Los Angeles-area References
References to Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley appear in the lyrics of the song, including:
- "The Valley" – the name the San Fernando Valley is known as colloquially
- Reseda – a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley
- 101 "Ventura" freeway - the lyrics mention "a freeway runnin' through the yard" of the subject's Reseda home - putatively the 101 Freeway, which has an exit for Reseda Boulevard, albeit in the higher-income neighborhood of Tarzana
- Ventura Boulevard – a primary east-west thoroughfare in the San Fernando Valley
- "Mulholland" – a reference to Mulholland Drive, an arterial road which traverses the San Fernando Valley and Bel Air, following the ridgeline of the eastern Santa Monica Mountains and the Hollywood Hills
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