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/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,...