[Farm93]

[quote author=Treebound link=topic=10074.msg90724#msg90724 date=1401981071]
Those are the same people that use the term "Frisco."  They aren't from our fair state!  And if they say "the 101" or "the 280" they are likely from SoCal and not NorCal.  I guess with that much traffic in LA, I might put an emphasis on the freeways as well.  "The 405 is the world's longest parking lot!"

Lived in LA some 30 years ago.  Back then SoCal people referred to freeways not by number, but by name, as in: Hollywood Freeway, Golden State Freeway, San Diego Freeway, etc. Have customs changed?
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Some in LA have names, but no one uses them.  As a practical matter the names usually don't extend throughout the massive LA Metroplex.  Those names are also rarely used by various internet mapping and direction services.  The number is much easier, especially since the directional signs only have numbers now.  So to tell someone to take "the Hollywood Freeway" would require them to already know a lot about where they want to go. 

I think I live near at least one or two of these freeways with names but few ever refer to them by any of their names.  I honestly don't know which highways have which names.  I guess maybe the names are a way to prove that you are some type of LA Area native.

The 405, the 5, the 101, the 10, etc.  That is the way they are identified.  Well...at least by anyone that is younger than, say, 55 with a job (and a commute).

[Farm93]

[quote author=Treebound link=topic=10074.msg90724#msg90724 date=1401981071]
Those are the same people that use the term "Frisco."  They aren't from our fair state!  And if they say "the 101" or "the 280" they are likely from SoCal and not NorCal.  I guess with that much traffic in LA, I might put an emphasis on the freeways as well.  "The 405 is the world's longest parking lot!"

Lived in LA some 30 years ago.  Back then SoCal people referred to freeways not by number, but by name, as in: Hollywood Freeway, Golden State Freeway, San Diego Freeway, etc. Have customs changed?
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Some in LA have names, but no one uses them.  As a practical matter the names usually don't extend throughout the massive LA Metroplex.  Those names are also rarely used by various internet mapping and direction services.  The number is much easier, especially since the directional signs only have numbers now.  So to tell someone to take "the Hollywood Freeway" would require them to already know a lot about where they want to go. 

I think I live near at least one or two of these freeways with names but few ever refer to them by any of their names.  I honestly don't know which highways have which names.  I guess maybe the names are a way to prove that you are some type of LA Area native.

The 405, the 5, the 101, the 10, etc.  That is the way they are identified.  Well...at least by anyone that is younger than, say, 55 with a job (and a commute).