We all know Liverpool is unlike any other place on earth - but there are some things you only ever notice when you leave.
Whether you're moving away for work or university or just visiting friends and family elsewhere in the country - you'll notice some pretty big differences.
So many things that we take for granted as normal are actually totally unique to Liverpool , and you only realise it when you leave.
From the lack of hype around a Good Friday chippy tea to the difference in what "take your own" means at the bar , there's a lot to get your head around.
We came up with a list of some of the things you suddenly notice when you leave Liverpool.
23. Chip shops are rubbish and boring
Where is the salt and pepper? Why is it just fish and chips? Where are the Chinese dishes? Chippies that aren't Chinese Chippies are a pale imitation of what we have here.
22. Women aren't putting three days of prep in before a night out
Tan, nails, lashes, hair - all these things take time. If it's a big night out, you can essentially block off a couple of days in advance to start your prep work.
Elsewhere, people just get ready on the night and we don't understand this lack of dedication to the cause.
21. "Take your own" means throwing your financial stability into a stranger's hands
In Liverpool it is universally accepted that "take your own" means 20p - no more, no less.
Tell a bartender to do the same in another city and you are playing fast and loose with your bank balance. It could mean anything.
20. People don't tip anywhere near as much
Scousers are a generous people
19. No one's mum is getting a taxi to the supermarket
Don't know how else they're getting there, but the sight of an Asda without its own taxi rank outside is just plain wrong.
18. People are calling their tea "dinner" like absolute psychopaths
IT IS CALLED TEA. YOU ARE HAVING YOUR TEA.
17. On that theme - people are also calling it Home Bargains (don't get us started)
Sacrilege.
16. No one's adding "the" before every single supermarket
Just calling it Asda or Aldi feels like something is missing.
15. People are calling it an ice lolly and it makes us uncomfortable
It's called a lolly ice and it's a hill we are willing to die on.
14. No one is buying a round. Why?
Stop being tight.
13. Being able to get inside the chippy on Good Friday
In Liverpool, getting a chippy tea on Good Friday is essentially the law. Obviously people are getting fish and chips in other cities but it's not as much of a mass endeavour.
You certainly don't see queues out the door in other places.
12. You can get to the till at Zara without having to book a day's annual leave
This one's quite night to be fair.
11. You can walk down the street without bumping into half your mates
While it might mean you get where you're going quicker, life would be a lot more boring without knowing everyone you see and having to stop for a chat.
10. No one knows what a steamboat is
People will look at you like you're speaking a different language if you try to order one of these on a night out.
Southern Comfort, lime, lemonade. It's not hard.
9. It's the end of a night out and no one is going for a full sit-down Chinese meal
Alright, maybe some people do this in other places, but it's not the same as heading to the Mayflower to see the night out.
8. No one even knows what a curly blow is
In Liverpool, the curly blow is not just a hair style - it is a way of life. Walk into a hairdressers anywhere else and they're looking at you funny.
7. People actually think Scouser stereotypes are funny
When you leave Liverpool it's hard not to be struck by the sheer number of people who think "calm down, calm down" is funny.
See also: "You look smart, are you in court today?" "Say chicken and chips" "Better watch my hubcaps around you".
The list goes on.
6. People don't see keeping on top of their nails, tan and lashes as a matter of life and death
Try getting an appointment at your beauticians the week before the Grand National means booking in a year in advance.
Most Scouse women have themselves booked in for a regular appointment to get a soak off an acrylics, with a separate schedule for tan and lashes.
5. The parties will be a lot more tame
No one throws a party like Scousers
4. Mother's Day is just a normal day with - maybe a Sunday roast thrown in
Don't ask us why, but no one else celebrates Mother's Day quite like Scousers. Everywhere else in the country it's a quiet affair.
3. No one's letting you jump the queue in Aldi when you've only got a basket
Poor behaviour if you ask us. The rule is - five items or less and you have to let them jump in front of a trolley full of the big shop.
2. The entire city doesn't revolve around match days
Other football fans love their team and follow them home and away - but nowhere else on earth is football as much a fabric of the entire city as Liverpool.
Being here on a match day is like nothing else, and no matter where you are in the world, it doesn't quite compare.
1. People just aren't as friendly
Look, we know we're biased - but it's true. There's nowhere else on earth that people are so friendly, welcoming and up for a laugh.
It's definitely the thing you miss the most when you leave the city - and the thing that makes you realise you're home.
