Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site oddjob.UChicago.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!gargoyle!oddjob!matt From: matt@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Matt Crawford) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: what do you call the freeway Message-ID: <484@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 11:55:37 EDT Article-I.D.: oddjob.484 Posted: Wed Oct 10 11:55:37 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Oct-84 07:44:17 EDT References: <869@ihuxe.UUCP> <207@zinfandel.UUCP>Reply-To: matt@oddjob.UUCP ( Crawford) Organization: U. Chicago: Astronomy & Astrophysics Lines: 25 Summary: Re: phil@amd.UUCP (Phil Ngai)'s: > > In article <> tim@callan.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes: > > >If you are ever in Pasadena, try the Pasadena Freeway ( The 11 ). > > This is interesting. I have been to LA and thought most people there > called the Freeways by their names (Hollywood Freeway, San Diego > Freeway, Santa Monica Freeway, Golden State Freeway, etc) while > people in the San Francisco bay area called freeways by their numbers > (101, 280, 580, 17, etc). Yes, everyone in Southern California uses the names; let's assume Tim Smith was being helpful to strangers. One reason that may contribute to the difference in usage between the South and the North is the names themselves. From L.A., the Pasadena Freeway takes you to Pasadena, the San Diego Freeway takes you to San Diego, The Riverside Freeway takes you to Riverside, and so on. Sometimes those freeways which don't pass through L.A. fail to have such descriptive names, but still the Foothill Freeway is near the foothills and the Newport Freeway has Newport Beach at one end. Does anyone remember the "Richard M. Nixon Freeway"? _____________________________________________________ Matt University crawford@anl-mcs.arpa Crawford of Chicago ihnp4!oddjob!matt