Your are from San Diego IF:

[JES]

You gave up your 7 yr. ARM, interest only, 400k mortgage, 10k/year property taxes/mello roos and cashed out in early 2006. You were making 90k a year, but not saving a penny, nor paying down your mortgage. You cashed out, moved out of state, and yet still have relatives telling you that “The Mexicans make it work, why can’t you?”

[Anonymous]

You know you are from San Diego IF
you don’t say “the 5” , “the 805” ,
“The 163” etc….
That migrated down from LA.
As a native born San Diegan, It still grates on me to
Hear someone say that

[UCGal]

[quote=G-money]You know you are from San Diego IF
you don’t say “the 5” , “the 805” ,
“The 163” etc….
That migrated down from LA.
As a native born San Diegan, It still grates on me to
Hear someone say that[/quote]
That’s pretty common in more than just LA.

When I was in Bellingham, WA there was a weird thing where roads/streets within the city were described without a “the” in front of them, but when the road crossed out of the city, into the county “the” was added to them.

So the same road would be “Guide-Meridian” in town, but became “The Guide-Meridian” as soon as you crossed the city boundary. Same with Chuckanut drive (which became “the Chuckanut Drive”). Drove me nuts for the several years I lived in Bellingham.

[desmond]

If you went to “San Diego Stadium” and saw

Dave Winfield, Ozzie Smith, Nate Colbert, and Tony Gwynn play for the Padres. Oh yea, and “number 11 Enzoooe Heerrrrrrrrnannndezzz”

[Reality]

[quote=G-money]You know you are from San Diego IF
you don’t say “the 5” , “the 805” ,
“The 163” etc….
That migrated down from LA.
As a native born San Diegan, It still grates on me to
Hear someone say that[/quote]

I first noticed that when I moved to LA in 1988 and yes it’s common here now too.

At least we (or the traffic reporters) haven’t named our freeways yet like:

Santa Monica Freeway
Hollywood Freeway
Golden State Freeway
San Bernardino Freeway
San Diego Freeway
Long Beach Freeway
Pasadena Freeway

[Reality]

[quote=desmond]If you went to “San Diego Stadium” and saw

Dave Winfield, Ozzie Smith, Nate Colbert, and Tony Gwynn play for the Padres. Oh yea, and “number 11 Enzoooe Heerrrrrrrrnannndezzz”[/quote]

Tony Gwynn never played in “San Diego Stadium” as a Padre. It was renamed for Jack Murphy before Gwynn made his MLB debut in 1982.

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