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MisterE
Trad climber
Meeteetse, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 10, 2009 - 09:42pm PT
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"Sylmar: Gateway to the 210"
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apogee
climber
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Aug 10, 2009 - 09:44pm PT
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"West Covina: Hey, it ain't Pacoima...!"
"Hemet: Some day, we'll be Fresno"
"Riverside: Air so thick, you'd be tempted to breathe it with a fork (but use a straw to enjoy every drop!)"
"Where the H*ll is Fullerton?"
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MisterE
Trad climber
Meeteetse, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 10, 2009 - 09:51pm PT
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"Inglewood: Aviation Fans Welcome!"
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Dapper Dan
climber
Menlo Park
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Aug 10, 2009 - 09:52pm PT
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"Ahaheim: Home to the Los Angeles Angels"
(Hemet is so the next Fresno)
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apogee
climber
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Aug 10, 2009 - 09:54pm PT
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"San Fernando Valley: Porn movie center of the world!"
Mister E, you beat me to it! (Hey...where'd you go?)
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apogee
climber
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Aug 10, 2009 - 09:56pm PT
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"Victorville: Meth is what we do best."
"My parents went to San Bernardino, and all I got was this lousy used syringe."
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 10, 2009 - 09:57pm PT
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"Any Pimp from Pomona." Berkeley Breathed.
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apogee
climber
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:02pm PT
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"Yorba Linda: Birthplace of Richard M. Nixon"
"Temecula: Someday, we'll be Irvine"
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:04pm PT
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Erik - can't remember the verbal digs for SoCal from 20 years ago, but here are some classics from the Central Coast - warning, some are pretty arcane for a newcomer.
Santa Barbara - the land of the newly wed and nearly dead.
Carpinteria - No, We Don't Sell Carpet Asshole!
Oxnard - where the sh#t meets the sea. (think sewer plant)
Lompoc - At Least We Don't Suck as Much As Guadalupe.
Buellton Blows because Solvang Sucks. (wind related)
Then there are some likewise dubious gems from inland:
Taft - This Ain't Fukin Texas.
Cuyama - Chumash phrase meaning "You're Lost!"
Kettleman City - not a phrase, but a ski bud of mine back in the day on our weekly bonzai runs to the mountains would refer to our first stop at KC as a "Sh#t and Git in a Split". Meaning you could hit a bathroom, and get gas, food and back on the freeway in less than 10 minutes.
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:06pm PT
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Dude, how 'bout "Pacoima"...
Or dat Pasedena freeway...
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MisterE
Trad climber
Meeteetse, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 10, 2009 - 10:07pm PT
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Apogee: You summed it up better, so I deleted.
"Reseda: Home of the Industrious!"
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Dapper Dan
climber
Menlo Park
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:08pm PT
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Speaking of central coast town monikers , what do you got for San Luis Obispo ? I lived there for some years.
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:10pm PT
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It's an acquired taste called "inner-city grit"...
L.A. is the bomb foo...
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apogee
climber
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:12pm PT
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"Morongo Valley: When your car just can't make it up that long hill to Yucca Valley"
"Mission Viejo: Stucco capital of the US"
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Gene
climber
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:13pm PT
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Sierra Madre: Our rich kids go dirtbag.
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apogee
climber
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:14pm PT
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"Altadena: Someday, we'll be Sierra Madre"
"Pomona: It's not just racetracks anymore."
"Norco: Because everyone's house should smell like a rotting cow's anus"
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:17pm PT
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Dap - the only one I can recall hearing about SLO was based on a fad by the CalPoly grads who would torch their furniture at end of term.
With led to the story that Luis Obispo was the Patron Saint of Burning Sofas.
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Barcus
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, Ca.
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:21pm PT
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Mooro Bay, Where the sewer meets the surf under the fog!
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apogee
climber
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:23pm PT
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Boy, there sure are a lot of cities where sewer meets the sea.
"Valencia: We're more than gangland violence at Magic Mountain"
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Porn, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 10, 2009 - 10:41pm PT
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Ray J - just having a little fun - mine have been nice.
I can't control the content here
CanogaParkHell'sHalfAcreErik
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:52pm PT
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That said the creepiest and most f*#ked up sh*t I seen?
Probably in Hollywood, dude.
No, slander away, LA=big boy, all grown up man, healthy ego.
Funny sh*t apogee...
You gotta love the highs and...the lows.
This is socal, and these are my neighbors.
Phuk man my folks had a place in Canoga park...
Yeah, lotsa Apricots...
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apogee
climber
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Aug 10, 2009 - 11:27pm PT
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"Monrovia: Home of Trader Joes- at least we got that goin' on for us!"
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apogee
climber
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Aug 10, 2009 - 11:44pm PT
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"Redondo Beach: Someday, we'll be Manhattan Beach"
"Manhattan Beach: Someday, we'll be Santa Monica"
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Aug 10, 2009 - 11:54pm PT
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My hometown of Burbank.
"Welcome to Beautiful Downtown Burbank!"
I saw Jay Leno today driving down Magnolia Blvd. in one of his 100 plus cars. If you have to live in LA Burbank is a pretty good town to live in.
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apogee
climber
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Aug 10, 2009 - 11:57pm PT
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"Bel Air: we really don't give a f*ck what you think of us"
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Barbarian
Trad climber
slowly dying in the OC
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Aug 11, 2009 - 12:20am PT
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Tustin: Watered down schools and giant vacant lot.
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Aug 11, 2009 - 12:33am PT
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Ha! Goo ones man...
Here:
Person from San Diego (Sandi-ego) commenting on
ALL LA beaches:
Ewww! You go there??,
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Porn, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2009 - 02:10am PT
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"We took this trip to Garden Grove"
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apogee
climber
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Aug 11, 2009 - 02:13am PT
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"Where the h*ll is Murrieta?"
"Where the h*ll is Rohnert Park?"
"Where the h*ll is Sunland?"
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 11, 2009 - 02:38am PT
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"Beverly Hills - No Hillbillies Here"
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Porn, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2009 - 02:45am PT
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This is not a "Districts of Vancouver" thread here, Pal.
Just sayin.
Although I might mention:
Welcome to Lion's Gate Park District: We Got What You Need Whatever 'IT' Is"
How did I do? ;)
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 11, 2009 - 02:47am PT
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"Bellingham - Sulfur Dioxide, and more"
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Aug 11, 2009 - 08:04am PT
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San Bernadino not just birdoo anymore.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Aug 11, 2009 - 08:08am PT
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Shittier Whittier
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drdave
Trad climber
SoCal
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Aug 11, 2009 - 10:00am PT
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Moorpark is just Krap Room backwards.
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Clod
climber
Frogtown, LA, CA
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Aug 11, 2009 - 10:30am PT
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Vernon: Because the meat isn't going to pack itself. . . .
Bell: Bell Gardens, but no gardens.
Cudahy: Wherefore, Cudahy?
Commerce: Why not stop and put some air in your tires?
Inglewood: Stinger Missile Capital of Eastern LAX
Santa Fe Springs: Southern California's Home of Cruel Zoroastrian Theocracy
Huntington Park: Just Float Down From Vernon
Duarte: Please Look Both Ways Before Going Outside
Don't Let the Sun Set on you in Maywood!
Montebello: No Monte, No Bello
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Gene
climber
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Aug 11, 2009 - 10:36am PT
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Very well done, Clod!!!
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guyman
Trad climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Aug 11, 2009 - 11:48am PT
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Spell Moorpark backwards........
Kraproom.
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D. Rivas
Trad climber
Ventura, CA.
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Aug 11, 2009 - 01:37pm PT
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This one is actually a bumber sticker...
Oxnard: More than just a pretty name.
and of course the punk rock classic
Oxnard: The land of no toilets.
davi.
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Iron Mtn.
Trad climber
Corona, Ca.
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Aug 11, 2009 - 01:57pm PT
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San Bernardino-Not Even a Atomic Bomb would make this place look better.
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EP
Social climber
Way Out There
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Aug 11, 2009 - 02:03pm PT
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It ain't LA, but it's home.
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hooblie
climber
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Aug 11, 2009 - 02:05pm PT
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Thousand Oakies: my rooster raisin', donkey brayin' neighbors assure me this still applies, so my spare trucks are righteously parked on the lawn
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L
climber
Wrung through the paradox, broken into wholeness
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Aug 11, 2009 - 02:48pm PT
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Santa Monica: Known to locals as Soviet Monica
Palm Springs: They call it The Gay Nineties because all the men are either ghey or 90
Beverly Hills: More plastic people than Mattel©
Manhattan Beach: Where you can build you $7M mansion on top of another $7M mansion and feel good about it
Hollywood: Bollywood, but more ethnic
The PCH: Used to be the Pacific Coast Highway, now it's Prime Coastal Housing
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Barbarian
Trad climber
slowly dying in the OC
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Aug 11, 2009 - 02:59pm PT
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North Tustin: "Santa Ana with an attitude".
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L
climber
Wrung through the paradox, broken into wholeness
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Aug 11, 2009 - 03:03pm PT
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Orange County: The Orange Curtain
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Gene
climber
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Aug 11, 2009 - 03:37pm PT
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As a result of an inflex of Asians in the 80s and 90s, San Marino became locally known as Chan Marino and Arcadia morphed into Arcasia.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Aug 11, 2009 - 03:52pm PT
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Bakersfield -
Home of the Tomb of the Unknown Hells Angel
Bakersfield -
Last Walmart before Fresno - Shop Now!
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Josh Nash
Social climber
riverbank ca
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Aug 11, 2009 - 03:53pm PT
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stockton=on our way to becoming oakland
menifee= temecula's suburb
sacremento=excramento(the Don and mike show.....too bad mike omaera's show got canned too)
central valley= that place your drive through on your way from la to sf.
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Porn, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2009 - 04:24pm PT
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Redlands! Valley Living At It's Valleyest!
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Aug 11, 2009 - 04:27pm PT
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All these posts and not a single bit of bashing for my hometown -- Torrance.
So here's one:
Torrance, as far as you can get in the LA area from any actual rock worth climbing.
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Aug 11, 2009 - 04:33pm PT
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Where de hell is Chulabista essay??
Oh, oh chit it's ChulaVista...
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Steve L
Trad climber
SUR
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Aug 11, 2009 - 04:53pm PT
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AnaCrime
Garbage Grove
Herbmosa Beach
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apogee
climber
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Aug 11, 2009 - 04:56pm PT
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Saliva (Solana) Beach
Chula Juana
Escondildo
Sandy Eggo
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 11, 2009 - 04:57pm PT
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So all these descriptions of the "less popular" LA cities has left me wondering: Less popular than what? What burb, burg, town, or city in the region is "more popular"?
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Aug 11, 2009 - 05:59pm PT
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Fallbrook Frogbutt
Inglewood Inglewatts
Palm Springs Gays and grays
Garden Grove Garbage Grove
Vista Bista
Chula Vista Chula Bista
Joshua Tree Chossua Tree
29 Palm 29 Bombs
Irvine Furvine
Whittier Shittier
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Josh Nash
Social climber
riverbank ca
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Aug 11, 2009 - 06:07pm PT
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ocean side=ocean slime
29 palms=the stumps
las angelASS!
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Aug 11, 2009 - 06:38pm PT
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Oceanside = Jarhead Land
Smell Segundo
Palos Verdes = Locals Only
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L
climber
Wrung through the paradox, broken into wholeness
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Aug 11, 2009 - 06:59pm PT
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Ghost,
Believe it or not...everyone wants to live in Malibu...or Topanga Canyon...or Santa Monica Canyon...or Pacific Palisades. These are the "More Popular" LA cities. It's really no mystery why...
No Wal-Marts.
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adam d
climber
CA
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Aug 11, 2009 - 07:00pm PT
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Ventura - Bakersfield by the Sea
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Aug 11, 2009 - 08:50pm PT
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National City = Naturally Shitty
Heyman - don B talkin' chit on Chula...
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Porn, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2009 - 09:14pm PT
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Adam: correction (according to Skip)
Oxnard is Bakersfield by the Sea
Ventura is Poor Man's Santa Barbara...
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Porn, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2009 - 09:25pm PT
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Ghost, here's one from the upscale side:
CALABASAS: YOU'RE NOT WORTHY!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Aug 11, 2009 - 09:38pm PT
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Nobody has mentioned Fontana, aka Fontuckey.
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Porn, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 20, 2009 - 06:58pm PT
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Banning! There's Worse Places To Live, But Not Many!
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Aug 20, 2009 - 07:14pm PT
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GuadaLa Habra
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Aug 20, 2009 - 08:44pm PT
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Carson = Carcinogen
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F10
Trad climber
e350
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Aug 20, 2009 - 09:14pm PT
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L A, smelL A
Chula Vista, Chula Juana
Santee, Sankuctkey
National City, Nasty City
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Porn, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 20, 2009 - 09:17pm PT
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Still, one of my all-time favorites, although out of the LA county, is this one...
Scott Cosgrove on the 29 Palms/Joshua Tree area:
"People don't come here to get better."
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Aug 20, 2009 - 09:21pm PT
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"People don't come here to get better."
Yes they do! They go there to get better meth!
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Barbarian
Trad climber
slowly dying in the OC
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Aug 20, 2009 - 09:22pm PT
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Santa Ana - Tijuana Norte
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Porn, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 20, 2009 - 09:29pm PT
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Hey, there Reilly - checked out your flyer that Skip has today.
Nice woodworking! And LOL!
Erik
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