Pasadena... aka the Bubble. Just when you think you can get out, it snaps you back in. Where people drive pimped out Cavaliers and Civics and we get excited about restaurants that give you free bread. We take road trips for fun blaring old music that will never die. We picnic outside Wendy's because the dining room closes at 10 p.m. Yea... that's right? Who wouldn't want to live here?
by Kim and Nicole March 13, 2005
a diverse city in the heart of the san gabriel valley. There are many different aspects to the population, some are rich, some middle class and theres the ghetto portion in the north west. Old town pasadena and the surrounding area is becoming a trendy, rich area and bringing in yuppies by the barrel. The schools in dena are not of the highest quality and are generally thought as shitholes. Also there is the rose bowl and the rose parade which both get old. Also called Crown City sometimes.
by ultrajew5000 October 31, 2004
Pasadena..otherwise known as "the dena" has two things. Gas stations and grocery stores. There's basically nothing else except a few fast food restaurants and the roadhouse. Our schools suck and most of them are poor as God knows what and there's absolutely nothing to do when you're bored unless you wanna go mini golfing. The Dena is chock full of rednecks, preps, wiggers, and posers. A lot of people hate it here....but a lot more of us like it. Mind you..we don't like it enough to stay around and raise our kids here.
by Jessers July 17, 2005
A city that is NOT a suburb of Los Angeles, has a mixed population of socioeconomics (Northwest pasadena=ghetto), where the rose bowl is, where I unfortunately live, where the amount of homos are increasing due to the "trendiness", and where the schools suck.
by poopNscoop August 02, 2004
Pasadena, also known as "Dena" or the "626" is a city near LA, best known for the rose bowl games(which USC always wins) and the rose parade (which is only cool to the people who dont live in Pasadena). Full of Bloods (PDL), Crips, Latin Kings, Villa Boys, Thugs, tweakers, hobos, rich snobs, and everything else. It has underrated public schools who people love to critisize (Muir,PHS,Marshall,Blair,Rose City) which is mostly for the blacks, hispanics, and lower class white people who love to party, get wasted, and have fun. Muir is usually thought of to be the ghettoest one because it is in the "hood" which is in north-west pasadena near altadena (but thats where the best athletes tend to be). But Pasadena also has a whole bunch of private schools for the rich people who dont want their "precious" little kids to be affiliated with the "lower class" kids(Maranantha,La Salle,...etc) those are the kids who you'll usually see kikin it at the paseo on colorado st.
by 626Dena4 April 24, 2009
The Dena, the one and only. the only place where you can find thugs, white kids that wanna be thugs lol, preps and some serious rednecks. You either don't care about your car, put a fart pipe on it, or lift it sky high. Where you make friends for life and live for the moments. You may say its boring,but everybody knows you wouldn't trade it for anything else. Always overlooked, but never forgotten. No matter where you go, your roots will always be with the DENA.
by eric May 06, 2005
A city in the San Gabriel Valley, near Los Angeles. Basically in the middle of everything cool in So Cal. A lot of diversity, tons of people live here. Home of the Rose Bowl, Rose Parade, PCC, and other shit which is only important if you're not from Dena. Home to a lot of public schools, christian schools and private schools. A lot of celebrities live here, spotted usually on Colorado near Paseo/Old Town. All the shopping stuff is near Old Town and on South Lake, which is where the private school kids hang out. Really good athletes live here, PHS and Muir always have good sports teams. Everything you would need in a city, Pasadena has it.
by cashhhh69 January 28, 2012