> YOU KNOW YOU’RE FROM SAN DIEGO IF…..
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> 1. You can correctly pronounce Tierrasanta, La Jolla, Rancho Penesquitos, San Ysidro Otay Mesa, Jamul, and El Cajon, AND know where
they are.
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> 2. There are four distinct seasons: Summer, Not Quite Summer, Almost Summer, and oh, Hey look its summer again.
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> 3. Your high school had a surf team.
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> 4. Chula-juana is a real town, as well as San Yskidrow, Spun Alley, and Nasty City.
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> 5. Your house is worth more than some small countries.
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> 6. You know what MB, OB, and PB stand for.
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> 7. Every street name is either in Spanish or Spanish related, and
you’re surprised when other areas dont have this.
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> 8. You can determine the accuracy of someone’s “I’m ghetto” claim by
knowing their high school. for example: El Camino High School, or
Crawford High.
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> 9. You see weather forecasts for four different climate zones in the
same county, and aren’t remotely surprised.
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> 10. You’ve gone to Mt. Helix in July and know you still need a jacket.
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> 11. You remember going to “The Cross” on Mt. Helix for Easter
services. 60 degrees is COLD!
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> 12. You’ve tailgated at Qualcomm Stadium, and for bonus points, also
tailgated when it was Jack Murphy Stadium.
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> 13. You know that “charge!” doesn’t refer to a credit card.
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> 14. You remember going downtown via Federal Blvd. before Hwy 94 was
built.
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> 15. You remember when Hwy 94 was 2 lanes in each direction.
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> 16. You’ve been on a field trip to see an Imax movie at the Rueben H.
Fleet Space Center.
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> 17. You still call it the Del Mar Fair.
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> 18. You say “I’m going to the track” and people know what your talking
about.
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> 19. You say “I’m going to the park” and people know what you mean.
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> 20. You remember when ‘Lemon Grove’, ‘La Mesa’, and ‘Spring Valley’
were “in the sticks”
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> 21. You understand what may-gray and june-gloom means.
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> 22. A famous skateboarder/surfer lives in your town,
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> 23. Theres a North County, South County, and an East County but no
Central County.
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> 24. You know what it means when a girl in a short skirt is walking on
El Cajon Blvd.
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> 25. You’ve gotten stuck in the Horton Plaza parking structure traffic
after a Padres game.
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> 26. You know what “the merge” is, and will plan your entire day around
not being on it during rush hour.
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> 27. You know the difference between clairmont mesa, kearny mesa, and
mira mesa.
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> 28. You’ve stayed home from school or work, because “It’s Raining!”.
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> 29. You’ve gone to sea world on a warm day and sat in the first few
rows at the shamu show to get cooled off.
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> 30. You’ve been delayed at the Border Checkpoints on the 5, the 8 and
the 15.
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> 31. Your house doesn’t have or need air conditioning unless you live
in the East County.
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> 32. No matter what the weather is, there is always someone walking
around in a t-shirt, shorts, and flip flops.
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> 33. You’ve been to the desert, the mountains, and the beach all in one
day.
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> 34. You know that Santee, and Lakeside is where the ‘cowboys’ live.
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> 35. You know why Hillcrest is known as ‘the swish alps’.
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> 36. You hate tourists and their bad driving. (But you don’t know how
to drive in the rain.)
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> 37. You’ve gone to the Zoo just to hang out.
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> 38. You have family or friends that have moved to Arizona, Nevada,
Utah or Colorado.
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> 39. You know someone who doesn’t own pants.
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> 40. You know what the ‘Santa Anas’ are, and that they have nothing to
do with the city of Santa Ana.
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> 41. You know what ‘real mexican food’ tastes like.
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> 42. You remember when ‘Mission Valley’ was cow pastures (Oh…to have bought land then!)
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> 43. You remember when Lemon Grove had “the cows”
44. Your latest car cost more than your first house.
I’ve seen a part of this list before, but yours is even better! In the 1960s, when my parents decided to move from Clairemont to the Lake Murray/Del Cerro area my sibs and I complained bitterly about not wanting to move “out to the sticks.”
I’ve seen a part of this list before, but yours is even better! In the 1960s, when my parents decided to move from Clairemont to the Lake Murray/Del Cerro area my sibs and I complained bitterly about not wanting to move “out to the sticks.”
14) No 94 freeway! Good lord, how ancient are you? I can remember that Johnny Ferrari’s was the last farm in Mission Valley and when there was no 805 freeway. Anyone who remembers driving down Federal Boulevard to go Downtown has to be older than dirt.
21) I thought May Gray and June Gloom were a season.
42) My Grandparents owned the land just east of the 805 in Mission Valley.
14) No 94 freeway! Good lord, how ancient are you? I can remember that Johnny Ferrari’s was the last farm in Mission Valley and when there was no 805 freeway. Anyone who remembers driving down Federal Boulevard to go Downtown has to be older than dirt.
21) I thought May Gray and June Gloom were a season.
42) My Grandparents owned the land just east of the 805 in Mission Valley.
Like the o.p., I’m old as dirt (although “fifty is the new thirty-five,” supposedly). Just got my unsolicited AARP membership packet the other day! I am interested in knowing if anyone else here remembers the local Johnny Downs’ cartoon show that came on every weekday afternoon after school. Long before computers, Johnny would seemingly dance on the top of a Golden Arrow (I think that was the name of the local dairy) bottle cap.
Like the o.p., I’m old as dirt (although “fifty is the new thirty-five,” supposedly). Just got my unsolicited AARP membership packet the other day! I am interested in knowing if anyone else here remembers the local Johnny Downs’ cartoon show that came on every weekday afternoon after school. Long before computers, Johnny would seemingly dance on the top of a Golden Arrow (I think that was the name of the local dairy) bottle cap.
