The Top 10 Ways to Tell You’re Not from California February 18, 2016March 25, 2016 Amberly Dressler Motors, top 10 lists 5. You Don’t Have a Mexico Story Perhaps this doesn’t apply to anyone who wasn’t 18 before roughly 2005, but most Californians (specifically those from SoCal) stepped across the border a time or two for margaritas or shopping. PreviousNext Amberly Dressler Managing editor of @WebsiteMagazine, wifey and momma of two.