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I live in Texas. It takes about 8 hours drive to get out of Texas regardless of the direction I go. That's just one state. Texas is the only state that has 8 di

I live in Texas. It takes about 8 hours drive to get out of Texas regardless of the direction I go. That's just one state. Texas is the only state that has 8 different climate zones.

kstrauser 3y ago
The drive from El Paso to Los Angeles is 813 miles. The drive from El Paso to Brownsville, TX is 829 miles. El Paso is closer to LA than to another city in Texas.
- kurthr 3y ago
  Yeah, but once you get to El Paso, you're almost half way there!
- brudgers 3y ago
  Although El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than it is to the Mississippi River, by Interstate it is 200km closer to Dallas and slightly closer to Houston and Austin. But all those drives are 900km or more.
dkasper 3y ago
Texas is obviously bigger but California also has 8 (or more depending on which classification scheme)
prpl 3y ago
I don’t know where you got that climate zone information, but I don’t think it’s true. New Mexico has more koppen climates areas than Texas, and Arizona too (and also California). Texas is undeniably huge though - I have driven El Paso to Beaumont on the way to Louisiana
- sandworm101 3y ago
  And Alaska. It is big enough that there have to be at least eight different zones falling somewhere between coastal rainforest and arctic pack ice.
iancmceachern 3y ago
California is close. It's amazing how big these states are compared to say, Colorado where I grew up.
- Fatnino 3y ago
  Colorado is pretty big too. And I don't think there is anywhere in California that isn't like a 3-4 hour drive from not California (downtown during rush hour not withstanding). That said, if you do want to stay in California you can drive 15 hours in one direction and still be here.
- sandworm101 3y ago
  >> how big these states are compared to say, Colorado And Colorado is tiny compared to Canadian provinces, most of which are at least triple its size. Want big, look at how long it takes to drive from Seattle to Anchorage.
- sparky_z 3y ago
  It's because California and Texas were both pre-existing political entities when they were annexed by the US. Most of the other Midwest and western states had their boundaries defined by Congress as they carved up the US's unincorporated territory, which is why they all have similar sizes and very geometric shapes (with borders often defined lines of latitude and longitude).

I live in Texas. It takes about 8 hours drive to get out of Texas regardless of the direction I go. That's just one state. Texas is the only state that has 8 different climate zones.

kstrauser 3y ago

The drive from El Paso to Los Angeles is 813 miles. The drive from El Paso to Brownsville, TX is 829 miles. El Paso is closer to LA than to another city in Texas.

kurthr 3y ago
Yeah, but once you get to El Paso, you're almost half way there!
brudgers 3y ago
Although El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than it is to the Mississippi River, by Interstate it is 200km closer to Dallas and slightly closer to Houston and Austin. But all those drives are 900km or more.

dkasper 3y ago

Texas is obviously bigger but California also has 8 (or more depending on which classification scheme)

prpl 3y ago

I don’t know where you got that climate zone information, but I don’t think it’s true. New Mexico has more koppen climates areas than Texas, and Arizona too (and also California). Texas is undeniably huge though - I have driven El Paso to Beaumont on the way to Louisiana

sandworm101 3y ago
And Alaska. It is big enough that there have to be at least eight different zones falling somewhere between coastal rainforest and arctic pack ice.

iancmceachern 3y ago

California is close. It's amazing how big these states are compared to say, Colorado where I grew up.

Fatnino 3y ago
Colorado is pretty big too. And I don't think there is anywhere in California that isn't like a 3-4 hour drive from not California (downtown during rush hour not withstanding). That said, if you do want to stay in California you can drive 15 hours in one direction and still be here.
sandworm101 3y ago
>> how big these states are compared to say, Colorado And Colorado is tiny compared to Canadian provinces, most of which are at least triple its size. Want big, look at how long it takes to drive from Seattle to Anchorage.
sparky_z 3y ago
It's because California and Texas were both pre-existing political entities when they were annexed by the US. Most of the other Midwest and western states had their boundaries defined by Congress as they carved up the US's unincorporated territory, which is why they all have similar sizes and very geometric shapes (with borders often defined lines of latitude and longitude).