It’s pretty easy to spot someone who was born and raised in the Alamo City — or at least spent considerable time here. We’ve got plenty of habits, beliefs and mannerisms that make us easy to identify.

By the same token, folks who recently moved to San Antonio aren’t too difficult to pick out either. Namely because they haven’t yet latched onto our unique — and perhaps quirky — way of life.

Here are 20 ways to tell someone recently relocated to the 2-1-0 from somewhere else. 

Their collection of Fiesta medals is measured in ounces, not POUNDS.Give it time. Give it time. Credit: Cindy Hurtado
They use a rental truck when making a move inside the city.Just pile up the back of tio’s pickup, foo! Credit: Photo by Sarah Martinez
Surviving multiple encounters with supernatural entities including the Donkey Lady, El Camaroncito, the kids on the tracks or La Lechuza Credit: Courtesy Photo / CineFestival
They haven’t yet learned what an Edgar or Marbach Mop haircut is. Eventually, they’ll begin to wonder why so many SA young people are aspiring to look like Moe from Three Stooges. Credit: Twitter / @johnserna12
They regularly butcher street and place names like Boerne, Huebner and Toepperwein.In truth, most of us aren’t even sure we’re pronouncing them correctly. Credit: Michael Karlis
They think chamoy is something you use to buff your car.As opposed to, you know, a chamois — which isn’t delicious at all. Credit: Shutterstock / The Image Party (left) and Manee_Meena (right)
11. Fiesta beats any street festival in Austin. Period. Credit: Jaime Monzon
They can’t quote lines from the Selena movie.Start with “Anything for Salinas!” Credit: Courtesy Photo / Warner Home Video

They haven’t yet learned how to hold grudges against asshats like Kawhi Leonard, Charles Barkley, Mark Cuban and Karl Malone.


And we’re keeping the list short here. Credit: Photo via Twitter / BrianRayy_
The word “puro” isn’t part of their daily vocabulary.And they’ll have to be really settled in before they attempt“puro pinche.” Credit: Art by Sarah Flood-Baumann

They don’t get that Flamin’ Hot Cheetos belong in and/or on any food item.


And they’ll soon learn you don’t rub your eyes after getting that red dust on your fingers. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Taco Cabana
Butter Krust’s moving billboard The “Falling Slices” billboard on San Pedro Avenue just north of Hildebrand featured a rotating wheel that made it appear slices were tumbling from a loaf of Butter Krust bread. The Butter Krust ad came down in 1998, and the mechanical portion of the sign was removed roughly 10 years later. Photo via Instagram / barbacoapparel Credit: Instagram / barbacoapparel
Credit: Jaime Monzon
They shop for groceries at Walmart or Target.Why would anyone do that when you’ve got H-E-B? Credit: Flickr Creative Commons / Mike Mozart

They order tacos at a restaurant and think they’ll look like this.


Taco Bell sure has messed up a lotta people’s understanding of Mexican cuisine. Credit: Shutterstock / Atsushi Hirao

They’re scared to order mole at a Mexican restaurant.


Apparently they’re worried they might be served a small burrowing mammal. Credit: Shutterstock / irin-k

They call access roads “feeder roads.”


As in feeding what? Credit: Shutterstock

They get irate when someone smashes a cascarone over their head around Fiesta time.


Sometimes fists even fly. We’ve all seen it happen. Credit: Jaime Monzon
They ask if a restaurant’s salsa comes in “mild.” This isn’t Pace Picante Sauce, folks. Credit: Shutterstock / The Image Party
They just look at you with a blank expression when you make a Fred’s Fish Fry joke.Eventually they’ll notice the empty parking lots and start drawing their own conclusions. Credit: Sanford Nowlin