1. Trying to get anywhere on the Rapid is like
2. How you feel when it’s festival weekend:
3. How your out of state friends imagine the weather here:
4. What the weather is actually like:
5. You YEARN for spring
6. Because it means farmers’ markets (fresh fruit!)
7. And that summer (AKA beach season) is almost here
8. This is what everyone thinks it’s like to go out in Brew City
9. In reality, it’s more like this
10. You have a love/hate relationship with ArtPrize
11. You obsessively check the weather forecast in spring, hoping the Grand River doesn’t flood...again
12. You’ve become an expert at dodging potholes
13. But that’s okay because the cost of living is so affordable
14. You go out to eat practically anywhere and you’re all
15. This is you looking at everyone on the starting line for the Fifth Third Riverbank Run
16. Eating Yesterdog at 1 AM is like
17. You cry a little inside when your friends ask you if you’ve ridden the GVSU Pendulum like a wrecking ball
18. You know that Grand Rapids is the coolest city… and you wouldn’t have it any other way
All GIFs sourced from Giphy.com.
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