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Fresno is the third largest city in the state and the agricultural capital of the state. Going through Fresno will link the three largest industries: technology
by tathougies 8y ago
Fresno is the third largest city in the state and the agricultural capital of the state. Going through Fresno will link the three largest industries: technology, entertainment, and agriculture.
- elgenie 8y agoFresno's merely the seventh largest urban area, and nowhere close to being the third largest city in the state: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_urban_areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_urban_areas It is the biggest population center between San Jose and Southern California, though.
- yellowapple 8y ago"and the agricultural capital of the state" We Sacramentans would object to that. We wouldn't adopt some silly slogan about being the world's "Farm-to-Fork Capital" otherwise. Granted, Sacramento's already the actual capital, so I'm fine with letting them have this one.
- cco 8y agoI know Fresno is relatively large but the entire purpose of this route was/is/I guess isn't to get people from SF to LA as a rival to air travel.
- dragonwriter 8y agoNo, the purpose cited and the comparison made in cost justifications was to North/South freeway traffic it would displace, not competition with air travel.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Fresno is the third largest city in the state Fifth, behind LA, San Diego, San José, and San Francisco.