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Interesting article. One statement struck me as odd: > Most of the states that have grown faster than California during that time are farm states, riding an i
by ggchappell 16y ago
Interesting article.
One statement struck me as odd:
> Most of the states that have grown faster than California during that time are farm states, riding an incredible boom in agriculture prices.
I suppose there is nothing wrong with this statement, strictly speaking. However, it suggests that CA is not a "farm state". But it certainly is. CA is the number-one agricultural producer of all the 50 states. It's a clear number one in crops, and number two (after TX) in livestock.
- aaronblohowiak 16y agoAgricultural products are also a big export for the US.
- j_baker 16y agoI would imagine that the other states' economies depend much more on agriculture than California's does though. Thus, California has a lot of farmers, but it doesn't get as much from a surge in agriculture prices like the others do.
- waterlesscloud 16y agoCalifornia %2 is agriculture. Texas is 0.8.
- j_baker 16y agoReally? That's actually somewhat surprising to me. Still, I don't really think of Texas as a farm state either. I'm thinking more along the lines of the Midwestern states like Kansas or Nebraska.
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- akgerber 16y agoTexas has two of America's six largest cities in addition to all of its agricultural land. North Dakota has a city of less than 100,000. So its hinterland is a little more important.
- masklinn 16y agoThe original article was about growth, so absolute size is not relevant to the argument.
- Benjo 16y agoKeep in mind that "agriculture" includes livestock. Also, the climate of the southern US is well suited for cotton. Beyond that, corn is grown pretty much everywhere.
- protomyth 16y agoI can see where they might not think of CA that way as it is not the only game in town and the whole water situation might come into play at some point. It should be noted that at least one "farm state" (ND) is becoming much more of an oil state in recent years. It looks like this will continue as they just discovered another reserve that is bigger than the current one. If you have some free money, building rental housing in northwest ND is a very safe bet. //edited because of odd autocorrect