You hear it in northern cal only from foreigners :-) who have moved here from southern california. Socal retained the names for freeways much longer than the u

You hear it in northern cal only from foreigners :-) who have moved here from southern california. Socal retained the names for freeways much longer than the usage in the north (the bayshore freeway was assigned 101, while, say, 280 or 17 never had names AFAIK). pilingual (does this mean they speak English, Spanish, French, and Southern Californian?) linked to an article that describes this phenomenon in the south.