You might live in Southern California if:

• the seasonal craft packet for fall has themes with leaves changing colors and it makes you laugh hysterically and cry at the same time
• 3 of your 20 closest neighbors are in foreclosure
• 18 of your 20 closest neighbors owe more on their house than it's currently worth, some by 200K
• you know this from the real estate fliers left by real estate agent/mortgage refinance agent trying to drum up work, but haven't actually met your neighbors
• it can take you 30 minutes to travel 6 miles. By car.
• Motorcycles lane sharing (riding between cars in the lane) no longer makes you swerve manically when they roar past you
• Seeing someone riding a bike in a speedo doesn't seem too weird
• The day it rained for 20 minutes was talked about all week as the highlight of the week/month/year
• Earthquakes no longer scare you
• your yard is measured in square feet and that amount is smaller than the square feet of your house
• you can shake hands with your neighbors through the windows and smell which kind of dog food is being served to the neighboring canines today.
• Any given night you can smell carne asada being cooked in your neighborhood
• You learn spanish by reading the street signs
• Wildfires happen
• You now know what a Santa Ana wind is
• year round tans don't come from tanning booths
• you actually don't TRY to get a tan- you use a floppy hat and long sleeves. The tourists can easily be picked out by their tank tops and burned shoulders.
• Winter no longer is something to be dreaded (halleluja)