(adj) The Redwood Curtain (RC) is the extreme northwestern corner of California, i.e. the coastal counties of
Del Norte, Humboldt, and
Mendocino. The RC is the norcal version of
the Iron Curtain in eastern Europe erected during the Cold War and is mostly used in a derogatory sense, whereby the RC symbolizes the area's lack of cultural or metropolitan qualities as well as poor transportation access, sparse development, rugged geography, and a weird provincialism among the native locals.
Hey, have you heard from
JJ?
Nah, haven't heard from him since he went behind the Redwood Curtain to go to
Humboldt State.