As I giggle over my Midwestern husband's attempts to pronounce local place-names, it has dawned on me just how many of those place-names are actually people-names (or would at least not be completely strange on a person).
So, in a little change of pace, I'm looking at a map. And anyone with Google, or other fellow locals, can probably tell fairly well where I grew up. :p
I can't guarantee that all these places are gorgeous & picturesque (most do have some lovely points, though), but people name their kids Camden, Brooklyn, Jersey, & London--does it really matter?
- Avalon
- Bonita
- Santa Catalina Island
- Santa Clarita
- San Clemente Island
- San Elijo Lagoon
- Lake Elsinore
- Glorietta Bay
- Point Loma
- San Marcos
- Lake Morena
- Murrieta
- San Onofre State Beach
- Palomar Mountain, Observatory
- Pomona Valley
- Ramona
- Serra (various places, in honor of missionary Junípero Serra)
- Solana Beach
- Sonora Desert
- Torrey Pines
- Santa Ysabel
- San Ysidro
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