How different are people in SoCal versus NorCal? (Orange, Berkeley: school, county)

[DynamoLA]

Originally Posted by sacramento916

Norcal is more intellectual. Socal is more superficial.

As far as egotism goes, the above quote encapsulates it in a nutshell.

[bigdumbgod]

Originally Posted by sacramento916

Norcal is more intellectual. Socal is more superficial.

There are a lot of people up here who pay lip service to this, but further inquiry often reveals that the same people have little or no personal experience in or knowledge of the area. As has been mentioned, L.A.-hating is an unavoidable time-honored indoctrination process in NorCal.

[sacramento916]

Want more?

Norcal is granola eating plain jane hipster chicks.

Socal is hotpants wearing plastic ***** pornstar chicks.

Norcal is a Toyota Prius.

Socal is a Maserati.

[Ihatespoiledbrattypeople]

Originally Posted by pbergen

so first you claim that the bay area never lost an nfl team, then you act as if the raiders leaving oakland after the 1981 season somehow doesn't count just because the team eventually returned?

i hate to break this to you, but that raiders relocation absolutely counts as the bay area losing an nfl team.

suppose the rams and/or raiders return to los angeles in the next few years (a very distinct possibility, btw) - does that erase the fact that the teams left LA in the first place? yeah, i didn't think so either.

not to mention, both the raiders and the 49ers have been mentioned as possible relocation candidates to los angeles once ground is broken on the new nfl stadium in downtown or the city of industry. personally, i can't see the niners ever moving from the bay area, but the fact that they're even being mentioned underscores the severe stadium issues they (and the raiders) have endured. that's because the politics of building a new stadium are just as difficult in norcal as in socal - it's just a california thing in general.

also, the sacramento kings came thisclose to moving to anaheim this past summer due to their inability to build a new arena, but were given a last minute reprieve. but if they can't come up with a viable plan by next summer, they're as good as gone. sure, sacramento isn't part of the bay area, but it is most definitely part of norcal.

and the oakland athletics have been trying for years to build a new stadium, to no avail. if things don't work out, they might end up in portland or san antonio.

so much for your theory that building a stadium is somehow easier or more politically viable in norcal compared with socal.

as i've mentioned many times in this forum, stadium issues and negligent/carpetbagging ownership are the primary reasons why sports franchises relocate to another market. that's why the rams and raiders left LA in the first place.

and for the record, there are many people in the LA area who were (and still are) upset that there isn't an nfl team in town. there are also plenty of people who don't care either way - but that's true in any market, including the most diehard sports towns such as boston, philly, nyc, chicago, etc.

when Oakland lost the Raiders to L.A., the Bay Area still had the 49ers, meanwhile the L.A. Metropolitan area has not had any NFL team, lost the entire NFL when the Raiders and the Rams left

[pbergen]

Originally Posted by Ihatespoiledbrattypeople

when Oakland lost the Raiders to L.A., the Bay Area still had the 49ers, meanwhile the L.A. Metropolitan area has not had any NFL team, lost the entire NFL when the Raiders and the Rams left

doesn't matter - you're missing the point.

this has been explained to you already multiple times.

[Fontucky]

Originally Posted by pbergen

doesn't matter - you're missing the point.

this has been explained to you already multiple times.

You're wasting your time, pbergen. That one's a one-trick pony.

[Harrier]

We don't need any stinking NFL team - we have the greatest rivalry in college football - USC and UCLA. (I'm sure I will get lots of Northern people touting the Big game - whatever.)

[Hwy phantom]

Originally Posted by Harrier

We don't need any stinking NFL team - we have the greatest rivalry in college football - USC and UCLA. (I'm sure I will get lots of Northern people touting the Big game - whatever.)

College football.....Zzzzzzzzzzzz

[pbergen]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

You're wasting your time, pbergen. That one's a one-trick pony.

yup, i totally agree.

to be honest, i should know better by now...yet i keep allowing myself to get baited by his inane, repetitive posts.

[DynamoLA]

Originally Posted by Hwy phantom

College football.....Zzzzzzzzzzzz

I'm sure you meant "NFL... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"