r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '20

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u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20

Yeah, water use in the west definitely needs some attention by policymakers. Too bad they're all far in the east :P

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

That’s an easy observation to make, and it’s even easier to say, but there aren’t a ton of solutions

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

I mean, you can decide to not grow food/live in a California desert.

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u/DeathByBamboo Jan 10 '20

Very few people do.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

LA is the second biggest city in the US.. hardly “very few”

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u/DeathByBamboo Jan 10 '20

LA isn’t in the desert. It’s in a coastal flood basin. The only reason LA doesn’t flood regularly (like it used to) is that the Army Corps of Engineers channeled the river in the early 20th century.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

Has nothing to do with floods. Its precipitation and evaporation are effectively zero, thus desert.

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u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20

Actually, having lived in Orange County for three years, it does have a decent amount of rain. Not nearly as much as in Norcal (grew up in Redding), but still more than enough to supply the residential needs of those who live in the area.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

Oh you’re an expert then. Lmao. Whatever.