I love California. Born and raised here throughout most of my life. Even though I have visited other states, nothing ever compares to California. We are blessed with a Mediterranean climate, fertile fields, a urban megalopolis, diversity of people and culture. When I moved to gloomy Seattle, I missed California's weather dearly. I've never been happier when my parents decided to move back to the Sunshine state.
Urban California
- 90% of Californians live in one or another of California's 25 Metropolitan Statistical Areas
- Los Angeles is the US's 2nd largest city.
- Most Californians reside either in Los Angeles or San Francisco.
- Urban megalopolis is shaped by our use of automobile thus result of heavy traffic and smog.
Ethnic Diversity
- Southern California has become one of the main destination for immigration.
- 9.9 million people in county of Los Angeles.
- Largest Mexican metropolitan outside Mexico, 2nd largest Chinese metropolitan area outside China, 2nd largest Japanese metropolitan outside Japan, largest Korean, Filipino and Vietnamese metropolitan area outside their countries.
The California megapolis contains 45 counties :
Greater Los Angeles:
San Francisco Bay Area:
- San Francisco
- San Mateo
- Alameda
- Contra Costa
- Santa Clara
- Marin
- Solano
- Sonoma
- Napa
- Santa Cruz
- San Benito
Greater Sacramento:
Metropolitan Fresno:
Area of influence (California):
- Kern
- San Diego
- San Joaquin
- Stanislaus
- Merced
- Mendocino
- Lake
- Monterey
- Amador
- Colusa
- Butte
- Sierra
- Alpine
- Kings
- Glenn
- Tulare
- Calaveras
- Tuolumne
- Mariposa
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