20 Signs You Lived In New Canaan

Every town and city comes with certain things only the people who live there can truly appreciate or understand. From the salmon polos to the movies playing in Baskin Robins, these are 20 signs you lived in New Canaan!

1. You’re just used to the sight of salmon polos.

They’d make anyone else’s eyes bleed. But you, my friend, are trained.

2. You’ve waited all year for the May Fair just for the entire thing to get rained on.

No, it’s fine. I can eat wet cotton candy. It’s fine.

3. You learn more about the weird history of Waveny Mansion every day.

For example: it was used for exterior shots of stately Wayne Manor in the 60’s Batman TV show.

4. You still call New Canaan Chicken “Chicken Joe’s”.

We’ll always have the memories. The real chicken nuggets are the friends we made along the way.

5. And yeah, maybe you still call Station Eats “Filling Station”.

Look, this is my hill to die on.

6. You’ve walked from the high school to town and lived to tell the tale.

It can’t be that long of a walk! Right? …Right?

7. You’ve had your senior parking at the high school stolen by parents.

You’ve worked four years for this!

8. The high school parking lot took an eternity to get out of.

One exit. Connected to a busy four-way stop. Dozens of cars. What could go wrong?

9. The movies playing in Baskin Robbins were addicting to watch.

No, no, don’t wait up for me. I need to see how Gru gets out of this one.

10. You know that fans at the football games don’t fight, they threaten to sue.

If you’re not in the know, you might think this is a joke. You’re wrong.

11. You can always agree that the freshman class in high school is the worst.

Total and complete agreement.

12. You hate people from Darien for doing the same stuff that people from New Canaan do.

The rivalry comes first, though.

13. You always sleep through the first two periods of class.

That 7:30 start time is brutal.

14. Suburbs with no sidewalks is a thing.

Apparently, they thought we’d by driving everywhere…

15. You’ve heard about how to prevent Lyme disease so much it’s burned into your skull.

It’s all the elementary school kids learn to do.

16. You remember heading into town after school on Friday starting as the coolest thing and then becoming the uncoolest thing.

Middle school culture is the cruelest culture of all.

17. You’ve heard about all the coyotes running around the suburbs, but you’ve never actually seen them.

Apologies to all the people who have presumably seen them.

18. You couldn’t drive one place to another without running into hundreds of bad drivers.

We’re the good drivers, though.

19. All of your friends are fiercely loyal to their local pizza place of choice.

There can be no compromise.

20. Polos again.

Yeah. So many it required two spots.

Do you have any more signs you lived in New Canaan to add to the list!? Share in the comments below!

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