No, we found Norcal use it too sometimes, but it is not emphasized like SoCal does.
Norcal likes to pretend they don’t- but they do.
I went to Wally World on the 9th. I bought 15 items. Three were mispriced. I don’t think having 1/5 of the merchandise priced wrong to be an upgrade.
Having “regards” mean something sarcastic reminds me of the (supposed) lawyerly communication “with an excess of zeal” or the cheeky Yes, Minister interjection “with the greatest possible respect”…
Yes there is:
Hey! I knew that! I just totally blanked out on it. I’ve driven on it many times!
There was a legend, some years back, that someone addressed a letter with just an icon of a marijuana leaf, an icon of a candy cane, and the words “The City, CA”. It got to the intended addressee!
Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle columnist.
I don’t know if it was ever attempted, but in theory you could send mail to:
Sg
Lr
Bk, Cf, Am
Seaborgium
Lawrencium
Berkelium, Californium, Americium
Glenn Seaborg
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Berkeley, California, USA
I haven’t had that experience, but then I rarely buy anything there other than prepackaged household supplies, OTC meds and personal hygiene stuff, and prepackaged foods like pasta and sauce. (I buy fresh meat and produce elsewhere.)
School rivalries. Business rivalries. In fact, just about all rivalries.
Look, I went to one university and you went to another. It doesn’t mean I care to listen to your rant about the superiority of at yours.
(If I were emperor, any college that professes broaden their students perceptions - would be forced to have exchange professors from their biggest rival -and have their students take at least a summer half-semester of classes at another university or community college.)
Same thing with business. I’ve run into people who think they have to be cheerleaders for their company by disparaging the one I work for.
(Guess what? After the next downturn, you might be looking for a job at my company. Are you going to refuse it?)
Same thing with the brand of pickup truck you bought.
But… Participants in a certain on-line Message Board might be excused if they rant all enthusiastic about their choice of Message Board.
Good points.
If I have 2 hot dogs the first gets mustard, the 2nd gets mustard, ketchup, and relish. It’s my dessert hot dog.
Agreed.
I might broaden it to say just about any form of tribalism … at least for about the last 10,000-ish years.
I’ve had a LOT of friends and family members living north of LA and in the Bay Area. They were united in their hatred of “Frisco”, “San Fran”, and (new to me) “The City that Waits to Die”. “Golden Gate City” and “City By the Bay” weren’t as annoying, just passé.
But “Norcal” was especially hated, as it was almost always said by outsiders, and I noticed it immediately cut off a conversation.
And you know not to say “Cali”, right?
People from California do NOT say ‘Cali.’ When they say ‘Cal,’ they mean UC Berkeley, and they don’t butcher the name of San Francisco. If you say Frisco or San Fran, you’re letting people know you aren’t from San Francisco and setting yourself up for dirty looks. If you’re a local, or just trying to fit in, stick with The City. [Or, like most natives do, call it “San Francisco”]
I lived moss of my life up there, in San Jose, and never noticed that.
And only Friscoians hate Frisco. In SJ we used it whenever we wanted to annoy people from there. So yeah, most residents of Baghdad-by-the-bay hate Frisco, but most of the rest of the state think that is funny.
Cali is just used in song etc when you need a cool rhyme.
Back to tribalism- one especially silly tribalism is Professional sports, where fans with decorate their house, truck, face and even body with their team. Which, the minute some other city falls for the con and busy them a new stadium, the team will leave their devoted fans for greener pastures.
Yeah, my hackles are hackling at the very word. Only acceptable in business names or athletic leagues.
It’s only funny because it’s irritating to someone. Like many things.
Well, yeah. 
I’ve always called it San Fro because of the airport code SFO. It was common for people in aviation to call it that. It just shortens it up when talking. I thought it odd when I got flack from a Manager over it. It must have bugged him something fierce. But I will forever know Rice a Roni as a San Francisco treat so that the Universe stays in balance.
Interesting perspective. I wish I believed this was the case - I think these things probably just encourage people to conflate preference with some sort of moral or objective superiority.