"Thats a lot of places for one state" -- Not if you consider the huge distance from each other. SF to LA 6.5 hr of driving, SF to San Diego, over 9 hrs. In th

"Thats a lot of places for one state" -- Not if you consider the huge distance from each other. SF to LA 6.5 hr of driving, SF to San Diego, over 9 hrs. In the same distance in europe you would have Rome, Milano, Paris, Berlin, Zurich, Vienna, Frankfurt.... and so many other cities in between.