Bloordale doesn't really have a defining feature by which people who live in other neighbourhoods identify it aside from its location. It's notbrunch central. It's not a place Vogue Magazine hasdeclared as super cool. But for those who live here, there's a charm to its not fully polished character.

Here are 10 signs you live in Bloordale.

1.You lament that fact that you have to leave the neighbourhood to find a decent butcher, fishmonger, and cheese shop.

2. At one point or another you've chatted with Jason Raabe, owner ofHaven Espresso Bar,Orchard, andNorth Haven.

3.You've snapped a drunken Instagram photo ofthe pun-happy signat Dovercourt Baptist Church outside of Dufferin Station.

4.You find it at least somewhat hard to believe that the House of Lancaster and Club Paradise don't seem to make the neighbourhood all that seedy. Well, these days at least.

5.Despite passing by hundreds of times, the temptation to stop and peer in the window ofEarth Echoes Reptile Centrenever seems to cease.

6.You can't believe that there still isn't a 24 hour convenience store anywhere to be found.

7.The thought has, however, struck you that Tower City Dollar & Variety is the greatest store in the world. It has everything. If only it was open later...

8.You regularly cut through the alley beside3 Speedto access Dufferin Mall and pity those who don't know about the shortcut.

9.You're loyal to eitherSweet Pete'sorBroadway Cyclebut not both.

10.You've window shopped countless times at the cluster of furniture stores near Lansdowne, but never actually bought anything.

What did I miss? Add your suggestions in the comments.