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* [[Disney Theme Parks|Disneyland]].

* Surfing.

* An [[Mind Screw|incomprehensible]], [[Flat What|traffic-clogged]] [~~http~~://~~www~~.inetours.com/Los_Angeles/Images/maps/LA-Arpts-FreWa.gif freeway system]. Southern Californians make things less complicated by referring to numbered freeways with the definite article (e.g. "the 5", "the 101") and never differentiating between interstates and non-interstate freeways, since their numbers never overlap. They're also on a first-name basis with their local interchanges, such as the MacArthur Maze, the Orange Crush, the Four-Level, Stonehenge, etc. When one of them gets closed, it can cause enough havoc to get its own moniker, such as Carmageddon.

* An [[Mind Screw|incomprehensible]], [[Flat What|traffic-clogged]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20121101205836/http://inetours.com/Los_Angeles/Images/maps/LA-Arpts-FreWa.gif freeway system]. Southern Californians make things less complicated by referring to numbered freeways with the definite article (e.g. "the 5", "the 101") and never differentiating between interstates and non-interstate freeways, since their numbers never overlap. They're also on a first-name basis with their local interchanges, such as the MacArthur Maze, the Orange Crush, the Four-Level, Stonehenge, etc. When one of them gets closed, it can cause enough havoc to get its own moniker, such as Carmageddon.

* Related to the above, [[Drives Like Crazy|the drivers]] and "rush hour".

* [[California University|The universities.]]