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I have heard traffic reporting in Portland call 26 “the sunset” and 84 “The Banfield” though. So it’s not completely unheard of.
by amanaplanacanal 3y ago
I have heard traffic reporting in Portland call 26 “the sunset” and 84 “The Banfield” though. So it’s not completely unheard of.
- bobthepanda 3y agoI know in New York this is also common simply because it’s always the Bruckner Expressway and not I-278, or the Long Island Expressway and not I-495.
- davidw 3y agoAh, yeah I should have written my comment better. It's numbered freeways. No one says "the 5".
- gnicholas 3y ago> No one says "the 5" They definitely do. Sometimes I do (30 years in norcal and 3 years in socal).
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- bobthecowboy 3y agoI've lived in San Diego most of my life, with a few years in Berkeley. Literally everyone says "the 5" in SD, and I was consistently ribbed for saying it in the Bay Area. Edit: oh and "The City" === san Francisco drove me nuts, too.
- irrational 3y agoI hear people say “the 26” and “the 217”. But, not “the I-5”.
- davidw 3y ago'The 26' is not something people from Oregon say.
- irrational 3y agoI’ve lived here for 23+ years and have heard people say it all of that time.
- davidw 3y agoLots of transplants from points south say it, or people who have spent time with them.
- irrational 3y agoSo, basically everyone in the metro area? Because in the past two decades, I’ve never heard someone say 26, it is always the 26.
- gnicholas 3y agoNo one says "the I-5" — it's just "the 5".