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Anyone want to explain the significance of their chosen boundaries to a non-Californian?

pedalpete 13y ago
My best guess as a non-Californian. Top Blue - I believe this is a mountainous region, not much industry. Purple - Massive forest area (on the coast at least), also small population and not much industry Yellow - North Bay, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Sacramento. Lots of industry, technology and money. Large population as a whole spread out fairly evenly across the region, so lots of medium sized towns and small cities (S.F, Oakland, San Jose, Palo Alto, etc.etc.). Industry includes the big names you know, Google, Facebook, Apple, as well as large research facilities (I believe NASA has a large centre there). Lots of Universities as well. Red - Some farm-land, mountainous further inland. I believe cattle, cheese, and some fruit orchards. Green - Great farmland. Grapes and wine region, orchards, lots of cattle land. Moderate populations, towns like San Luis Obispo (great part of California if you haven't visited). Orange - Massive populations of Los Angeles also medium sized cities of San Diego, Palm Springs/Desert. Massive industry throughout the area serving the population and the industries of Los Angeles. LA is a massive manufacturing hub (clothing, automobiles, the list goes on and on). Massive sea port at Long Beach (there may be others too).
- Railroadcar9 13y ago
  north of sac is not blue at all
- dmckeon 13y ago
  For the political side, here is a per-county view: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/in-california-growing-diversity-first-made-its-mark/?_r=0 http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/in-calif... On the practical side, a division into 6 parts avoids the usual North/South argument, or the less frequent North/Central/South version, and could be walked back to a 5, 4, or 3-way split. That said, I recall a survey not long after Prop 13 that had Californians liking a 2-way split, as long as the part that each respondent lived in 'got' Disneyland, and the other part got Sacramento. This proposal seems about as likely to happen as that one.

My best guess as a non-Californian. Top Blue - I believe this is a mountainous region, not much industry. Purple - Massive forest area (on the coast at least), also small population and not much industry Yellow - North Bay, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Sacramento. Lots of industry, technology and money. Large population as a whole spread out fairly evenly across the region, so lots of medium sized towns and small cities (S.F, Oakland, San Jose, Palo Alto, etc.etc.). Industry includes the big names you know, Google, Facebook, Apple, as well as large research facilities (I believe NASA has a large centre there). Lots of Universities as well. Red - Some farm-land, mountainous further inland. I believe cattle, cheese, and some fruit orchards. Green - Great farmland. Grapes and wine region, orchards, lots of cattle land. Moderate populations, towns like San Luis Obispo (great part of California if you haven't visited). Orange - Massive populations of Los Angeles also medium sized cities of San Diego, Palm Springs/Desert. Massive industry throughout the area serving the population and the industries of Los Angeles. LA is a massive manufacturing hub (clothing, automobiles, the list goes on and on). Massive sea port at Long Beach (there may be others too).

Railroadcar9 13y ago
north of sac is not blue at all
dmckeon 13y ago
For the political side, here is a per-county view: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/in-california-growing-diversity-first-made-its-mark/?_r=0 http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/in-calif... On the practical side, a division into 6 parts avoids the usual North/South argument, or the less frequent North/Central/South version, and could be walked back to a 5, 4, or 3-way split. That said, I recall a survey not long after Prop 13 that had Californians liking a 2-way split, as long as the part that each respondent lived in 'got' Disneyland, and the other part got Sacramento. This proposal seems about as likely to happen as that one.