Region long enough, you're able to recognize the familiar places, landmarks and lifestyle quirks that make living in the 518 so unique. The slideshow above features some of our favorite (and funniest) ways we all identify with the city and region we live in.

A big thank you to Mark McGuire and Kristi Gustafson Barlette who started their own versions of this question which we've now combined into one, big, interesting checklist of "life in Albany." You can see Mark's post here and Kristi's post here.