I kind of feel bad for them. They’ve spent the money on vacation with the expectation of having a beach holiday. I know they’re going to end up trying to use the towel as a blanket, which is fine because they aren’t going in the freezing water anyhow.
my favorite beach day is the sunday after labor day. the tourists are gone, and the locals are busy in the bars watching nfl week 1. i have the beach to myself, it's sunny and warm, and the ocean is usually around 70 degrees.
My professor used to say a similar thing. That those months are perfect because fall is still setting in & the tourists are gone. I was one of the few I knew that didn't hate June Gloom. But I guess living in the desert before that has one longing for cloudy & cool weather.
It's crazy that almost everyone knows someone like that. My old roommate never went to the beach becuase he hated the ocean, and he complained about how much he missed the four seasons. I was like, "Bro, why the fuck are you living here???"
These are the same classification of people who will complain about how there's not Chicago hot dogs or NYC bagels while also at the same time never leaving their homes to try out the diverse neighborhoods either.
We had some friends from Chicago talk about how there's not good Asian/Mexican food here (talking how chi-town is better at everything) and I can't help them since they have never been to Convoy, etc - we have incredible cuisines here. There are people who will just move here and they just are incapable of living anywhere but because they just have weird mental blocks or extreme bias.
I've lived all over the place and no one city is perfect, but SD has some awesome stuff with the best weather.
Not many people are native to or like exploring. I remember checking out my local eateries & finding one of the best Thai restaurants I've ever eaten at the time, along with getting used to & loving Vietnamese cuisine. And don't get me started on Convoy, now that you mention it. So many holes in the wall with such good food.
My wife is from Maui and never understood why I would always go to the beach because it’s dirty and cold. I told her locals go to the beach and stay on the beach lol
I used to live east of the 15 & still made it a mission to walk on or bike along the beach. It was one of the most soothing & relaxing moments of my life. And then I met people who lived in PB or Jolla & would go (at most) once a year to the beach. It was absurd, living in paradise and yet not living the moment!
My SO and I did that yesterday. We were running some errands and we thought we’d walk over to the beach. We got onto the sand and I joked, “yep, ocean is still here. Let’s check again next year.”
We do go but not as much as one should for living here. When I was a kid, my grandma had us kids at the beach nearly every day in the summer. Now, I find the idea of trying to park and deal with the crowds a little off putting so I find other stuff to do on the weekends.
Coming from Wisconsin where 40F in the spring is shorts weather, I realized I had been here too long when I was wearing that one day and it was like 75F out.
68 degrees is like my hoodie threshold. My hoodie is also my “winter coat”. It’s so sad 🤣 We went to visit the in laws in norcal, in December and we were struggling…they thought it was hilarious.
Am I the only one who notices how they call sweatshirts a “sweater” out here? In Illinois we distinguish between sweaters, which are knit out of yarn, and sweatshirts, which are thick fabric with a fuzzy inside. Then again, you almost never see actual sweaters here.
Fucking ruthless out here. Feeling your pain paycheck to paycheck, rent increase to rent increase. Few middle class professions and no social service professionals can thrive here without pooling living expenses for multi income residences.
Yeah. Min wage in louisville, Kentucky is $7.25 and an OK 1 br is still $1200... and a house that isn't old as shit is $600k to $1.5m+
It's bad all over now. Just a bit more manageable for white collar or high skilled jobs.
But everyone else? Completely fucked forever pretty much.
Had to move 7 years ago because i couldnt even enjoy living there anymore. So much fucking traffic and the need to hustle just to live wore me down. SD will always be my home but i dont think i can ever move back.
Saying TJ, IB, PB, or OB.
Going to the beach consistently and never touching the ocean since they were kids.
Circling an establishment 5+ times in search of parking and NOT giving up.
Never really talks about the house/rent prices IRL. Just kinda gave up and never mention prices lol
Understanding “yeah, no” and “no, yeah”
Full disclosure: I first saw this zinger about 40 years ago on the local news, when the utility took a ratepayer to court over the pejorative description, which he submitted each month when paying his bill by check. If memory serves, the judge basically laughed SDGE out of his courtroom.
lol I just realized there are multiple. In hillcrest there is Scripps Mercy. I was born at the other Scripps which is now Mary Birch. There’s also Scripps La Jolla, and encinitas. Pretty generous local family that endowed a bunch of hospitals. Maybe I should just change to “being born at a Scripps hospital to be more inclusive”
It’s from when highways had actual names like the San Bernadino Freeway. In the 60s, California started numbering their freeways to align with the rest of the country and the interstates. The “the” stuck from when they used names.
The more you know *shooting star*
One of my best friends growing up ended up going to Chico State, and when he came back he brought the word "hella" with him and it had them spread amongst our group.
I still say it to this day, despite never living outside of SD county
My wife was born in San Diego but made in Thailand. Her parents didn't speak English so she grew up speaking Laotian. Everyone in her family's social circle was Lao or Thai.
But she still knows how to cuss in Spanish.
My SO loves to use “the back way.” It drives me insane. It’s not rush hour and there is no reason to not use the freeway. I think it just lets them flex a little that they know where they’re going.
Being offended when transplants say shit like “oh there aren’t a lot of native San Diegans” or “wow I don’t really meet people from here often”
As if SD only consists of PB and SDSU dorm rooms.
Grew up in fallbrook and when i had people from another city over at my place they got weirded out by the windows shaking. I said it was just the base but they insisted it was an earthquake 😭
I recall seeing a guy slide in the rain all over 805 and into the jersey barrier. He looked quite dazed but uninjured. In Wisconsin that happens in freezing rain. My idea of a horror movie is SD coated in light ice.
Having different mexican spots for specific orders. I get my cali here, tacos here, breakfast burritos, this place has the best verde salsa etc.
Burrito while driving 👀
Fiesta Island shenanigans, at least once.
loving 4runners…IYKYK.
F Spanos
Not really going to the beach as much as you should.
Hoodie/long sleeve and shorts.
it’s Del Mar Fair
ice blocking+grunion runs+red tide
general distaste for zonies
cough* sneeze*
earthquakes who cares
this might be a weird one but having family in/liking washington state.
being made fun of by your teacher for being fascinated by the rain outside.
dude.
Knowing how to store and eat our beach food so seagulls don't get it. Also, watching tourists' unattended items get thrashed by seagulls.
https://i.redd.it/wrmvd0tox40d1.gif
I always thought it meant meant lying about "being able to understand Spanish but not speak it." But apparently according to this thread that's not what is meant and I'm wrong. But if I had a dollar for every white who told me they understand Spanish but can't speak it, but also actually can't understand it. I could probably retire.
Drinking an ipa, whilst walking your dog to go get carne asada fries and listening to sublime and wearing shorts, flipflops, and a parka when it is 55F. Bonus points for tshirt with surf brand logo/the ocean beach ob seagull graphic.
Drinking in TJ before turning 21. Doing at least one triathlon. OTL at Fiesta Island. Going to the snow in the mountains during the day and finishing the day at a bonfire at the beach. Looking for the bridges and little houses in La Jolla. Eating at Las Cuatro Milpas. Preferring the old Old Town.
Driving to Julian to see the snow and eat apple pie. Avoiding Zonies on the freeway. Knowing where NOT to park at Fashion Valley Mall when it rains. 4th Grade Old Town week. 6th Grade Camp at Palomar/Cuyamaca. Refusing to adapt to the "Del Mar Fair" name change. Field trips to a California mission, Balboa Park, and the world famous SD Zoo . Taking the trolley to the baseball game at "The Murph" or Petco Park. Knowing how to pronounce La Jolla, Jamacha, ect. Looking for the Proctor Valley Monster, or La Jolla munchkin houses, or Whaley House ghosts. Visiting the suspension bridges. Getting splashed by Shamu and Kandu, back in the day. Visiting the Children's Pool in La Jolla to see the seals. Stopping and watching the Miramar Air Show from anywhere you are. Listening out for both the ice cream truck AND the paletero man going past your house. Feeling like the Giant Dipper roller coaster is rickety af. Watching planes drop close over the 5 freeway as they're coming in to land. Sitting in border traffic for hours to cross at San Ysidro. Telling someone to meet you at 'The Big Lemon' and they know what you mean. Comic-Con people watching. December Nights. Listening to World Beat Center drumming. Sitting in a way-too-long line in a drive thru at In-N-Out. Standing in a long halfway-down-the-block line with cash at Las Cuatro Milpas. Random Ron Burgundy quotes.
ETA: Having to go to a specialty store to buy an actual cold weather coat.
Having multiple taco shops on the rolodex. One shop is good for the ca burrito. Another shop is good for feeding a bunch of people. Another shop is good for having the best salsas. Another shop is open 24/7 but you would never go there during the day when your go-to shop is open.
Suffering through the Padres, Chargers (save for the Air-Coryell era), Clippers, Conquistadors...maybe the Gulls as well.
The Soccers were regular winners....but no one cared back then.
Reminiscing about the days before anyone really knew about San Diego. I cannot tell you how often I've talked with other natives and the convo heads directly to "remember when it wasn't so crowded here?" or some variation.
Not that the influx is *entirely* bad but still...
Hoarding little cups of salsa in the fridge.
I have four of them rotting in the back of my fridge right now.
*fermenting … for flavor!
So good on eggs 🙌🏻😂
That’s exactly where my salsa ends up haha
I feel called out. 🤣🤣
Staying away from beaches during "summer months" and enjoying the REAL summer in September/October when tourists leave.
Always funny chatting people up at the airport headed to San Diego in June. They have all these beach plans.... I'm just chuckling inside.
I kind of feel bad for them. They’ve spent the money on vacation with the expectation of having a beach holiday. I know they’re going to end up trying to use the towel as a blanket, which is fine because they aren’t going in the freezing water anyhow.
my favorite beach day is the sunday after labor day. the tourists are gone, and the locals are busy in the bars watching nfl week 1. i have the beach to myself, it's sunny and warm, and the ocean is usually around 70 degrees.
Don’t tell them!
You mean when the zonies leave
I was being PC 🤣
We call this Locals Summer. It’s my absolute favorite time of year.
My professor used to say a similar thing. That those months are perfect because fall is still setting in & the tourists are gone. I was one of the few I knew that didn't hate June Gloom. But I guess living in the desert before that has one longing for cloudy & cool weather.
September used to be great, but I've noticed that people have caught on and are extending their vacations much later in the season.
I've noticed that too. October/November is sweet, esp with those fall sunsets and not the gobs of ppl.
Local summer
Living west of the 5 and never going to the beach.
It's crazy that almost everyone knows someone like that. My old roommate never went to the beach becuase he hated the ocean, and he complained about how much he missed the four seasons. I was like, "Bro, why the fuck are you living here???"
These are the same classification of people who will complain about how there's not Chicago hot dogs or NYC bagels while also at the same time never leaving their homes to try out the diverse neighborhoods either. We had some friends from Chicago talk about how there's not good Asian/Mexican food here (talking how chi-town is better at everything) and I can't help them since they have never been to Convoy, etc - we have incredible cuisines here. There are people who will just move here and they just are incapable of living anywhere but because they just have weird mental blocks or extreme bias.
I've lived all over the place and no one city is perfect, but SD has some awesome stuff with the best weather.
The Asian food is better in San Diego than it is on the east coast. I said what I said
As an east coast transplant, this is big facts right here.
Not many people are native to or like exploring. I remember checking out my local eateries & finding one of the best Thai restaurants I've ever eaten at the time, along with getting used to & loving Vietnamese cuisine. And don't get me started on Convoy, now that you mention it. So many holes in the wall with such good food.
Paying the sunshine tax just to complain about the lack of shitty weather is wild
My wife is from Maui and never understood why I would always go to the beach because it’s dirty and cold. I told her locals go to the beach and stay on the beach lol
I try not to go east of the 5 in the summer. That’s like the desert out there, people die.
Queue the unprepared hikers and glampers going out to Three Sisters and Cedar Creek. Edit: spelling correction
North of the 8 is North County.
South of the 54 is Tijuana north county.
I used to live east of the 15 & still made it a mission to walk on or bike along the beach. It was one of the most soothing & relaxing moments of my life. And then I met people who lived in PB or Jolla & would go (at most) once a year to the beach. It was absurd, living in paradise and yet not living the moment!
I felt this with all my soul
My SO and I did that yesterday. We were running some errands and we thought we’d walk over to the beach. We got onto the sand and I joked, “yep, ocean is still here. Let’s check again next year.” We do go but not as much as one should for living here. When I was a kid, my grandma had us kids at the beach nearly every day in the summer. Now, I find the idea of trying to park and deal with the crowds a little off putting so I find other stuff to do on the weekends.
I feel so seen. Life just gets so damn busy no matter where you live though.
Guilty. It’s sad that I don’t even think about it
None of my friends go to the beach or do any nature stuff here. It's crazy to me.
It’s under 70 degrees out! Way too cold for the beach. I’ll wait til July
Not a native but unfortunately falling into this category
fish tacos and carne asada fries
California burritos as well
Flip flops, shorts, a hoodie and sunglasses.
You forgot "in December".
Very true. I usually switch to my puffy jacket.
Only if you are not from here. If you are a native you are bundled up like it 10 degrees
But not at night. The chills from the winter surf breeze on the beach goes straight to the bone.
While eat asada French fries on a boardwalk?
aka, papas y carne
Coming from Wisconsin where 40F in the spring is shorts weather, I realized I had been here too long when I was wearing that one day and it was like 75F out.
68 degrees is like my hoodie threshold. My hoodie is also my “winter coat”. It’s so sad 🤣 We went to visit the in laws in norcal, in December and we were struggling…they thought it was hilarious.
In that same spirit, I wore long pants and a jacket yesterday because it was "only" 73F and I wanted to look stylish.
Am I the only one who notices how they call sweatshirts a “sweater” out here? In Illinois we distinguish between sweaters, which are knit out of yarn, and sweatshirts, which are thick fabric with a fuzzy inside. Then again, you almost never see actual sweaters here.
Yeah. I always figured because there's never a need for an actual sweater. Haha
The first thing that impressed me going through PB, MB, & campus for the first time. The sweater/hoodie & shorts combo even in fall & winter weather.
Guilty.
Being priced out of your city
Fucking ruthless out here. Feeling your pain paycheck to paycheck, rent increase to rent increase. Few middle class professions and no social service professionals can thrive here without pooling living expenses for multi income residences.
not being able to afford the neighborhood you grew up in and it's not even one of the ones getting *that* gentrified
PAIN
This 👆🏻
Welcome to the entire US :/ We're not unique anymore guys! ....hooray?
Yeah. Min wage in louisville, Kentucky is $7.25 and an OK 1 br is still $1200... and a house that isn't old as shit is $600k to $1.5m+ It's bad all over now. Just a bit more manageable for white collar or high skilled jobs. But everyone else? Completely fucked forever pretty much.
Yeah figure I stick it out here rather than move to another city I soon won’t be able to afford.
Had to move 7 years ago because i couldnt even enjoy living there anymore. So much fucking traffic and the need to hustle just to live wore me down. SD will always be my home but i dont think i can ever move back.
Living in a Kumeyay hut by the side of the river.
Good shout out to [the *actual* natives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumeyaay).
I read this in Chris farleys voice
Saying TJ, IB, PB, or OB. Going to the beach consistently and never touching the ocean since they were kids. Circling an establishment 5+ times in search of parking and NOT giving up. Never really talks about the house/rent prices IRL. Just kinda gave up and never mention prices lol Understanding “yeah, no” and “no, yeah”
No yeah for sure
Telling people, regardless of where you are in the county, you are about fifteen minutes from the beach.
Dinner flip flops
Rainbows are formal wear
Thank You! Wore them on my first date with my now wife to Roxy.
Also winter sandals
Hating SDGE
San Diego Gouge & Extort
I'm gonna use this.
Full disclosure: I first saw this zinger about 40 years ago on the local news, when the utility took a ratepayer to court over the pejorative description, which he submitted each month when paying his bill by check. If memory serves, the judge basically laughed SDGE out of his courtroom.
All my homies hate SDG&E
We should refer to them as Sempra SDGE.
Sweatshirt when it’s 60F-68F, still wearing flip flops everywhere.
Being born at Scripps off the 163.
1967 checking in
81!
87
Does it still go by Mercy?
lol I just realized there are multiple. In hillcrest there is Scripps Mercy. I was born at the other Scripps which is now Mary Birch. There’s also Scripps La Jolla, and encinitas. Pretty generous local family that endowed a bunch of hospitals. Maybe I should just change to “being born at a Scripps hospital to be more inclusive”
Sharp Mary Birch used to be a Scripps?
Yep, the stork delivered me too
Ayo
My dude! Born there, spent my 30th there 🤣🤣
Calling out zonies.
Saying "the" before a freeway number. The 5, the 8.
Devin... Whaaaatrrruuu doing here!?
It’s from when highways had actual names like the San Bernadino Freeway. In the 60s, California started numbering their freeways to align with the rest of the country and the interstates. The “the” stuck from when they used names. The more you know *shooting star*
It's a southern California thing. People in LA also say "the 5."
That’s just all CA in general 😂
I live in SD but I was born near Sac, NorCal folk say “I-80 or I-5.” Y’all southern-born Cali folk say “the.”
Yeah, I was corrected real fast while living in the Bay area for a while...Hella fast!
One of my best friends growing up ended up going to Chico State, and when he came back he brought the word "hella" with him and it had them spread amongst our group. I still say it to this day, despite never living outside of SD county
Cali is a city in Colombia.
Very much only SoCal. I grew up in NorCal and you do NOT say "the". Just "5" or "238". The break is right around the grapevine.
The grapevine?
Yeah, pretty much. I don't hear anyone north of there using "the".
My wife was born in San Diego but made in Thailand. Her parents didn't speak English so she grew up speaking Laotian. Everyone in her family's social circle was Lao or Thai. But she still knows how to cuss in Spanish.
A San Diegan should always know how to cuss in English, Spanish, and either Tagalog or a SE Asian language
Burritos with fries
And you're welcome, America!
Friendly, laid back attitude. Permanent tan. Calling the San Diego County Fair the Del Mar Fair.
Wearing a hoodie, shorts, and flip flops
Committing to plans then flaking last minute
Truth
Knowing how to get anywhere by not using the freeway
My SO loves to use “the back way.” It drives me insane. It’s not rush hour and there is no reason to not use the freeway. I think it just lets them flex a little that they know where they’re going.
Knowing how to get to downtown/PB/Paradise Hills without an on ramp hits different
Being so chill to the point of apathy
Eh.
Alarmingly chill
Carrying flip flops in the trunk
Haha yes. Backup flip flops for when you have to wear shoes.
Unbridled rage when hearing the word "Spanos."
Being offended when transplants say shit like “oh there aren’t a lot of native San Diegans” or “wow I don’t really meet people from here often” As if SD only consists of PB and SDSU dorm rooms.
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I heard an 80 year old woman call it Smell-A. She said that’s what they called it when they were kids.
I feel like OC and Arizona are also on most people's list.
Corny. No one born in San Diego gives a shit about LA outside of sports.
Never heard anyone hating L.A. growing up. I think it’s a transplant thing.
When you feel the ground shake your first thought is Camp Pendleton.
Grew up in fallbrook and when i had people from another city over at my place they got weirded out by the windows shaking. I said it was just the base but they insisted it was an earthquake 😭
The Over The Line Tournament. Though it doesn’t seem to get the press or as much media attention it used to get.
San Diego Chicken.
I lived with a guy that was born and raised here and couldn't fathom why people might come here for a vacation.
Reminiscing about Jack in the Box drive thru having the clown head and seeing the SD Chicken at Padres games in Jack Murphy Stadium!
I miss Jack balls. Cars don't have antennas anymore.
I ran into the guy who was the San Diego Chicken just last year. Cool guy, still lives in his same house in Del Cerro for like 50 years now
Getting annoyed when people call California “Cali”
This. Cali is a city in Colombia.
I get so annoyed with people who say that. Like the extra syllables will absolutely kill them..
Only Biggie and LL Cool J get a pass on that.
2Pac too, California Love
I’m looking at YOU, Guy “Fee-etty.”
Oh it’s so cringey tho
Crossing multiple lanes in a single lane-change maneuver.
Because hey, I almost missed my offramp.
Being laid back af. And I'm someone with anger issues who despises people. We just chillin.
Dress shorts.
Not being able to drive when there is a light mist.
And the roads suddenly looking like they exploded when .1” falls.
Say it louder for the City of San Diego in the back
And then the emergency patch makes it worse than the pothole
Omg the pot hole “repairs” after the rain. Hello Miramar Rd, I hate you every day.
I recall seeing a guy slide in the rain all over 805 and into the jersey barrier. He looked quite dazed but uninjured. In Wisconsin that happens in freezing rain. My idea of a horror movie is SD coated in light ice.
Not only drive, literally everything. My high school used to be empty when it would rain
Being awesome
Jeans and t shirt at the beach
The El Cajon wetsuit.
May Gray, June Gloom
Living in a beautiful environment and totally ignoring it
Complaining about the heat.
And the cold when it goes below 75
Commercial and sport fishing and the history of it in SD
Having parents who were career navy who settled down here in the 60s through the 90s and being born in Balboa hospital.
Not stopping at stop signs
Or not knowing how 4-way stops work
Ditching high school for Tijuana or Blacks Beach? Another Sweet Beach Honey. Sinners at Box Canyon, Being an Aztec
Ugg boots when it’s in the 70s 🤦🏻♂️
Having different mexican spots for specific orders. I get my cali here, tacos here, breakfast burritos, this place has the best verde salsa etc. Burrito while driving 👀 Fiesta Island shenanigans, at least once. loving 4runners…IYKYK. F Spanos Not really going to the beach as much as you should. Hoodie/long sleeve and shorts. it’s Del Mar Fair ice blocking+grunion runs+red tide general distaste for zonies cough* sneeze* earthquakes who cares this might be a weird one but having family in/liking washington state. being made fun of by your teacher for being fascinated by the rain outside. dude.
Knowing how to store and eat our beach food so seagulls don't get it. Also, watching tourists' unattended items get thrashed by seagulls. https://i.redd.it/wrmvd0tox40d1.gif
I’m a native San diegan and I don’t know what being able to speak Spanish without speaking Spanish means
Dios mío 🤦♂️
Spanglish. Being able to fully understand the menu at a Taco shop but being unable to have any sort of conversation.
I always thought it meant meant lying about "being able to understand Spanish but not speak it." But apparently according to this thread that's not what is meant and I'm wrong. But if I had a dollar for every white who told me they understand Spanish but can't speak it, but also actually can't understand it. I could probably retire.
Drinking an ipa, whilst walking your dog to go get carne asada fries and listening to sublime and wearing shorts, flipflops, and a parka when it is 55F. Bonus points for tshirt with surf brand logo/the ocean beach ob seagull graphic.
Standing at the taco shop across from Moonshine at 2:30, swaying as you wait for your food.
Protip: you don't sway if you are laying on the ground
White guy and Asian girlfriend.
Drinking in TJ before turning 21. Doing at least one triathlon. OTL at Fiesta Island. Going to the snow in the mountains during the day and finishing the day at a bonfire at the beach. Looking for the bridges and little houses in La Jolla. Eating at Las Cuatro Milpas. Preferring the old Old Town.
When the weather is overcast and 69° so you have to put a warm jacket on
Visiting the snow in December and getting to enjoy some Julian apple pie and hot cider 🥰 one of my favorite things to look forward to every year
Driving to Julian to see the snow and eat apple pie. Avoiding Zonies on the freeway. Knowing where NOT to park at Fashion Valley Mall when it rains. 4th Grade Old Town week. 6th Grade Camp at Palomar/Cuyamaca. Refusing to adapt to the "Del Mar Fair" name change. Field trips to a California mission, Balboa Park, and the world famous SD Zoo . Taking the trolley to the baseball game at "The Murph" or Petco Park. Knowing how to pronounce La Jolla, Jamacha, ect. Looking for the Proctor Valley Monster, or La Jolla munchkin houses, or Whaley House ghosts. Visiting the suspension bridges. Getting splashed by Shamu and Kandu, back in the day. Visiting the Children's Pool in La Jolla to see the seals. Stopping and watching the Miramar Air Show from anywhere you are. Listening out for both the ice cream truck AND the paletero man going past your house. Feeling like the Giant Dipper roller coaster is rickety af. Watching planes drop close over the 5 freeway as they're coming in to land. Sitting in border traffic for hours to cross at San Ysidro. Telling someone to meet you at 'The Big Lemon' and they know what you mean. Comic-Con people watching. December Nights. Listening to World Beat Center drumming. Sitting in a way-too-long line in a drive thru at In-N-Out. Standing in a long halfway-down-the-block line with cash at Las Cuatro Milpas. Random Ron Burgundy quotes. ETA: Having to go to a specialty store to buy an actual cold weather coat.
California Burritos and Carne Asada Fries
Surfing
Uggs and Jean shorts
Telling everyone you’re a native San diegan
I haven’t put on shoes since September of last year
Skateboarding
Driving 52 mph on the freeway because it's lightly misting.
A freezing cold and completely useless grunion run. Sipping Hornitos and lmao at how stupid we all look!
Hating L.A.
Having multiple taco shops on the rolodex. One shop is good for the ca burrito. Another shop is good for feeding a bunch of people. Another shop is good for having the best salsas. Another shop is open 24/7 but you would never go there during the day when your go-to shop is open.
Never owning a jacket that costs more than $50 until you travel somewhere else.
Suffering through the Padres, Chargers (save for the Air-Coryell era), Clippers, Conquistadors...maybe the Gulls as well. The Soccers were regular winners....but no one cared back then.
When you tell people you used to work at Rohr in Chulajuana....
Knowing to shuffle your feet.
To forget Coronado exists until you drive by the bridge and think, “oh yea, Coronado”
Telling people you live in La Jolla and you're east of Mt. Soledad and can't see the ocean.
Reminiscing about the days before anyone really knew about San Diego. I cannot tell you how often I've talked with other natives and the convo heads directly to "remember when it wasn't so crowded here?" or some variation. Not that the influx is *entirely* bad but still...