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In article <2ofb3l$30p@kraz.usc.edu> karl@kraz.usc.edu (Karl Geiger) writes:
>In article <2oeuct$sjt@mizar.usc.edu> mankin@mizar.usc.edu (Eric Mankin) writes:
>>
>>South of the Techachapis, roads are simple "the 10," "the I-5,"
>>"The 405"
>
>Jeez, now I feel like a geezer.  I've always called 'em by their
>names:
>
>Santa Monica Fwy - I10 westbound from downtown LA to Santa Monica San
>
>Bernardino Fwy - I10 eastbound from downtown LA to San Berdoo 
>
>Ventura Fwy - US 134 and 101 westbound from about Pasadena to Ventura.
>
>Hollywood Fwy - US 101 from downtown LA to Hollywood; also US 170
>from north SFV to Hollywood.

Well, many people have responded to this one, but there are a few points
I'd like to reiterate:

1) Yes, Karl, you are a geezer, and an LA-native one at that.

2) The examples I've included above are the *exact* reason why I'd
just as soon stick with the numbers!  If I'm going from Culver City
to Ontario (the local Ontario, that is), what do I need with "Santa
Monica" or "San Bernadino"?  Besides, I find it fascinating that when
I'm in Seattle, it's the same I-5, and when I'm in San Antonio, it's
the same I-10.  What a connected country this is.

3) I'm a different kind of geezer: I harken back to my youth in Ohio,
when "the interstate" could only mean one, since the others were 'way
far away.  (I can just hear it: "Take the Columbus to the Youngstown...")
Or, I could harken back to my days in central New Jersey, when "The
Parkway" and "The Turnpike" were all one needed to know.

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