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Originally Posted by Stack Jack
not really. Central California is like bakersfield and fresno. Sac is north of Oakland. Yeah, they are also east of them, but they are in Northern California. Sac is a Nor Cal team.
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you'll find sacramento is considered the northern part of central california. it's lumped in with central the way bay is lumped in with northern.
"North Central California"
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The reason areas like oakland and san francisco are differentiated is because of the "bay area" designation, and the "bay area" tag is more relevant to the rivalry you're talking about that doesn't exist. So people just consider the areas like Oakland etc. as the bay area to be different from Sacto. There is no rivalry because the two areas are not comparable in most people's minds despite the proximity. The 49ers and Raiders however have a natural dislike among the two fan bases for that very reason. The Giants and A's fans went at it in the battle of the bay world series because of the same reason. The Kings and Warriors never have had a rivalry and probably never will.