Letters for March 25, 2010

Fudging the numbers

Re “You know you’re a Sacramentan when … ” (SN&R Feature, March 11):

I thought Ann Arbor, Michigan, was the City of Trees. At least the trees there are “real” trees.

Here, the majority of the trees are pedigreed nursery stock, many of which are still in oversized planters. As for what is growing wild along the freeways, those barely pass as trees; they’re more like shrubs than trees, if not overgrown clumps of weeds being passed off as trees for the bragging rights.

I think someone was fudging the actual numbers of actual trees per capita in California.

Also after all the brush fires, can California still claim to have all these “alleged” trees if a lot of them have been burned down to the stumps? At least in Ann Arbor, there hasn’t been all that much in the way of wild forest fires, either natural or maliciously set.

Milton Lau
Citrus Heights

How about them ’cats?

Re “You know you’re a Sacramentan when …” (SN&R Feature, March 11):

Kings and Monarchs are fine, but no mention of the River Cats? Raley Field, $1 hot dogs, fireworks, Tower Bridge and an EP3-Petit double play. Heaven on Earth! Did I mention the back-to-back Triple-A championships (2007-08)?

William Varn
via e-mail

Homesick, sorta

Re “You know you’re a Sacramentan when …” (SN&R Feature, March 11):

I thought the article on 100 ways you know you’re from Sacramento was awesome! I moved to Las Vegas recently, and now I want to come back (OK, maybe not, but I for sure miss my hometown). Thanks!

J. Gold
Las Vegas, Nev.

Ooooh, Captain Sacto!

Re “You know you’re a Sacramentan when …” (SN&R Feature, March 11):

You know you’re a Sacramentan when: You remember where the A&W in West Sac was before the Pioneer Bridge displaced it. You remember when Harry Martin was Captain Sacto. You remember two high schools on the west side of the river. You can remember jumping off the bridge at Sloughhouse in the summertime.

Terry Clark
Sacramento

Double the weather, double the fun

Re “You know you’re a Sacramentan when …” (SN&R Feature, March 11):

You know you’re really a Sacramentan when: You’ve been sunburned and frostbitten in the same day, and you know that just because a street name has an east and west, it doesn’t mean they’re connected.

Mark James
Placerville

Always welcome at home

Re “You know you’re a Sacramentan when …” (SN&R Feature, March 11):

Thank you for the terrific article. It couldn’t have been better timed.

As a former Sacramentan in town for a conference, it brought back many great memories of my time here. I love coming back to see how beautiful it still is and am reminded of how much I really loved living here.

In fact, you know you’re a Sacramentan when you come for a visit and feel like you’re back home again, even after an extended period of time.

Your laid-back attitude and friendliness are still in tact, and your diversity is still admirable. Thanks for the walk down Memory Lane.

Linda Campanella Jauron
San Fernando

Let’s hear it for the 916

Re “You know you’re a Sacramentan when …” (SN&R Feature, March 11):

I laughed out loud at number 75 [“ … when you’re hella tight for days and shit”]. I loved it.

But you know you’re a Sacramentan when “916” in placed in any one of your MySpace/Facebook/e-mail addresses.

Jake Long
Sacramento

Beat the traffic

Re “You know you’re a Sacramentan when …” (SN&R Feature, March 11):

You know you’re a Sacramentan when you take Franklin Boulevard instead of Highway 99 during rush hours.

James Sakauye
Sacramento

‘Rio Linda’ (chuckle)

Re “You know you’re a Sacramentan when …” (SN&R Feature, March 11):

You know you’re a Sacramentan when somebody mentions the lady with blond hair and glasses who walks everywhere, and you know whom they’re talking about.

You know you’re a Sacramentan when you nod your head in agreement after hearing, “Well, the beach and snow skiing are both only an hour and a half away.”

You’re shocked after hearing, “The governor signed the budget” in the same calendar year it’s supposed to be enacted.

Two words—“Rio Linda”—bring a smile to your face.

Ron Vogel
Carmichael

Somebody’s got to be a killjoy

Re “You know you’re a Sacramentan when …” (SN&R Feature, March 11):

Sacramento has a perspective of SoCal that is skewed because they are intimidated and brainwashed by Entourage.

But face it, Sacramento sucks compared to [San] Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. It is a black hole and a “never-never land,” where people never grow up, never move beyond their high-school “accomplishments” and inevitably get fat. (Admit it—you’re that fat girl hanging at Chargin’s [Bar & Grill].)

Sacramento is much better than Fresno and Bakersfield, however, so congrats to you!

Benjamin Pluot
Los Angeles

Correction

In “You know you’re a Sacramentan when …” (SN&R Feature, March 11), item No. 11 (“…you understand that those anti-vehicle barriers at the state Capitol aren’t just an over-reaction to post-9/11 fears”) incorrectly stated that the truck crashed into the Capitol building on the west side. It actually crashed into the building’s south side. Thanks to all of you who notified us of this mistake.