I was born in San Diego and my folks moved us back to Baltimore when I was a couple of months old. I did a tour of duty at NAS North Island from '74-'76. I went to a work-related seminar in Monterrey in the late 90s. I scored 58%, and I expect most of my correct answers were just lucky guesses - most of my initial reactions were “none of the above.”
Honestly, I don’t think I’d live in California even if someone else footed the bills, but I would like to visit Coronado again, just for kicks.
Born in the L.A. area, lived there until I was 8, then lived in San Jose until I was 33. I got 77% on that quiz. I knew I was answering the recycling question “wrong” - I answered with what I would actually do, rather than with what they were looking for. I also answered Giants/Dodgers; I didn’t think about the “the” in front of the freeway thing.
Born in Lakewood (L.A. County), lived in Westminster as an infant, Yokosuka, Japan from three to four, San Diego until I was 15, Lancaster (northern L.A. County) into my 20s, The City of Los Angeles until 2003, and then up to Northern Washington.
L.A. was driving me insane. The noise, the traffic, but mostly the weather. The Mojave Desert was hot in Summer and freezing in Winter, but it was interesting because it was a harsh environment. L.A. was just hot and sunny all the time!. I wouldn’t want to live there again – at least not full-time. But I do miss the desert.
“Here is our LA weather report. Sunny. 72. Next weather report in four days.”
I lived in the Beautiful People’s Republic of Marina Del Rey for 18 months. I loved it - I’d go back, if I could live within a half mile of the beach. AND if I never had to go anywhere. Even in '85 you could rarely find a parking space anywhere. Gotta be worse now.
I could never understand why anyone would choose to live in the inland empire. All the heat of the desert, the high home prices of LA, the intolerable traffic, with none of the benefits like the beach or cool stuff. Phoenix is a gem compared to that.
I scored 27%. Pretty obviouis I’ve never even been there.
I got 74%, which kinda weirds me out because I’m a born and bred Texan. Then again, I’m also an Austinite so some of those questions (Taco trucks, spanish, recycling) apply here too.
I lived on Clarington at Palms, or the southeast corner of the 405/10 interchange. It was warmer there than down by the water. (I live by the water up here, and it’s noticeably cooler at my house than it is two miles inland.)
You might say that the Antelope Valley has 'all the heat of the desert… with none of the benefits like the beach or cool stuff. ’ After all, it’s in the Mojave Desert. Homes were cheaper there, which (last I looked) has led to an explosion of building. Where’d all the desert go? It’s a couple of hours to the beach, and when I moved away in the '80s it was a cultural wasteland. I went to the ‘progressive school’, and I see that many of my classmates are now conservatives. From what I can find, it seems that the things to do in the AV are going to the movies and shopping – plus the Antelope Valley Fair and Alfalfa Festival once a year. But if you don’t mind the heat and keep hydrated, it’s a good place for hiking and running. There are still places you can ride motorcycles, and find a high place to enjoy the scenery. If you like flying, as I do, you can do that most days. And you can laugh when people in other places complain about the wind blowing (only!) 20 mph and say, 'Wind? What wind? 
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80 percent, and I spent the Summer of Love in San Francisco. And remember it. No way I’d drive to another town to recycle when out of state.
73% and I’ve lived here most of my life! But I missed the one about slang because I don’t talk to those NorCal weirdos and I’m too lazy from my sedentary life to drive anywhere to recycle. And I didn’t know about Sonic though that was my second pick, I thought they were the same as Carl’s Jr. as the same corporation owns both I think? And I know Carl’s started in Orange County
If we could choose negative numbers, I’d be negative infinity percent California, sure the weather might be nice, but it’s too much of a Nannystate for my tastes
I will admit to being 100% Vermont/Maine/Alaska type, the antithesis of California
The quiz rated me at 20%, that’s 20% too high for me…
I’m a born & bred southern Californian, and I do say Cali (but I live in Denver now so…) However, I got 90%. I assumed I had misremembered the state flower until I saw the answers. But I didn’t.
Sonic? Really?
Note that I would feel bad about not recycling but I wouldn’t actually drive the stuff to the next town. But that’s what you SHOULD do.
24%
Where’s California?
My son picked it up exactly the same way. Aurora, first, then Denver. Now he’s in Phoenix after a year in Minnesota. He should be able to handle any weather, now.
I got 100%, but a couple were guesses. Who cares where fast food franchises got started decades ago?
Dude, you are so harshing my mellow, bro.
Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s are the same, like Best Foods and Hellman’s.
79% apparently, despite having great-grandparents being born there.
Not having any Spanish spoken nearby is weird, but I don’t think most Californians prefer it per se.
All 3 are correct…? You don’t go surfing in 40deg water…
None of the above? Elementary schools really stress the fire/earthquake drills. It’s never business as usual. And Facebook sucks.
How the shit should I know? In-n-Out is the only one I know for sure, being LA.
I moved away about 7 years ago, but last I checked, Sonic was known for:
If this is supposed to imply environmentalist stereotypes, wouldn’t the real answer be “I’ve never lived in a place/don’t know of a place nearby, that doesn’t recycle”?
I must’ve completely missed the point of this one.
Fans are everywhere, and many are fair weather. A’s please.
SF burrito is a “thing.” I know of no LA burrito.
I assume it’s between 101 or x80 vs. “the” 5? Sacramento gets the shift as usual.
You could ask what is the biggest city in the “South Bay.” I’ve spoken with SoCalers about it and it took awhile to realize they were talking about somewhere near LA (or is that San Diego?) Those two are barely bays, as defined by semi-enclosed!
I want to make a “how European are you?” and base scoring on English peoples’ knowledge of what food works best with Mastika.
I’ve never been to a Hardee’s, but I hear the menu items are different, and Carl’s Jr. is higher quality.
It is at rush hour. ‘The fucking 5 was stopped!.’ ‘The fucking 5 has ruts a foot deep in the right lanes.’ But usually it’s just ‘the 5’.
No, I’d class Antelope Valley as real desert (high desert). The high desert is nice.
I admit I should have been clearer in my dismissal of the IE. I really should have added the smog. I should have said that you get all the smog of LA with no beach.
I admit that what I look for in LA is not what everyone else does, but I think the reasons to live in greater LA is 1) the beach, 2) the “sunny, 72” weather, and 3) Hollywood. If you live in San Berdoo area it’s like 100 degrees in the summer, and it’s two hours to the beach. In the Phoenix metro area, we get the desert, we get the heat, but we don’t have the smog (yet…) and we can afford a decent sized house. But I do miss the beach!
‘The Nine-Oh-Nine’. 
See, I remember the 90+ degree days. 
My apartment was 20 minutes from everywhere. Twenty minutes to Hollywood, 20 minutes to the beach, 20 minutes to LAX, 20 minutes to downtown, 20 minutes to VNY… Of course it often helped that I was on two wheels.
39% I’ve been to California a few times, once for a month.