Stupid Question for you SoCal Natives

[i'm the girl]

... alright I'm just another b*tch from the east coast, so please, enlighten me:

What is it with using your area codes as identification? And i see a lot have that in their profiles as where they live and whatever

sorry I'm not being an ass, I'm just curious. I find it amusing - and interesting to see how people have different slang in different places -- but I really just dont get it

[Prez808]

... alright I'm just another b*tch from the east coast, so please, enlighten me:

What is it with using your area codes as identification? And i see a lot have that in their profiles as where they live and whatever

sorry I'm not being an ass, I'm just curious. I find it amusing - and interesting to see how people have different slang in different places -- but I really just dont get it

Shorter than a zip code

Yes still anonymous...


edit: By the way, what is a pike/turnpike? When I was in Philly last year, all the freeways/highways were called that.

[uncle_el]

as prez808 said, area codes are shorter, yet still descriptive for us so cal natives.








btw, i'm moving back to so cal... l.a. actually

[r0gergcm]

to add to ^^^ they're shorter than zips and its a big state

[Prez808]

yet still descriptive for us so cal natives.

btw, i'm moving back to so cal... l.a. actually

NorCal too. 510 represent

[uncle_el]

from the 805

[J-specCb4]

im reppin 708..........................ok ill shut up now lol

[phatdoughnut]

509 here but im in washington ROFL!

whats even weirder is why the fuck do Southerners call soda pop COKE????? sigh.

[J-specCb4]

in chicagey we call it pop plain and simple and straight to the point

[wed3k]

man...thrs no one from the peninsula

[i'm the girl]

Shorter than a zip code

Yes still anonymous...


edit: By the way, what is a pike/turnpike? When I was in Philly last year, all the freeways/highways were called that.

Man you kids out here are wierd.... lmao -- answer is what I figured, so thanks : )

Ok - did you also notice that you have to PAY on turnpikes? (notice they're all FREEways out here)

The turnpike, well... ... it's a big mess of shit that's always under construction, basically

But seriously: tpke's are BIG in the northeast in general - i dunno know why, but the tolls you pay are there to, (in theory), help upkeep the roads. The shittiness of Pennsylvania roads is an entirely diff. issue in and of itself (my god, is it!!!)

A Pike is just another word for "highway" -- like Rte 309 back home is also called "Bethlehem Pike" -- parts of 313 are "dublin Pike" etc... describing the town that they lead to/ come from Just like out here there's "Hollywood Freeway" and "Santa Montica Freeway" . . and So on

So, a pike is a "main road" and it comes from way back when there was only one way to get somewhere

the TURNpike... is a toll road and actually refers to back in the day when they would collect your toll and turn open the "pike" - or a big bar blocking your way - to allow access/ exit

But there's only one Turnpike for PA ... and the other's are "routes" and "expressways" ... etc...- if you were in Philly... well theres the Blue Route, the Schuykill Expressway <affectionately known as the Sure-Kill b/c there is at least one near fatal to fatal accident at am rush hour and pm rush hour every day>

...yes, i am FULL of useless trivia

[deevergote]

I used to live just off the White Horse Pike, and I just came back from a small CB7 meet on the Black Horse Pike

And I used to be part of the "609 crew" back in highschool... one of the guys actually got that tattooed on himself. Sucks for him though, because our area code got changed to 856 about 6 months later

Just adding to the useless info... even more useless than anything else so far!

[i'm the girl]

just as fun to know as it is useless..

...

I always forget that crap carries over into Jersey -- at least we never had TRAFFIC CIRCLES ...

[Prez808]

Man you kids out here are wierd.... lmao -- answer is what I figured, so thanks : )

Maybe HIGHways went through the mountains, or it has something to do with high speed...

Yes when I drove from B-more to Bethlehem, PA the cost in tolls was more than $15!?!?! What happened to state taxes to cover road building costs?


With all due respect PA road signs are the WORST I have ever encountered. Ended up close to the NJ border when I was coming back from Lancaster one night...

[BB6-SH]

man...thrs no one from the peninsula

I'm here man reppin the 650.