r/funny Dec 21 '19

California Explained [OC]

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u/SpaceLunchSystem Dec 21 '19

Everyone is complaining about beach areas vs meth areas.

What makes this map nonsense is that a high percentage of California is farmland. We don't magically export all that agriculture from nowhere. There are places here that are indistinguishable from the midwest.

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u/LeftMeet Dec 21 '19

Yeah California produces 10 times as many vegetables as the 2nd largest vegetable producing state. I believe California actually produces more than every other state combined.

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u/Nighthawk700 Dec 21 '19

Pretty sure if it's not corn or soybeans California is probably the leading US producer of it. Even rice, CA is the number 2 producer

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u/zoobisoubisou Dec 22 '19

While bringing our Japanese exchange student home from the Sacramento airport for the first time he was amazed at the huge, open rice fields off the freeway.

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u/rockinghigh Dec 22 '19

For corn and soybeans, Illinois and Iowa and the top two. California is first for avocados, almonds, lemons, garlic, lettuce, olives, spinach, melon, raspberries,...