[lbo-talk] Rise of Nasty Right

[Bob Morris]

>
> I'm not wondering about the number, but the use of the definite article.
> Elsewhere people say "95" or "I-95." I've never heard anyone say "The 95."

It's because people in southern California spend so much time on freeways
(another SoCal / Cali moniker, the word "Interstate" is never used) that
they get up close and personal with them, hence elevating the status of the
highway to "The"

(I lived there many years and am about to move back.)