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19 Signs You Went To St. Joseph High School In Ottawa

St. Joes. The bane of our existence as soon as we graduate high school. Just kidding, that place is pretty cool.

St. Joes is the place you discovered strawberry sunshine smoothies from Booster Juice, where your hate for the colour gold started and where the library is a place where no voice can ever be heard.

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17 Struggles Only People From Barrhaven Will Understand

It's hard to explain to someone that you're from Barrhaven. This suburb has a lot of stigma around it, and we get it.

The joys of living in a suburb. Where every piece of land slowly but surely gets turned into some sort of shopping centre. And Barrhaven is no exception. We've been blessed with... well, a Costco. And we're pretty happy about it but like any other place in the world, there are many struggles that come along with being from Barrhaven. So here are 17 things that some of us have or had struggled with while living in Barrhaven:

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17 Signs You Grew Up In Orleans

Orleans (or "Or-lay-on"). It's that suburb on the east side of the city with the silver church and Place D'Orleans Shopping Centre (which proudly got an H&M before Rideau Centre). To some, it's "Bore-leans."

Whatever you may call it, Orleans has been through a lot over the years. Innes Road has come a long way since its days as farmland (seriously, what happened up there) and we also had two sinkholes swallow the cars in our community over the past few years. Oh, and we also got the first Mandarin in Ottawa, so we have been blessed with that, too.

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15 Kardashian Reactions To Living Life In Ottawa

Whether we choose to admit it or not, we're all keeping up with the Kardashians in some way or the other. We follow them on Instagram, watch their Snapchat stories, and go crazy over their famous Lip Kits. We all have questions - what makes their waists so tiny? Their makeup so perfect? How can we do it too?

While this isn't a guide to show you how to look like a Kardashian, this will show you how relatable they are. Believe it or not, sometimes the Kardashians really do react to situations just the way we do - virtual app downloads aside.

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10 Signs You Grew Up In Downtown Ottawa

Downtown Ottawa - you may not know how good you have it. From unique coffee shops, to treating the canal like your personal skating rink, to always knowing the fastest way to get to the Rideau Centre, nobody knows the Ottawa core like you do. As more of your friends are moving closer into your neighbourhood to be closer to work and school, they know to always come to you for advice - who better to ask than you?

In the mood to reminisce? Here are 10 telltale signs you grew up in downtown Ottawa.

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19 Signs You Went To St. Joseph High School In Ottawa

1. You saw the Jag Jog as a day to stay home and do nothing.

2. Nothing killed your vibe like the librarians getting mad... again.

3. You were always threatened with uniforms, but never got them.

4. The big cookies from the caf for breakfast were everything.

5. Going into 9th grade was such an upgrade.

6. You also always knew when someone came back from Subway.

7. If your older brother or sister was in the same school as you, you were referred to as their little sister or brother.

8. We all had that teacher that everyone still loves and talks about.

9. Kapow Pops at one point were the only reason you liked the school.

10. You secretly hated your friends for making you watch intramurals during lunch.

11. One of the only things you miss from school is the caf food.

12. 2:10 was the best time ever.

13. The staircase after the bell rang before lunch gave you anxiety.

14. You still wonder why on earth we were forced to wear gold gym shorts.

15. No one really knew why there was a rivalry between Mother Theresa and St. Joes, but it was there.

16. It wasn't a summer/fall morning without the smell of manure.

17. The Epilepsy Breakfast was an overall hit for everyone.

18. Your mood always depended on how good the song was before homeroom.

19. You always showed up with a smile and a hello, yet the caf ladies still hated you.

17 Struggles Only People From Barrhaven Will Understand

1. Being called Farrhaven.

2. The Greenbank Road construction.

3. All your friends being from Old Barrhaven and you're from New Barrhaven.

4. The four-way stop at RioCan.

5. The only body of water in Barrhaven is the Barrhaven Quarry, which is illegal.

6. 'Knowing someone' but not actually 'knowing them'.

7. Getting invited to someone's birthday downtown.

8. New stores keep getting built, and it's never anything we want.

9. Deciding to go to the gas station in your pyjamas thinking you won't see anyone you know.

10. Having to go to Orleans for some reason...

11. "I want to try a new restaurant!"

12. Shopping means having to go all the way to Bayshore or CF Rideau Centre.

13. The debate between venturing out or just going to Heart & Crown.

14. Having to explain someone you're dating that you live in Barrhaven.

15. The two lane roundabout on Jockvale.

16. Arriving at Fallowfield Station and seeing 19 people you know get on the bus.

17. Sunday mornings at Broadways.

17 Signs You Grew Up In Orleans

1. You're familiar with the phrase, "Hello, bonjour."

2. The fountain at Place D'Orleans was your childhood.

3. You never went to Farrhaven.

4. When the roundabout came to St. Joseph, it terrified you.

5. One of your classmates disappeared and went to Canterbury.

6. Geography was based on the hill.

7. The rivalry between the English Catholic schools was real.

8. You waited days for the 131.

9. Fritomania.

10. The Place D'Orleans Santa was the REAL Santa.

11. Your first bike was from Orleans Cycles.

12. You saw the silver church on the daily.

13. Canada Day was celebrated at Petrie Island.

14. School trips to the Science and Tech Museum.

15. Getting those little apple cups from the Orleans Fruit Farm.

16. You probably never went to Burger King.

17. The best thing about Christmas was Taffy Lane.

15 Kardashian Reactions To Living Life In Ottawa

1. Whenever someone from out of town asks you what you think of the OC Transpo.

2. Your first time visiting Warehouse for their cheap drinks.

3. When you're trying to enjoy clubbing but you realize how small Ottawa really is because the girl you never wanted to see again from middle school is right next to you.

4. When you're trying to ask your friend who lives downtown to stay over and she says no.

5. But you keep asking her anyway until she says yes and you feel desperate.

6. It's okay though - you feel much better when you hear Chipotle's coming to Ottawa.

7. Anytime you hear there's going to be more construction downtown.

8. But anytime you hear anyone else complain about the same construction.

9. The first time you visited Rideau centre after it finished renovating.

10. The first time someone complimented your makeup after the same shopping trip.

11. When your friends tell you your outfit is nice but it's "too dressed up" for Ottawa.

12. The first time your friend goes on Tinder and she finishes swiping through all the cute guys in 10 minutes.

13. What couples think their PDA in the ByWard Market looks like.

14. When it actually looks like this.

15. And finally - when you're from Barrhaven and bae lives in Kanata but you finally see each other after a week.

10 Signs You Grew Up In Downtown Ottawa

1. You’ve lost count of the amount of times you’ve faked sick to avoid commuting to your friends’ houses.

2. And when you do visit, you just can’t understand why they live there - what do they even do for fun?

3. You’ve spent 90% of your time at Rideau Centre.

4. The special type of frustration you feel every time you go out of your way to tourist family to the Parliament Hill.

5. You’ve tried to convince your school teachers to let you walk home from every field trip.

6. “Can we crash at your place after?” is a question all too familiar to you.