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The Rose Bowl and its associated parade were created to showcase to the Midwest how pleasant winters can be in California. It's no mistake that the Rose Bowl us
by Mountain_Skies 4y ago
The Rose Bowl and its associated parade were created to showcase to the Midwest how pleasant winters can be in California. It's no mistake that the Rose Bowl usually pits teams from the PAC12 against the Big 10 (a Midwestern collection of universities). Southern California has long marketed its temperate winters to those in harsh winter regions. People moving from areas where water is abundant, such as the Great Lakes region, aren't accustomed to giving the existence of water much thought, beyond perhaps how to best redirect the abundance of it off of their fields. The Chambers of Commerce, realtors, and everyone else who benefits from increasing the population didn't give it much thought either. As a result, there's a growing population that becoming more water insecure. Regardless of if it is due to agriculture, environmental laws, or climate change, the population growth is what maximizes the number of people put in danger of one day not having anything come out of the tap.
- nradov 4y agoThere's plenty of water in Southern California for just residential use (although it certainly shouldn't be wasted). Most of the water is going to agriculture, and many of the agricultural products are exported to other states or countries. So even if those people moved from California back to the Midwest, that won't fix our water shortage. Ultimately the only solution is to shift away from the water rights system and subsidized water prices, and instead institute a market system with dynamic pricing based on the actual supply. This may mean that California's farmers have to adopt more water efficient practices such as are already used in Israel, and reduce acreage devoted to water intensive crops such as alfalfa.