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View Poll Results: More famous: Los Angeles/Hollywood or New York City?
Los Angeles/Hollywood 33 26.83%
New York City 90 73.17%
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Old 07-13-2019, 04:43 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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You’ve been living in LA for 25 years and refer the the 405 and the 110 as I405 and I110, ok? I’d buy that if you never had contact with another person and never watched/listened to a news report. I’ve never heard anyone that’s been in Southern California for more than a year still refer to a freeway as I(insert #) or interstate/state route (insert #)
It's a huge tell. It would be like saying that you lived in NYC for 25 years and then saying "4 line" or "L line" instead of 4 train and L train.
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Old 07-13-2019, 07:58 PM
 
Location: New York City & Los Angeles
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You’ve been living in LA for 25 years and refer the the 405 and the 110 as I405 and I110, ok? I’d buy that if you never had contact with another person and never watched/listened to a news report. I’ve never heard anyone that’s been in Southern California for more than a year still refer to a freeway as I(insert #) or interstate/state route (insert #)
https://www.kcet.org/shows/departure...monica-freeway

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013...-for-120-days/

https://www.metro.net/news/press-kits/ LA Metro Official Site

I’m not interested in that pointless word games. Fine, I’m not from LA, I’m from the Mars.

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