I was bored and was reading this on wikipedia and its the truest thing ever having lived in Southern CA all my life and then moving to Nor CA for 6 monhts and now moving back.
"Northern vs. Southern California
A rivalry has gradually developed between Northern and Southern California. It is not surprising, therefore, that the regions have developed a few lexical differences.
For example, in California's car-centered culture, nomenclature describing the state's extensive network of freeways takes on a special prominence. One commonly noted difference (and perennial shibboleth) between Northern California and Southern California English is the way in which an article may be appended to the label of a major freeway. While most native or longtime Southern Californians are likely to refer to U.S. Route 101 or Interstate 5, for example, as "the 101" and "the 5" [4], residents of most of Northern California are more likely to refer to those same roads as just "101" and "5" or "I-5"."
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