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Louisville: It’s a big city that’s really a small town. We all have shared experiences, and we’re usually only a few degrees of separation from that person we passed on the sidewalk. And with that closeness comes a few things that most every Louisvillian knows.

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Always take the Second Street bridge over the tolled ones. (Except if there’s a major event at the KFC Yum! Center.)- LEO Staff Photo via Louisville Tourism
If you’re driving a semi, do not, we repeat, do not, attempt to pass under the Third Street bridge, aka, “The Can Opener.”- LEO Staff Meme via @alexmichele12, Twitter
Dont stand near the door at the Mag bar. – Kayte Garcia Photo via Reddit
No one goes to the Derby because everyone goes to the Derby. – LEO Staff LEO archives
The best fried chicken in the city is not Kentucky Fried Chicken. Try Shirley Mae’s, Louie’s, Indi’s or Chicken King.- LEO Staff Photo by James Barber
You must date someone all your friends have – Michelle Fisher Photo via Adobe
If it is an ethnic restaurant in a strip mall or office building, eat there. (Koreana, Eden & Kissi, any taqueria)- LEO Staff LEO archives
Using Cherokee park as a shortcut never works out. – Donald Taylor Jr. Photo via Louisville Tourism
We love our tap water as much as we love our mothers.- LEO Staff Adobe stock
The first rule of Louisville is we don’t talk about Indiana.- LEO Staff Adobe stock
The first rule about Indiana is that it’s actually better (read: cheaper) than Louisville.-LEO Staff Photo via Google Streetview
On Fridays during Lent we eat fried fish, even if we’re not Catholic. (Try St. Augustine’s in The West End.)- LEO Staff Photo by Robin Garr
We will never give up hope of ear X-tacy coming back.- LEO Staff LEO archives
The City, two weeks before Derby, she pretty. The day after Derby, she doing the walk of shame home from the Bambi walk, carrying her heels. Bless her heart. – Amber Willoughby LEO archives
You have to learn where everything used to be to get directions from a local. I didn’t live here when there was a White Castle on Bardstown Road, but I absolutely know where it was. – Lyndi Lou Photo via the National Register of Historic Places
No one must ever know if you don’t like bourbon. – Jazz Fodale Stock photo
When meeting someone new, it’s customary to start with a, “So, which high school did you go to?”- LEO Staff LEO archives
Locals don’t party on Fourth Street.- LEO Staff Photo by Kathryn Harrington
You have to have a favorite Kroger (and highlands is the wrong answer) – Emma Holland Photo by Carolyn Brown
Y’all is always appropriate no matter the social setting.- LEO Staff Adobe Stock
It’s loo-uh-vul. Not looeyville. Not Loo-a-ville. Loo-uh-vul.-LEO Staff Photo via National Association of Realtors
This city is really Louivillage.- Rhonda Roberts Adobe Stock
Done by Derby is the rule for getting your mulch down and the lawn spruced. – Mickey Higginbotham Adobe Stock
You can’t get lost… at some point you are bound to run into Bardstown Rd, Shelbyville Rd, Dixie Highway or Broadway. – Tasha Dansby-Gobinsingh LEO archives
Beechmont is secretly the neatest neighborhood in Louisville.- LEO Staff Photo via facebook.com/BeechmontNeighborhoodAssociation
There’s a definite delineation between the gay bars on Bardstown road. Choose wisely or be judged harshly and ostracized accordingly. – Anthony Hicks Photo by Bill Wine
You are either a UK or UofL fan. If you don’t pick a side, we’ll assign one to you.- LEO Staff Photo via UofL
The real Goat Man is hubris. Don’t climb on the Pope Lick trestle, ya animals!- LEO Staff Drawing by Jonathan Meador
Learn to use the alleyways in The Highlands!- LEO Staff Photo via Louisville Tourism

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