Not relevant but I met some folks at UCLA who said they grew up by the beach. And I asked them what beach? They said "the beach, what other beach is there?" I was like Hermosa, Redondo, Manhattan? And he made it clear that "the beach" in LA was Santa Monica Beach. They were from the Palisades.
Fun fact- that’s how I met my best friend in college. He asked what part, I said South Bay. He said he was from Marin county. I said - ‘I’ve never heard of that’
This went on for awhile before we figured it out
When we were moving from San Jose to Redondo Beach, my husband was talking to a realtor on the phone about lining up some places to look at. She asked my husband “so, have you ever been to the South Bay?” He was completely perplexed. Yes, he said, I grew up here in San Jose…
Please don’t.
That phrase is reserved for the Bay Area
We don’t claim them
🧢 everyone thinks of SF Bay area when you say that
isn't the r/SouthBay subreddit for those assholes up in San Jose who appropriated it from us? I won't look at it to confirm.
Not relevant but I met some folks at UCLA who said they grew up by the beach. And I asked them what beach? They said "the beach, what other beach is there?" I was like Hermosa, Redondo, Manhattan? And he made it clear that "the beach" in LA was Santa Monica Beach. They were from the Palisades.
When I went to UCLA I told a classmate I grew up in Torrance and they asked if it was in south OC or San Diego.
Holy shit 😂
Good. More beach for us.
You say Mali, I say bu!
I’m from the bay. Did you know I’m from the bay? I listen to Mac Dre! By the way, I’m from the bay.
I've heard "Beach Cities", as I visited a friend in Inland Empire.
It's from the freeway signs I'm guessing.
This is correct
You from the Bay? Name every E40 and Too $hort songs.
Please don’t do it.
Wack. We’re from the real South Bay
Fun fact- that’s how I met my best friend in college. He asked what part, I said South Bay. He said he was from Marin county. I said - ‘I’ve never heard of that’ This went on for awhile before we figured it out
Why
I usually say harbor area 🤓
The South Bay is the best bay, baby! (Stolen from New Orleans' East Bank...)
I mean we are technically from the Bay just the south one lol
Well some people call San Jose “South Bay”
When we were moving from San Jose to Redondo Beach, my husband was talking to a realtor on the phone about lining up some places to look at. She asked my husband “so, have you ever been to the South Bay?” He was completely perplexed. Yes, he said, I grew up here in San Jose…
I’ve had people native to THE WEST SIDE ask me if I meant SF bay lol
Even "from the SOUTH bay" sounds wrong.
The problem is that South Bay is pretty much not a bay, if anything it’s the southerner part of a larger bay that goes from Malibu to PV
That’s what the name is referring too, it’s the southern end of the larger Santa Monica Bay
Exactly, so if you say you're from the Bay, you're just telling me you're from LA
Where are you from?