7 Foolproof Ways To Spot An Imposter In Rhode Island

We get it, it’s pretty darn cool to be from Rhode Island, we’ve got beautiful beaches, great food, interesting history, and awesome people, but that doesn’t mean you can say you’re from Rhode Island if you’re not! The street cred may be valuable, but we are very protective of our state and don’t take kindly to imposters. Luckily, there are some things that make it easy as pie to spot a fake Rhode Islander from a mile away, and here are the top seven signs.

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If you don't love the taste of frosty Del's frozen lemonade, there's no way you're from Rhode Island!

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Anything more than half an hour counts as a road trip to us!

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Nibbles Woodaway (more commonly called the Big Blue Bug,) is a Rhode Island celebrity!

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Every Rhode Islander knows it's a bubbler!

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Everyone in Rhode Islands knows this is practically a criminal offense!

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This store was such a Rhode Island staple that any local will have some fond memories here.

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Everyone knows that Rhode Islanders like to give directions that include places that are no longer there! If they don't say "take a left where the Newport Creamery used to be," they're not from here!

This isn’t to say we don’t want you in our beautiful little Rhodey, just that we don’t want you claiming to be from here if you aren’t. So please, come and visit, try a Del’s, learn our local dialect, and get cozy, we love visitors, just not imposters!