hogleg said:The way I see it, Santa Cruz is the start of So. Cal. anything north of that, is NorCal. IMO anyway. I've almost had to fight about it with my drunk S.C. friends.
Tribal boundaries vary greatly, depending on which group you happen to ask!
I lived in San Luis Obispo county for a long while. The residents are VERY emphatic that they live in CENTRAL California. They hold themselves high above the L.A. hordes, and want nothing to do with you hippies up north.
From their POV, SoCal starts somewhere around Santa Maria. (Occasionally included, largely due to the city's BBQ fame) NoCal begins somewhere around Salinas, with SLO naturally claiming all the pretty land along highway 1 and the coast. Despite being only ~100 miles away, and almost dead east, Bakersfield is dismissed as a particularly unpleasant region of "The Valley."
This weather system will bring snow to the S. Arizona mountains, and the forecast valley lows in the high-30's have me a bit worried for my plants. I know we'll get a big freeze eventually, but...