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Whether you’re a native or a transplant to the 210, you know that there are some thing you would never see anywhere else. From our love of Tex-Mex food to how seriously we take Fiesta, we’ve rounded up the best too-true social media posts we could find about the Alamo City.
Disciplining your kids by telling them about the Donkey Lady and La Chupacabra
How else are kids supposed to behave?
Photo via Twitter / @SelenaDianeBeing a Spurs fan is a way of life
We come in every shape, size, color and creed. I mean, have you seen our roster? #AllOverTheWorld
Photo via Instagram, cheetosalinasBeing able to buy dogs, t-shirts, gift baskets, DVDs and pretty much anything from the side of the road
Shoutout to the roadside vendors that hold it down with the glamorous Spurs shirts and holiday baskets.
Photo via Instagram / moderntejanaTacos are everything
Breakfast tacos, mini tacos, puffy tacos, we ain’t got no type.
Photo via Instagram, rell1925The hard decisions in life
Por qué no los dos?
Photo via Instagram, her4thewkndEating chicken-on-a-stick is a rite of passage
If you don’t post a picture like this during Fiesta, did you even go to Fiesta?
Photo via Instagram, treatyoselftexasOur love for Selena knows no bounds
RIP Tejano Queen.
Photo via Instagram, meganpadillaaaLoving barbacoa and Big Red is kind of a given
We can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday morning.
Photo via Instagram, jps38Cascarones are either fun, or brutal as hell
Consider yourself lucky if no one has ever cracked it directly on your head.
Photo via Instagram, jefeman_satxTamale season isn’t a joke
Worth waiting in line for hours, it’s all you eat for a month and it changes parking. We take tamales very seriously.
Photo via Instagram, lsemidey88Bigger is better, especially when it comes to food
We ain’t here for a long time. We here for a good time.
Photo via Instagram, hangrymarzThey don’t have a Fiesta medal collection.
And they definitely don’t have a sash to wear all their medals.
Photo via Instagram / sdgthiemeWe take our love of music very seriously
Seems like an upgrade to us.
Photo via Twitter, @KeepinitericThe Texas heat isn’t a joke, but we can handle it
With spots like the San Pedro Springs Park Pool, the heat ain’t got nothing on us.
Photo via Instagram, sacurrentSaying “puro pinche” on a daily basis
Sometimes, it’s all you have to say.
Photo via Twitter / @PuroSanAntonioChisme…and Bill Miller tea, name a better duo
Spilling the tea over Bill Miller tea? Sounds like a fun night in to us.
Photo via Instagram, barbacoapparelWe’re artistic AF
A little color goes a long way, but we’ve never been one to shy away from using the whole palette.
Photo via Instagram, yesenia.m.dLoteria is the perfect aesthetic for everything in your life
Whether it’s a spin on your favorite card or something new, you can’t help but purchase everything inspired by loteria.
Photo via Instagram, dj_furious_210Religious decor is almost necessary for your casa
Betting now that you have a Crucifix or Virgen de Guadalupe in your home.
Photo via Instagram, stephmay17We keep history at the center of our city
Remembering the Alamo? Not a problem for us.
Photo via Instagram, selenatheplaces