You know you're from So Cal when...

[lakersfreak]

1) Your monthly house payments exceed your annual income.

2) You drive next to a Rolls Royce and don't notice.

3) You don't know anyone's phone number unless you check your cell phone

4) You understand and speak at least some spanish

5) You begin to "lie" to your friends about how close you are when you know damn well that it'll take you at least an hour to get there (see below).

6) Getting anywhere from point A to point B, no matter what the distance, takes about "twenty minutes".

7) You drive to your neighborhood block party.

8) In the "winter", you can go to the beach and ski at Big Bear on the same day or mow your lawn in your shorts on New Years Day, and maybe get a sunburn.

9) You eat a different ethnic food for every meal.

10) If your destination is more than 5 minutes away on foot, you're definitely driving.

11) Calling your neighbors requires knowing their area code.

12) You know what "In-'N-Out" is and feel bad for all the other states because they don't have any.

13) You don't stop at a STOP sign, you do a California Roll.

14) You really can never be too rich or too thin or too tan. (well, you can be too rich or too thin, but at least never too tan...)

15) You've partied in Tijuana at least 3 times and you don't remember at least 1 of them.

16) You go to a tanning salon before going to the beach.

17) You eat pineapple on pizza. (YEAH!!)

18) Your cell phone has left a permanent impression on the side of your head.

19) You think that Venice is a beach.

20) The waitress asks if you'd like "carbs" in your meal.

21) You know who the tinsel underwear dude in Venice Beach is.

22) You classify new people you meet by their Area Code. An "818" would never date a "562" and anyone from "323" or "213" is ghetto/second class. Best area codes: "619", "714", "949" Nobody likes anyone from the "909".

23) You call 911 and they put you on hold.

24) You have a gym membership because it's mandatory.

25) The gym is packed at 3pm...on a workday.

26) You think you are better than the people who live "Over the Hill". It doesn't matter which side of the hill you are currently residing, you are just better than them, for whatever reason.

27) You know that if you drive two miles in any direction you will find a McDonald's or a Starbucks.

28) You know what "SigAlert", "PCH", and " The Five" mean.

29) You can't remember . . . is pot illegal?

30) It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH".

31) The Terminator is your governor.

32) It's 80 degrees at 1 am.

33) You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from California

[chef]

310 rep y'all!

[LABigBoi]

Too funny and so true. We're on our own planet here...

[ArrOhBee]

[chef]

[eureca]

South Central!

[ToughKarl]

so true!!

[KOBE 2.0]

You see you're in SoCal when you see Gangster wannabes.

[The_Lakers_Show]

949 Biatches!!!!
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[LakersGirl4Life]

Awesome post!

So passing this on, especially aince I identify with them all!!!

[STiG909]

Lol, I'm from the 909, do you all hate me?

And Venice is still a beach!

[chef]

[ArrOhBee]

[ocho]

[Dorray]

805 dawg 8)

[Ted]

310

haha i like how 213 and 323 are ghetto. i used to be 213 then i moved on up.

213=inglewood, hawthorne (i think)
323= long beach

[bootleg576]

[Thugnomoe]

Inglewood can be 310 also..depends..but its also westwood..

isn't Los feliz and Griffith park 323? cuz they definetly aren't ghetto..

Manhattan is also a beach!

[lakeshow03]

its all about the big 818!

[MIMLaker]

34) You have a 4-year-old kid already involved in Gymboree, dance class, swimming lessons, and art class, but you schedule them for play dates 'cause they're not socializing enough.

35) You decide not to go to a movie because its box office numbers were low the week before.

36) You need to look up written instructions on how to take our subways.

37) You need to stop and remember that we HAVE subways.

38) You tune your car radio back and forth between news stations just in time for traffic reports -- without looking at the clock to see when the next report will be.

39) You keep a beach towel in the car, just in case.

40) You know at least one good hole-in-the-wall, mom & pop place for Mexican food, one for Thai, AND one for Middle Eastern food... all wiothin 10 miles of your house.

41) You've been to a wedding with a vegetarian option.

42) Someone in your office has a box of green tea in the kitchen.

43) You've had a picnic in the $10 seats at the Hollywood Bowl.

44) You have to look around you before getting up to dance at a concert.

45) You know at least one aspiring screenwriter.

46) You give people three sets of directions to anywhere -- on the freeway, off the freeway, and around downtown.

47) You double-check people's food allergies before throwing a dinner party.

48) You clap every time a PA announcer advises an audience of a non-smoking policy.

49) You understand when a friend is in bad mood during "pilot season."

50) You complain about $3 for gas, but NOT about $4 for coffee.

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[I Venti Quattro]

You've smoked weed with at least one of your friends parents

[smokestack]

51) you've shopped the rose bowl flea market on sunday
52) you know the best chicken is at zankou's
53) you love car chases and flip between coverage provided by ch.2,4,5,7,9,11 and 13
54) you frown upon mainstream fastfood, and understand the qualities of 'superior fastfood'
55) you've gotten into a fight with some korean lady (very scary) in k-town
56) cbtl > starbucks
57) you get serious. insane. uncontrollable. road rage.
58) two consecutive days of gray skies gets you depressed
59) you learned how to drive freeways by cruising to las vegas.
60) you have fond childhood memories of field trips to the la brea tar pits and griffith observatory

[notWorthy]

[lakersfreak]

You guys are great