tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665342107723336257.post6422705871326124507..comments2023-02-13T03:38:13.649-05:00Comments on LaMarotte: California as a CountryADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665342107723336257.post-5478277809121334232011-12-09T13:48:22.092-05:002011-12-09T13:48:22.092-05:00Another country-like feature of California is the ...Another country-like feature of California is the huge diversity of climate, economy, and population. It has the hottest place on the planet (Death Valley) and the mountain range that receives more snow than any other (the Sierra-Nevada), as well as the most productive fruit & vegetable agriculture in the world (the Central Valley) and the one of the world's most desolate deserts (the Mojave.) It has one of the globe's largest megaplexes (Southern California) and remote forests containing the world's tallest trees (the coastal redwoods of Northern California.) It has a 21st century economy of software, entertainment, and finance right alongside a 19th century economy of fishing, forestry, mining, and agriculture. It's just an amazingly complicated place. (I'm going to miss it when it falls into the ocean.)Patioboaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600842825460753192noreply@blogger.com