Buzz·Posted on Jan 22, 201525 Things Long Islanders LoveHow many days until Ralph's reopens?by Arianna ReboliniBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Jones Beach shows. View this photo on Instagram 2. Correcting anyone who says they're "in" Long Island. mags @maggiemcmahon_ Kylie it's ON Long Island not IN Long Island 09:42 PM - 08 Feb 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite 3. Trespassing on town beaches or parks after dark. View this photo on Instagram 4. Parades. Arianna Rebolini @AriannaRebolini Spotted at the Huntington Christmas parade: a man in a full Elf costume drinking booze out of a maple syrup bottle. 01:54 AM - 30 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 5. Bonfires. View this photo on Instagram 6. 24-hour diners. View this photo on Instagram 7. And those diners' murals, specifically. Scott Stein @jetscott My favorite diner mural in all the world. Hauppauge Palace Diner, NY. 03:50 PM - 29 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 8. Taco Bell. kVd @k_ved Good to get home to long island, see the family, and get some nice home coo… Taco Bell. Sat Nov 08 02:20:41 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 9. Daring friends to visit the Kings Park Psych Center. View this photo on Instagram 10. Winking at that local love den. ;) ;) Kevin Braun @KevinBraun368 What happens at the commack motor inn stays at the commack motor inn 09:32 PM - 20 Jan 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 11. Carvel, especially on Wednesdays. View this photo on Instagram 12. Insisting that LONG ISLAND BAGELS ARE THE BEST BAGELS. Emily Blum @emilyblumm Trying to explain to my friend who lives upstate why Long Island bagels are the best 03:47 AM - 17 Jan 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 13. The Ducks. Mike Gavin @MikeGavin7 My office for the day: Bethpage Ballpark, home of the Long Island Ducks 04:15 PM - 13 Apr 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite 14. And the Duck. View this photo on Instagram 15. Going down with this "Brooklyn is on Long Island" ship. Say Monster @EliFisto Brooklyn is on Long Island. Look at a map. Mon Jan 19 22:34:17 UTC+0000 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Colin Moriarty @notaxation @porschhaaafan87 @JoeandEvan Brooklyn is on Long Island, and Barclays Center is 20 miles from Nassau Coliseum. Shhh. Don't tell anyone. 02:35 AM - 23 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Chuck D @MrChuckD Fly Hat Ive had this for years truly reps Strong Island esp when Islanders moved to Bkln which IS LongIsland #doPEhat 05:56 PM - 20 May 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 16. Ironically (but also not) referring to it as "Strong Island." Mike Errico @mikeerrico Strong Island to you, pally. “@VICE: Long Island's Littlest Beauty Queens http://t.co/4WOnYYxFzL ” Sun Dec 28 17:35:47 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 17. Vineyard crawls. View this photo on Instagram 18. Revisiting those old local emo favs. View this photo on Instagram 19. Holding a steadfast allegiance to ~your~ parkway. View this photo on Instagram 20. Spotting a Roosevelt Field cop on a segway. View this photo on Instagram 21. The day Ralph's Italian Ices opens for the season. View this photo on Instagram 22. The Piano Man. Gianna Minogue @DoseofVitaminGi If you don't blast Billy Joel in the car at least once a week, are you really from Long Island? 03:30 AM - 16 Jan 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 23. The rare empty car on the LIRR. View this photo on Instagram 24. Going ham on decorations. View this photo on Instagram 25. And, of course, all those beautiful beaches. View this photo on Instagram