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Old 03-24-2013, 03:30 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Often, I hear of the supposed differences between "NorCal" (SF Bay Area, Sacramento, etc.) and "So Cal" (Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire stretching down to San Diego).

But the simplistic "NorCal" vs "SoCal" dichotomy obscures more than it illuminates, IMHO. For example, Stockton is technically "NorCal" and Bakersfield is technically "SoCal," yet I think these two Central Valley cities are more similar to each other in some ways than either of the two are to the SF Bay Area or to Los Angeles, no? There's a lot of difference between the coast and the interior, even within "NorCal" or "SoCal."

Also, there are many differences between different cities and areas within the SF Bay Area, as there are within Greater Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, and the Central Valley, to name just a few regions of California.

So I guess my point is that the nuances and diversity of California's geography, demography, culture make simplistic dichotomies pretty difficult when describing this state.
No I think it's fairly accurate with the exception of Central California. In my view there's northern, central, and southern. Southern starts at the Grapevine or Fort Tejon pass. Central goes from The grapevine to around Fresno or just north of Fresno. Hope that makes sense.
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Old 03-28-2013, 02:47 PM
 
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uh-huh, see I've been there

...and for those who don't know, it's "CAL-AH-PAY-TREE-UH" not "CAL-AH-PAT-TREE-UH"
No, no, es "CAHLEEPAHTREEA!"
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Old 03-28-2013, 02:56 PM
 
Location: Declezville, CA
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No, find out if they know about Calipatria. Then they know Socal.
My version of that is Holtville. If you can tell me where it is, face-to-face with no Google, you know So Cal. (good food at Mexico Lindo)
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Old 03-28-2013, 03:17 PM
 
Location: Boulder Creek, CA
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No, find out if they know about Calipatria. Then they know Socal.
If they know that, the they might be in the company of hoodlums (the prison population outnumbers the rest of the town). If they know Bernice, then they really know SoCal. That, and what famous little town is just east of Niland?
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Old 03-28-2013, 05:47 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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If they know that, the they might be in the company of hoodlums (the prison population outnumbers the rest of the town). If they know Bernice, then they really know SoCal. That, and what famous little town is just east of Niland?
Salton City? Believe it or not, when I lived in San Diego, I had friends in Seeley, El Centro, Imperial, Brawley and Calipat
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Old 03-28-2013, 05:49 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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My version of that is Holtville. If you can tell me where it is, face-to-face with no Google, you know So Cal. (good food at Mexico Lindo)
Hooterville LOL That's sort of to the southeast of El Centro. never been there. Now do you know where Westmorland is?
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Old 03-28-2013, 05:51 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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No, no, es "CAHLEEPAHTREEA!"
haha you need to teach them
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Old 03-28-2013, 06:24 PM
 
Location: Glendale, CA
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I think I've identified at least 10 distinct regions of California...


Regions of California
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Old 03-28-2013, 06:30 PM
 
Location: On the "Left Coast", somewhere in "the Land of Fruits & Nuts"
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Hey, me like place with Boring Dragons (much better than place with Boring Movie Stars)!
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Old 03-28-2013, 06:46 PM
 
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I just smote me a dragon in the Bay Area before I went to Costco.
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