[Not A Snowbird]

He misspoke a little bit, but I know what he meant.

Californians don’t talk about “Interstate 5” or the “San Diego Freeway”. All of the roads are referred to as “THE 5” or “THE 405”.

I’m a native, I grew up referring to roads that way.

[Fiji Hill]

Californians don’t talk about “Interstate 5” or the “San Diego Freeway”. All of the roads are referred to as “THE 5” or “THE 405”.

If you use the names of freeways--the Santa Ana Freeway, San Bernardino Freeway, the Santa Monica Freeway, etc.--like I do, you're considered an old-timer.

[fr_freak]

Californians don’t talk about “Interstate 5” or the “San Diego Freeway”. All of the roads are referred to as “THE 5” or “THE 405”.

Actually, it's more of a Socal thing. In Northern California, we always referred to freeways just by their number, i.e. I-5, 101, 99, etc. The Socallers call it the I-5, the 101, etc.