Born and raised in So Cal.
My sister just recently traced our family tree to the Mayflower, ( yes the ship).
I didn't believe it either 'til she showed me the lineage....
There's been some very colorful folks in my past...
( not sure what this has to do with anything, but hey, here ya go..)

Born and raised in W. LA, moved out to SG Valley (Pasadena to be more specific), then moved to Northern Cal 9 years ago. Still come back to my old stomping grounds once a month, so I still have close ties.

In my book, you are a Socaler who makes occasional trips to Nocal!

Sheldon

Born in Tampa, been here since I was about 1 year old, that makes 49 years :eek: a Californian. Almost native. :)

We'll let you pass.;)

I knew there was a reason I liked you, :D:Ddo you know how few Native Coloradans there are. In fact there are more immigrants from California now in Colorado, than there are natives. :eek:

Both my Mom and my brother are native Coloradans.

I missed out on being a CO native by a year or less. I was born in WA, but my parents moved to CO soon thereafter, and some yeras later moved again, to CA.

I've actually lived in CA longer than I lived in CO, but still consider CO "home".

If I ever move back though, I'll still be seen as one of those hated CA immigrants.

Except for a 9 month stint in Sheffield, England, as an exchange student, I've lived in San Diego County my entire life. First 3 years in the Serra Mesa Area, 17 years in Santee, and the past 7 in Scripps Ranch.

I'm totally native. When I went to Sheffield, I saw some people from the university greeting the exchange students at the train station. The conversation went something like:

Uni Guy A: So where are you from?
efficiency: California.
Uni Guy B: He has "the accent."

Naive?

In my book, you are a Socaler who makes occasional trips to Nocal!

Sheldon

:D:D

Born and raised in So Cal.
My sister just recently traced our family tree to the Mayflower, ( yes the ship).
I didn't believe it either 'til she showed me the lineage....
There's been some very colorful folks in my past...
( not sure what this has to do with anything, but hey, here ya go..)

If it is passenger Myles(Miles) Standish or Richard Warren, then we may be related. If so, you have missed a whole bunch of my birthdays. I will start preparing my list.

2nd generation. Born in San Diego 50 years ago and been here my entire life. My mother was born in Los Angeles and raised in National City.

If it is passenger Myles(Miles) Standish or Richard Warren, then we may be related. If so, you have missed a whole bunch of my birthdays. I will start preparing my list.

My mother was a hamster and my father smelled of elderberries.
Where's my gift?

My mother was a hamster and my father smelled of elderberries.
Where's my gift?

With such formidable roots, I am sure we are related as well.

My mother was a hamster and my father smelled of elderberries.
Where's my gift?

You sure?
The avatar make me think your a family of Panda's...:)

You sure?
The avatar make me think your a family of Panda's...:)

Silly Drew! My folks are Scandinavian. Everyone knows Pandas come from Australia. :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=prendrefeu;5803577]I'm just interested in getting a feel/knowing how many among "us" in the So.Cal forums have the longest histories/experience in the region.[/QUOTE

It looks like a minority of four have the longest contact here. :D

Born in Vermont. Moved to Rochester, NY when I was 6. Lived there until 2002, moved to Cali. Lived in North Hills/Mission Hills, Frazier Park, and for last 3 years, Santa Clarita.

My whole family miss the snow.

Really.

Honest.

My mother was a hamster and my father smelled of elderberries.
Where's my gift?

I had your mother when I was just a kid. I kept her in a cage and greased her wheel with Crisco.

Winter is a great place to visit.

Come to think.....Happy, whatever happened to your native thread you posted a few months back?

Saudi Arabia, Zambia, Italy, NY, Belgium, San Fran, Oregon, Hermosa Beach.

Not military.

My mother was a hamster and my father smelled of elderberries.
Where's my gift?

Dingleberries?

OOOH Elderberries... :p

I kept her in a cage and greased her wheel with Crisco.

Now you know where I get it from!

Come to think.....Happy, whatever happened to your native thread you posted a few months back?

You mean this one (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298296)? :p

You mean this one (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298296)? :p

Yeah, that (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298296) one!

The avatar make me think your a family of Panda's...:)

Scoot comes from Pandas. I have proof:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2158/2111198916_917584db3b.jpg

Scoot comes from Pandas. I have proof:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2158/2111198916_917584db3b.jpg

:roflmao: That is so not right. I hope Scoot uses that for his new avatar. :p

Born and raised: San Diego
College: Irvine
Grad. school: San Diego
Since then: Glendale, Mission Viejo, and Pasadena

Glendale is the farthest north I have lived. I don't know what that says.

Scoot comes from Pandas. I have proof:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2158/2111198916_917584db3b.jpg

the hell!

3rd Generation native San Diegan. My great grandmother on my mother's side emigrated from Russia to the US and settled in San Diego in the 1890's. Other sides of the family arrived in the teens and twenties.

Correction: According to the more common interpretation, my immigrant Russian great grantmother would count as 1st generation, my grandmother a 2nd generation, my mother as 3rd, and me as 4th generation.

I am more nativerest than the the rest of you n00bs. Notwithstanding any California Indian BF members of course.

Born and raised in Huntington Beach

Born in Camp Pendleton and have lived here ever since...1955.

Born and raised, and never lived anywhere else.

Yeah, that (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298296) one!

Yeah, but this one actually has a poll on it, so we can get a somewhat accurate idea of the percentages of 'nativity to So.Cal' on the So.Cal forum.

Correction: According to the more common interpretation, my immigrant Russian great grantmother would count as 1st generation, my grandmother a 2nd generation, my mother as 3rd, and me as 4th generation.

I am more nativerest than the the rest of you n00bs. Notwithstanding any California Indian BF members of course.

Incorrect.

Compared to me you are a n00b. My great-great grandmother was the second baby born in California at the end of the Santa Fe trail. I have pictures taken on Main Street in San Berdoo when there were only eight houses there. Big Bear Lake was the family homestead; it was lost in the Depression.

Incorrect.
Compared to me you are a n00b.

<-- Bering Strait land bridge.

<-- Bering Strait land bridge.

<----- Big Bang

Big Bang

So... you DID find out what I wrote about you after all. Hmmm... and I thought the girl's bathroom was sacred! :rolleyes:

So... you DID find out what I wrote about you after all. Hmmm... and I thought the girl's bathroom was sacred! :rolleyes:

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::):roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

Born in New York, raised in Arizona, moved to San Francisco in 1989, to Los Angeles in 1993.

My family has been in S. Cal since 1912. I was born and raised in Whittier and have lived here and in more then a few other nice parts of the state. Except for 5 years when I lived in Germany, California has been my home. I can't think of too many other places that offer the choices we enjoy here.

I just wish ya'll would stop comming though...

Either that, or I gotta leave.

Born in Lancaster, Ca , but raised in Casper Wyoming

out of the wind and into the wind, eh?

born in pasadena, lived there til i was 2, then moved to fallbrook and lived there for 21 years. lived in murrieta and temecula for a couple years and moved to hb in april.

You have no idea. After Wyoming it was to Oklahoma City........more wind, then after OKC it was to Honolulu.........tradewinds. I have never really thought about it until this thread, but now that I live in Oceanside it seems that this is the most pleasant riding I have done. May not be the most beautiful scenery I've ridden in, but for sure the least windy.

Born in Oxnard, CA and moved to Chula Vista (south bay San Diego) when I was 10. I currently live in Temecula but will be moving back to SD at the end of the week.

My family has been in S. Cal since 1912. I was born and raised in Whittier and have lived here and in more then a few other nice parts of the state. Except for 5 years when I lived in Germany, California has been my home. I can't think of too many other places that offer the choices we enjoy here.

I just wish ya'll would stop comming though...

Whereabouts in Whittier? I was born and raised there.

Born in Northern California, family moved to Huntington Beach when I was 2. Been here ever since except for 4 years in Costa Mesa during elementary school.

Whereabouts in Whittier? I was born and raised there.

Well I was born at Murphy Memorial Hospital, which is now a bunch of condos. But I lived over in East Whittier, near La Habra, up in the hills, just below West Road if that helps any.

I grew up in West L.A. Spent some time in Santa Cruz and Berkeley. Now in San Diego, with very few complaints.

Born and raised in Huntington Beach

I can think of two hospitals in H.B. and one is gone.

Came to California from Chicago just days before the Watts Riots in 1965.