To: steve86
He misspoke a little bit, but I know what he meant.
Californians don’t talk about “Interstate 5” or the “San Diego Freeway”. All of the roads are referred to as “THE 5” or “THE 405”.
I’m a native, I grew up referring to roads that way.
17 posted on
12/06/2017 1:27:27 PM PST by
Not A Snowbird
(A year in Arizona... and I haven't burst into flames yet.)
To: SandyInSeattle
Californians dont talk about Interstate 5 or the San Diego Freeway. All of the roads are referred to as THE 5 or THE 405. If you use the names of freeways--the Santa Ana Freeway, San Bernardino Freeway, the Santa Monica Freeway, etc.--like I do, you're considered an old-timer.
To: SandyInSeattle
Californians dont talk about Interstate 5 or the San Diego Freeway. All of the roads are referred to as THE 5 or THE 405.
Actually, it's more of a Socal thing. In Northern California, we always referred to freeways just by their number, i.e. I-5, 101, 99, etc. The Socallers call it the I-5, the 101, etc.
39 posted on
12/06/2017 3:54:35 PM PST by
fr_freak
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