Where does Northern California end and Southern California begin? (San Jose: restaurants, retiree)

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by Nedrick

On the 99 freeway in Madera, there is a palm tree and a redwood tree in the center median. Palm south / redwood north. That is the actual north/south line.

Actually, there are palm trees as far north as Redding. Sacramento and San Jose are full of palm trees.

I even saw some palm trees in Eugene, Oregon (the small kind, not the super tall stalky kind).

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by Sassberto

Southern CA: from MX border to Santa Barbara
Central CA: from Santa Barbara to Monterey
Northern CA: from Monterey to Oregon

I have a slightly different definition:

South Coast: Border to Santa Barbara

Central Coast: North of Santa Barbara to San Francisco

North Coast: North of San Francisco to Oregon border

[vdy1985]

Originally Posted by mysticaltyger

I have a slightly different definition:

South Coast: Border to Santa Barbara

Central Coast: North of Santa Barbara to San Francisco

North Coast: North of San Francisco to Oregon border

I have a spin on that too.


South: Border to SB

Central: SB to Santa Cruz

North: Anything beyond Santa Cruz

[vdy1985]

Does anyone know the exact halfway point of the state?

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by JakeDog

Santa Barbara is the begining of SoCal IMO. Culturally, weather-wise, etc. I don't see how SB cannot be considered SoCal.

Yeah, I agree. I consider it Northern (or Central) CA where the coastline changes direction (and the ocean/weather gets cooler) at Point Conception.

There are a few 'banana belts' on the Central & Northern CA coasts, but they are small enough so that you know the chill of Northern CA isn't far away.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by vdy1985

I have a spin on that too.


South: Border to SB

Central: SB to Santa Cruz

North: Anything beyond Santa Cruz

Yeah, I could go along with that definition.

[Adriatica]

Originally Posted by mysticaltyger

Actually, there are palm trees as far north as Redding. Sacramento and San Jose are full of palm trees.

I even saw some palm trees in Eugene, Oregon (the small kind, not the super tall stalky kind).

Yes, of course there are. But these particular trees mentioned (the redwood and palm on highway 99) were planted by CalTrans as a cute way of indicating the midline of the state. These trees are where CA is geographically split north to south.

[Adriatica]

Originally Posted by vdy1985

Does anyone know the exact halfway point of the state?

The geographic center of CA is near North Fork, CA. So if you drew a line east and west from North Fork, you'd get the exact geographic split.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Adriatica

The geographic center of CA is near North Fork, CA. So if you drew a line east and west from North Fork, you'd get the exact geographic split.

I am not sure drawing a line would work, I think there is more to consider than exact no/so.

Nita

[Adriatica]

Originally Posted by nmnita

I am not sure drawing a line would work, I think there is more to consider than exact no/so.

Nita

Oh, I'm not talking about how north and south is commonly recognized by people. But he asked for the exact split and that's exactly where it is, geographically speaking.