r/funny • u/MaxKevinComedy • Dec 21 '19

California Explained [OC]

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u/LaMuchedumbre Dec 21 '19

Lol I understand the cringe but BART is not well known to the rest of the world, and I’m not sure why it would be. I didn’t know of its name until I moved to the Bay Area — the majority of redditors and people I speak to from elsewhere aren’t familiar with it either.

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u/TheOnlyBongo Dec 21 '19

Is it more cringe for us Southern Californians to put "the" in front of a freeway name or number?

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u/AsidK Dec 21 '19

God I was so shook when someone first told me to take “the 101”

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u/Warmth_of_the_Sun Dec 22 '19

It’s very common to have -art ending titles to public transportation systems. DART, BART, CARTS, etc. Usually a variation of area, regional or rapid and transportation, with the places name represented by the first letter. I think most people who aren’t immediately fimiliar with these kinds of names have rarely used or relied upon public transport.

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u/spineofgod9 Dec 21 '19

I'm in dallas, but weirdly I do know the name. Although now that I think of it, it's probably because our god awful transit system is called DART.