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I've lived in the California bay area all my life and my friends and I use it all the time

Do you live in Northern California?

Regional dialects tend to occupy borders smaller than state borders

It’s a Bay Area thing.

Not just bay area, I grew up using it 250 miles north of there

More like Arcata, Humboldt?

I've only heard one person say it, and it was the only native Californian I've ever worked with.