As a truck driver, and having trucked all sides to California, this state is so beautiful. Especially trucking along the 101. You can't beat that ocean view.
There really aren't a lot of portions of the 101 with a view of the ocean, and I don't think you were taking your semi the whole distance of Highway 1.
@@SolaceEasy Trucks aren't allowed the whole entirety of 1, if that's what you're getting at. I'm referring to the stretch along Pismo Beach and Oxnard/Ventura area.
I lived for 5 years in CA... only 5 years... California is so beautiful... its lifestyle is so unique... different cultures coexist together... I miss it so much
Setting aside all of the drama like politics, high costs of living, traffic, crime and other issues, California is really an amazing, beautiful state. I never realized how different each part of the state is from other parts. Thanks for the video, I learned about geographical features of the state I've never even known existed. It may be crowded here in the southern coast as compared to other areas of the state, but I'm still proud to call California my home state! :)
Probably the reason why those issues exist, cause the state attracts so many people. People want to live in CA either for the climate/weather, jobs and opportunities, or to chase that "California lifestyle". Massive population, with crowded urban centres, just leads to traffic, high cost of living, crime and other issues.
@@alistairt7544 yes I agree, I'm aware of all of it absolutely, though the point of my comment was setting all of those issues, this state has lots of hidden wonders and natural beauty, and I really love that
Statistically California doesn't have much crime. Have far more cities listed in the safest cities in America than the most dangerous. Many states in the south can't say this. Cost of living besides tax varies. Fresno, Bakersfield, Palmdale are fairly cheap. San Francisco, San Jose, LA, San Diego are not. Politics... well everyone has their taste. California has many conservative areas just not in areas that hold most of the population.
As a Californian who has lived in or has family in almost all these regions, I gotta say this was probably the most thorough breakdown of California I've ever seen. Well done.
I’m not from California, but the Northern Coast region is my kind of place. I love that it's isolated, foggy, rainy, has dense forests, hills and valleys, and cliffs over looking the ocean.
Northern coast born and raised! Hate to break it to you but it’ll cost you 1.5 mil for 2k sq ft house built in the 20s! Otherwise everyone will love it
scotto I don’t know where you’re talking about but 2 years ago I bought a 1200 square foot house on more than an acre with huge redwoods and 8 miles south of the Oregon border for 100k
Yesss. Finally someone who agrees. I love the Oregon, Washington, and Cali coast. Its a beautiful place, but sadly theres not many good jobs and oppertunities. If I can find a good job in this region, I would move right away.
That Mediterranean climate is much smaller than shown Lived on the peninsula and San Jose all my life. I'm 3rd generation San Franciscan. I'm leaving soon as I can. The bay area was so much nicer 40 years ago. I'm investing in other states.
@@haydenhattenbach8223 Woah woah Now let’s all be chill don’t let politics drive us further apart. We all love our State of California and if you don’t than get out and wait for the Texan to complain about Californians ruining there cowboy state.
@@danielcuevas3025 I'm being chill or driving anyone apart, I'm just saying most of the people that have a problem with our government are conservatives. Would that be wrong?
Reminds me of the time somebody actually tried to argue that Texas was more geographically diverse than CA. I was like "yeah sure, let me know when you find a 14,000 foot, glaciated strato-volcano in Texas." He never replied, I assume he's still looking.
In Texas we're taught that there's only like 4 or 5 geographical areas, that are more or less similar to each other I forget what the names were, but it's just the western desert and mountains, the southern Great Plains and plateau in the north, the Gulf coastal plains, the eastern forests and swamps, and maybe the Rio Grande valley I don't know what they were on about, because it's much more that the state is bisected by a dry area and a wet area, a large desert/savanna in the west, south and center that transitions to wetlands as you get closer to the Red River and Gulf of Mexico It's also largely just flat, with the exceptions being the part of the Rockies that go down in the west and the Edwards Plateau that separate the two plains areas
@@star_reshiram lol the longest drive of my life was in the 8 hour gap between radio stations on the 10 between El Paso and San Antonio. My God. Those hills were pretty, and you guys are friendly, but man Texas is just too damn wide!
Don’t be to hard on that Texan, his whole life he’s been fed a whole bunch of BS that Texas is the biggest and the best. The Internet is waking them up and they’re not happy about it. I know this because I too am a Texan but I left years ago it was quite a shock for me that nobody loved Texas as much as Texans did. ✌🏼
I’ve driven from (California) west coast to east coast (Virginia). And too be honest nothing like California. I live in San Diego, and every year I go up north to the mountains.
Also can’t forget that the Los Angeles-Long Beach port, usually just known as the Port of Los Angeles, is the largest and busiest port in the entire Americas
@@zonaryorange8734 Technically it's called the San Pedro Complex which contains the two separately run entities known as The Port of Los Angeles (Run by the City of Los Angeles) and The Port of Long Beach (Run by the City of Long Beach).
From Sacramento-it’s 90 min to wine country, 90 min to skiing, 90 min to the ocean and San Francisco. Gold country starts less than an hour away. Sacramento is in the Delta, and is an international port. Hwy 80 will take you through a different ecology every few minutes from Sacramento to Reno. I went to Maine once, the clerks at a store felt sorry for me living in California. They thought Maine must have been beautiful to me! It is beautiful-if you like the same view mile after mile. I’ll take the variety of ecologist any day.
Great video. While I don't miss being in California, I really do miss my California. My 1966-2007 time there. What an awesome time to be raised in the Sacramento area. The 80's we're so epic in Orangevale and Folsom! As were the 90's and 00's in Oceanside and San Marcos!
i live in forestville and its amazing during summer with the river, theres just tons of people coming here to visit the river during that time so the streets are packed
oh and forgot to mention but it also has been flooding every winter for the past 4 years so dont get a house too close to the river or its gonna be flooded in a year lmao
As a Californian in the San Joaquin Valley, this video is top notch. There is one thing though. The valley isn’t going through desertification. The area around Bakersfield and kings county were already deserts (precipitation is less than 10 inches) before canals were made. The rest of the San Joaquin Valley is grassland, wetlands, and riparian forests before agriculture came here.
No that is not true. The area around Bakersfield used to be a giant lake and wetland called "Tulare Lake". It was drowned for agriculture unfortunately.
LOL...smogland is L.A. When we drove to L.A. you would come over the Antelope valley mountains. You couldn't see L.A.. you had to get below the smog. Being from the desert then going to L.A. 🤢 . The smug was gross.
As a Californian I can confirm that these names are pretty accurate, although lately the bay, where I live, is becoming smogland as well, at least during the late summer.
That's kind of the whole idea of the US. Each state is supposed to operate like it's own country; 50 separate entities tied loosely with a central government. However, that is not how it is operating today.
@@redemption882 Ah yes, Palm Springs. Where you can take the tram up in the morning and go snow boarding, eat lunch, take the tram down and play a 9 hole round of golf in the afternoon.😊
To remain a long term Californian means accepting and living with change. Since I was born here 63 years ago, the population has increased by 27 million people. Huge areas that were once farmland, tiny rural towns, or empty land when I was young, are now thriving suburban areas or even small cities. My father told stories about the fruit orchards that surrounded the S F Bay when he was young, giving rise to the great fruit canneries like Del Monte, now covered over in houses and Silicon Valley Tech. When I returned to Oakland 35 years ago, areas within 1.5 miles of my home had abandoned properties the city gave away for $3.00 and a signed commitment to remain 10 years with improvements. Some of those homes now sell for nearly a million $. It never stops. Everywhere I go around here, new condo towers and apartment blocks rise up against the sky and all I can say is wasn't that my donut shop last week?
@@pearsarecool2000 let's hope we can figure out how to built transport and not just more highways. If it ever does grow to Tokyo's size better hope to every upper being in existence we can build something to transport all those people rather than being stuck in a metal box on a trafficked bridge.
I have visited California almost every year(sometimes multiple times a year) for more than a decade. There's *so* *much* to explore, to see, and to do, and that's an understatement. Outside it's major cities, there's so much varied landscape and geography that's incredible for anyone who's into/interested in the outdoors. There are a lot of quaint towns scattered throughout the state, and each geographic regions has it's own charms and beauty. The only areas I haven't visited(but have driven through them) are the Cascades, the Desert, and the Channel Islands. My personal favourite spots to visit time and time again are the Bay, Yosemite, Big Sur(plus Monterey and Carmel-by-the-Sea), Santa Barbara, and Napa-Sonoma Valleys. Regardless of politics, I highly recommend people to explore California, even outside SF and LA, there's so much to see.
haha as a californian, who likes to drive through this state, not even i have been able to see everything california has to offer. this state is just so huge. i live more south central so northern california is still so unexplored for me. still need to see the redwoods but have seen the sequoias dozens of times since sequoia is basically my local national park. california recently hasn't been doing things right that much but one thing it will always have right, is the nature. this state is truly blessed with its nature. although, as a introvert, i just wished there was a tad less people here 😂 i hope you continue to enjoy your time here in my state!
As one who moved here from Texas some years back, I'm impressed how many Europeans visit California! Texas don't get that kind of tourism like California. Traveling all over this great state I now understand!
As a Californian, I was surprised when I first went to Yosemite, it was unlike anything I’d ever seen. I go up to Monterey and Big Sur every once in a while and go up to lake arrowhead, big bear, or mammoth mountain basically every year
Raised in Granada Hills, went to High School in San Jose, stationed in Herlong, went to Fort Ord for leadership school, and sister living in Salinas, this video well describes the diverse regions of California.
As a Californian, I can say this is almost 100% spot on. I live in Ventura and we definitely consider ourselves part of Southern California. I would say most people south of Point Conception (just north of Santa Barbara) would consider themselves part of the south coast.
A lot of people who live in santa barbara consider themselves to be in the central coast but if you go a little north of SB, people will say SB is socal, its funny
As a Ventura native. Traditionally we saw ourselves linked more to Santa Barbara and SLO than Los Angeles (beachy, ag, ranch vibe) but as LA grew, Ventura is increasingly an LA suburb. Santa Barbara definitely sees itself as Central Coast.
I also call California my home state. I wasn't born there and it isn't the place I've lived the longest. But, it's where I was raised from 5th grade to a little after high school graduation. I was last in Southern California in 1994 I have great memories living in the desert.
Good stuff. A couple of further points to help understand regional differences in CA: 1. Sacramento feels intrinsically connected to SF/Oakland/Bay area. Bakersfield is similarly strongly connected to L.A./SoCal. Fresno and other cities in the mid-Central Valley (San Joaquin Valley) sit in a strange midland by being tied to the north and south while creating a unique environment which feels very disconnected from "The Cities". Life feels different in the core of the Central Valley. 2. The Sierra Nevada region deserves to be broken down further. The Eastern Sierras and the Western Sierras are geographically close, but life is very different on either side. For a 5-6 months every year the highway passes over the Central Sierras close due to snow. In the winter months, it is approximately a 7-hour drive from Fresno to Mammoth Lakes even though they are only about 75 miles apart on the map. It is approximately a 5-hour drive through Yosemite National Park when the roads are open during summer. Very different worlds on either side.
as someone who lives in the central valley, close to sequoia national park, you explained it perfectly! here it feels disconnected from the big city life for sure. more of a small town city vibe. another regional difference i'd say is the high desert/eastern sierra/death valley area. lone pine, bishop, big pine give off very distinct small town, almost like "the old west", vibe. atleast in my opinion. i absolutely love it there!
@@HazeOfWhearyWater I don't think you understood my comment. It was not from the perspective of someone who lives in SF. It was from the perspective of the valley. NorCal valley cities connect to the Bay Area. South Valley cities, like Bakersfield, tend to associate more with L.A. and SoCal. You might not realize or know that living in the city.
@@HazeOfWhearyWater I have to agree with Ray though. Having lived in the Bay Area for a few months before since moving to Stanislaus County, I’ve been able to see that the cities from the Sacramento Metro Area down to Turlock are really connected to San Francisco and the rest of the Bay Area. This effect has only gotten more intense as more Bay Area residents move to the Sac-Stan corridor. However, just as Ray said, these cities and the rest of the Central Valley are fleshing out their own unique cultures and power, especially with the rapid growth many cities have been experiencing. UC Merced and Fresno State have been receiving more interest, while the Sacramento area has been blossoming to become a cultural beacon itself. Tracy and Manteca, with extension to Livermore in the East Bay, have begun to become tourist/shopping districts because of their location in the middle of the connection between the Central Valley and Bay Area.
@@HazeOfWhearyWater probably most SF residents, especially if they are not bay area natives, don't see the strong connection between both the northern San Joaquin and southern Sacramento Valley's, and the SF bay area, as it's a connection between the Valley and outlying bay area suburbs for the most part. But there is little direct connection between especially the professional middle class of SF Marin or San Mateo and the Central Valley. There is a connection to the valley among PART of the core bay area working class, however, both immigrant and non immigrant, but only part, as well as across much but all of the population across the class spectrum including even the wealthy once you get to the bay area's inland outskirts, which are of course also strongly connected to SF and the other wealthy core areas as well as to the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valley's, forming a bridge between the two. But there just isn't that much direct connection between the population of especially San Francisco itself and that of the Central Valley.
I live in the greater Sacramento area and I'm super jealous of the Bay area and Tahoe/Truckee area of the Sierra's I pay a lot less in gas and rent tho 😂
I grew up in San Diego with LA being my second home, always out in the desert and at the age 21 moved up to Paradise in NorCal, traveling all up north to fight fires. I have to say its extremly astonishing how diverse this state is from region, culture, and way of life. I love San Diego but after living in Butte County I think it holds a special place in my heart and I miss being up there every day. This video does California justice for sure, good work my friend
I’m 23, born an raised in California. Whatever sort of life you’d like to live you can find it here. I love it and I’d never want live outside of it. I’m only working on finally getting out of the overpopulated bay and living permanently in the mountains/trees. 💖
Thank you for this video. I'm a native Californian originally from San Diego, lived in the San Joaquin Valley, and now in Sacramento. I feel your video is very well put together and good job with pronouncing most of the place names. Two incorrect pronunciations I noticed are Yreka (WHY-reka) and Carquinez (car-KEEN-ez).
Although the Central Valley can be lumped into one region, the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valley are very different culturally and in regards to climate and agriculture. I appreciate that you noted the separation between the two regions. As a resident of the San Joaquin Valley, I appreciate it. Great vid
I'm biased, I'm a California native, & it's the only place I have ever resided. We here in the Golden State, know that all is not perfect here, but I surely wouldn't live anywhere else. I'm located near the Bay Area, where we are just hours from Muir Woods, the Beach, Yosemite, & the Death Valley, we love the diversity of it all! California is beyond beautiful, thank you for your awesome video!
Man, I love California! I’ve lived in both urban centers. Grew up in LA and went to college in SF. I guess I forget how beautiful the rest of the state is and you just reminded me. Great video.
I live in Cali and have visited Spain and will say that they are VERY similar. The coast of Portugal is like my home on the NorCal coast near sf. You have mountains near Andorra and Madrid like Central Valley as well as Barcelona similar to la
I’ve taken many trains throughout Spain and I was constantly reminded of California. The architecture is actually pretty similar, too, as you’ll find the Spanish colonial style all throughout the state.
I like how you divided the regions. A few notes on pronunciation; Lassen is pronounced "LASS-en" not "LAW-sen" Carquinez is pronounced "kar-KEEN-ez". San Diego by the way is the state's second-largest city.
The geographical regions are the main reasons why I fell in love with California. From the deserts, to the Sierra mountains, to the giant Sequoias, Redwood Forests and to the coast. You can't beat the California coast. The fact that there are so many parts in California that are not habitable only demonstrates why California is unique, gigantic and a beautiful state. California can go on to be it's own country if the US goes to shit.
@@karnubawax Honestly 😅 I love my state and yeah we have a strong economy but Im not a big fan of the politics and we'd still rely heavily on the rest of union for petrol and other natural gas
Fun fact : after the mexican american war , there were a lot of discussions to what parts of mexico would be annexed , one those plans was to completly annex the california peninsula , so if that plan went forward , we probably would have a north and south california states , with south california probably being known for cities like mexicali or cabo san Lucas.
lived in Los Angeles my whole life, but also spent a year in Oakland and recently drove up to the central coast to Big Sur and Monterey. This state really is amazingly beautiful and so diverse, and this video was very cool and i actually learned a lot :)
Perfect Music choice for this video. It sounds almost magical. Great presentstion my friend. I highly appreciate this video. Truly. Great love from Denmark
I think you did a really good job. I particularly appreciate the divisions you delineated. They're very perceptive. Personally, I would take the southern quarter of the Sierra Nevada region and the upper "peninsula" of the Desert region and combine them into another region altogether; The High Desert. I've spent a lot of time there, and I feel it's different enough from the rest of the place that it deserves its own region. However, this is a very personal opinion of mine and can be debated. All in all, though, great job!
I think you did a good job of dividing up the state into regions. I do think Orange County got overlooked between Los Angeles and San Diego. People who don't live in Southern California just think of Orange County as a suburb of Los Angeles, but if you live in Southern California you realize that Orange County has got its own culture and if it were anywhere else it would be considered a major metropolitan area in its own right.
So true. I think people forget that outside of some of the more rural areas and Fresno, Orange County is the state’s conservative heart which makes it’s culture vastly different from other areas of the state.
Well done. Having lived in three of your California regions, and having explored the rest, I have to say that my favorite region is the North Coast. Regarding the Salton Sea: the water is not just undrinkable, but toxic, due to pesticide and sewage from the near by farming areas and cities in Northern Baja California; even the dust that blows around the sea is toxic.
I've also lived in three of the regions - first the Bay Area, second coastal SoCal, and now I have a house in Palm Springs (desert area), but I still live primarily in Los Angeles. Eventually, we will sell our house in L.A. and buy a larger house in Palm Springs, as that is the best place to retire.
I have been from Redding to San Diego and from Tahoe to San Francisco but I have yet to see the North Coast! Really wanna check out Eureka and it's surroundings
I spent some time in a small town in the central valley. I'm originally from Illinois. Aside from being able to see mountains way off in the distance, I felt like I was back at home.
LMAO yeah the central valley's pretty rough bro hahaha. But you can have a good time with the right kind of people for ALOT cheaper than SF, LA, SD and the coast but it might be a bit more dangerous and there is less police here so its like the WildWest, better have your eyes open. Also little roadtrips to the major areas can be a blast! Also we have ALOT of rivers, lakes and reservoirs (coming from the Sierra's) that the major cities dont have. It's a bit more trashy/ghetto tho. You can really FEEL that it's alot more conservative/republican because it's all farming towns
8:14 I will add one thing. Even in the Sacramento Valley we are green, like in that photo, for 2-3 months a year and look just like San Joaquin with extra oak trees the rest of the year. Great video, really captures the diversity of the state.
I am from California. Born in Oceanside. This video has shown me how beautiful, amazing and breathtaking my home state is. I spent my childhood in Southern California because my father was in the military, which made me, my mother, sister and brother live there. I've been to Northern California on cross country trips of 1996, 1998 and 2001. Been to L.A. a lot of times. I mean a lot of times. San Diego as well. The different regions of The Golden State makes it unique. The Snowcapped mountains, swamps, deserts, islands, cities, pine forests and farmland makes it Canada, Mexico and Australia (a part of Southern California where I am from) all rolled into one. The downside of California is earthquakes, wildfires, mudslides and drought. Going on a summer vacation with my mom and dad in 1996 to Oceanside by getting away from Texas wasn't that great because of my father. If my dad was more, more adventurous, it would have been a lot better. 1998 and 2001 was better. Oceanside, California is my birthplace and hometown, but California is my home and I am happy and proud to be from there.
@@whatabouttheearth , true. It is expensive. I know that. My father decided that me, my mom, brother and sister should move to Texas because of the cost of living in California. I just couldn't live out there because of the ridiculous cost of living in the Golden State. California isn't the only state in America that is expensive. Try the entire United States. The entire country is expensive. Broken tax system that favor the wealthy, people working more hours for less paid and a healthcare system that is set up as a business and not free, public and universal.
I was born in Oceanside as well. Actually Camp Pendleton, Naval Hospital which I'm guessing you as well, with your dad having served in the military? :)
@@snoopy-mf7nv I was born at the Naval Hospital on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base. Military families that lived in houses on the base had Oceanside addresses and phone numbers. Actually, that makes me a Oceanside native.
I really like the video! Been subscribed for a while. I think you'd benefit from a better mic/more sound dampening. Keep it up, hope the channel keeps growing!
Last year at this time I was in California (Northern California) for the first time, and it blew my mind! Drove from Santa Cruz all the way up to Seattle on the coast. Saw the Redwood forest, Mount hood, The Golden gate Bridge, the butterfly sanctuary, natural bridge etc. Took a dump on a tree on Mount rainier with a bird watch with me (My stomach was messed up, and I couldn’t make it back down the mountain in time) Never realize how cold it gets at night in Northern California, I always see people surfing on tv, but you need a bodysuit. But I’m going to say that Oregon took the cake! Oregon (at least the coast) was like crack to all of my senses especially my eyes. It’s like in my blood and infected, I have to go back! PS, you can buy bottles of wine at Dollar Tree in California for $1
In the Santa Cruz mountains (north side of the Monterey Bay, south of San Jose) lies California's oldest state park, Big Basin, established 100 years ago. Its home to large coast redwoods between 1,000 to 2,500 years old. And it recently endured the 12th most destructive fire in California history. It burned through 97% of its 18,000 acres, but almost all of the old redwoods survived. Its an amazing example of California's resilience.
Great work here. Couple mispronunciations got me all- “like what?” But other wise an excellent overview of an extremely large and complex state. Well done!
Hi Carter, Thank you for sharing your fascinating and so well-researched videos with us! ✌️☺️ Just wanted to let you know that California place names retain their Mexican Spanish pronunciations (as opposed to Spanish from Spain). So the town of “La Jolla” is (La HOY-yah) and the “Carquinez” Strait at 7:35 in this video is pronounced “car-KEEN-ez”. 🤙🏼 I’m super glad I found your channel, and I look forward to more really interesting content in the future!
Great video, made my heart swell. I live in Hayward, one of the lamest cities in the Bay Area (south of Oakland), we don’t even have our own bowling alley anymore, but it’s still beautiful in places, and I’m fighting tooth and nail to stay here for life!
Hella I’m in Eureka I had no idea this was going to focus on the north coast as much as it did when I clicked it, good job on the video I can see there was a lot of learning cali info when making this
Seacrest County in the video game Need for Speed Hot Pursuit is basically a scaled down California. I always thought it's interesting to have different types of landscapes such as deserts, mountains, coastal areas and national forests all in one place.
My first video from your channel and wow, I'm blown away. Fantastic presentation, more than enough information to be informative and educate the viewer, but not too much to cause boredom and feel like I'm back in school. Subscribed my friend, keep em coming.
I grew up in Los Osos, grad MCP '89, and live far away in Waianae, which has a superficial Central Coast vibe, only detectable to natives in a small quantity.
San Francisco, is second most densely populated large U.S. city, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. San Francisco is the 12th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States by population, with 4.7 million people, and the fourth-largest by economic output, with GDP of $549 billion in 2018.[21] With San Jose, it forms the fifth most populous combined statistical area in the United States, the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area (9.67 million residents in 2018).
Awesome video! California is amazing, beautiful, and diverse. It has so many different sights and types of places within the territory. Shout-out to the Central Valley and the Central Coast. The Central Coast is beautiful and topical looking, reminiscent of Hawai'i. I just returned from Hawai'i and parts of it reminded me of the California Coast and other parts of California.
U can get to the desert, the beach, the valley, the mountains all in one day an back home before 9pm here in SoCal 💯 born n raised in southern cali, there's truly no place like home 💖
My son is currently hiking the PCT in California. Starting on Mexican border going to Canadian border. He is sending me the most amazing and beautiful pictures of the regions he is going to. Truly amazing and diverse!
For tourists if you are going to visit national parks and forest. There is a Sequoia National Park and a Sequoia National Forest, park is up in Visalia area and Forest is near Porterville and Bakersfield. Used to work on the Forest and would have to explain to people they are 100+ miles away. Also there is Many Groves of Giant sequoia trees make sure you do some research ahead of time
I went down big sur a couple of weeks ago and is a once in a lifetime experience. I would definitely recommend it over Disneyland or some other tourist trap.
Hi again! I am, as you know, fairly new to your channel. I have learned so much from your channel! I do not if this will stop you from saying this again. But I find you very thorough in all your information you provide. Please keep up the good work. As I said before, I have found your channel to be very interesting!
I live 20 minutes from Susanville, it's not all desert, there are alpine forest, not sure how you missed Mt. Lassen, which is the biggest shield Volcano in the country. I do like the way you divided the state, political views and mindsets tend to follow the lines you drew better than most Norcal, Central Cal, SoCal maps. Good video overall. Lake Almankr represent. #savelaketahoe
Yeah! Excellent video, Carter! Native San Diegan, right here! I just came upon your channel and subscribed right off the back. Fascinating and interesting, indeed.
My home state. Its so amazing to see how it has a piece of every type of climate on the planet. You definitely feel when you go up and down the state. Greeting from my favorite part the bay area east side : )
Quite happy I got your channel recommended! I love this type of thing and always talk about this when I travel up and down the state for holidays (not these holidays though... don't want to kill my grandparents and other family...). BUT! I grew up between Fresno and Bakersfield and moved to Humboldt country for the college up here. I've been up here for 6 or 7 years now and with the traveling down to LA/San Juaquin valley really noticed all of these areas myself. When you went into the north coast and mentioned Wilits and Ukiah and not Erueka/Arcata I was kind of offended! But then you ended up us and capsulated this area really well. I'm NOT a city guy, I grew up in LA and hated every minute of it. I love the isolation up here, the cool/wet weather and beautiful scenery. I have family in Red Bluff near Redding and when I visit I can feel when I go over the mountains to the northern valley. Drier and less moist air but the ground isn't as dead and yellow as by my hometown. Redding is really nestled at the foot of the mountains. I also have family in Oxnard/Camarillo and I've def felt that it was a LA satellite. However, when taking the 101 up from there (back up to the tip top!) the view is beautiful and Salinas reminded me a lot of the central valley, you can smell the farming/dirt in the air. Just much much smaller and you can see the mountains on each side. I also have family in Barstow, the center of Mojave and man does it suck there. Really really dry, can't stand to be outside after living up north so long. I've had family live in Susanville, which perked my ears when you mentioned it. They had lots of snow, never visited before they moved but they didn't like dealing with the snow up there. Lastly, I went to cavatina for a wedding once. Man is it gorgeous and I thought it was awesome most people don't have cars. They use golf carts to avoid smog and because the place is so small. If I could, I would retire there. Great video. As a Californian who takes pride in his state, I thoroughly enjoyed this video and feel you did California justice! It's amazing to think that where I am and where my mom lives are in the same state. Could not be further apart when it comes to climate. I haven't used an air conditioner since I moved here, never above 80. There, it's on 24/7. Even back home it's on 24/7. California is such an amazing place, it's truly sad and disheartening to see what we are doing to it. Lumberjacks are kind of a thing around here, but seeing photos from a hundred years ago of 2 men cutting down a HUMONGEOUS tree makes me sad. That tree spend thousands of years and they probably cut it down in a week. Luckily, Humboldt has the most old growth redwoods in California and I get to see those giant trees whenever I go on a hike!
i’ve grown up my whole life all over northern california, having a cabin in lassen national forest, cousins in sacramento, santa cruz, napa, san fransisco and susanville, and living in northern lake tahoe. i have driven up and down the entirety of california so many times i can’t even count it. i truly do believe this is the most beautiful state in the US, purely because the vast vast diversity in land, people and culture. i am so proud to be from here and i will spend the rest of my life exploring small towns that are little treasures, swimming in the most refreshing water and the most beautiful ocean, hiking some of the most beautiful mountains and enjoying every second of it! i’m so lucky.
Man that sounds awesome! You're very fortunate, I sometimes consider buying property in northern Lake Tahoe. What a magical place. But then again there are like 10-15 places I want to buy property in California hahaha. This state is UNREAL
And a petition that makes the Southern Coast less cold in the winter...I freakin hate the cold, which is why I love my hometown of L.A., but when winter arrives it gets unbearably cold!!!
@@dogie1070, the hottest place I've been is Tucson, Arizona. It was 129 degrees Farenheit. I grew up in the Mojave Desert, I was a long distance track runner. Even though it was hot is wasn't the worst I've been in. When I lived in Oklahoma, you would take a cold shower to cool off. A few minutes after getting out of the shower you were sweating again. Living in Southern Florida, didn't feel as bad because you have the Atlantic on one side and the Gulf on the other, but it still got humid.
Great Video, very well done. I really enjoyed it. But yeah, I am going to take issue with something: Geographically, geologically, and meteorologically, Santa Barbara and points south are all in Southern California, they are south of the Transverse ranges- which meet the sea in the vicinity of Points Concepcion and Arguello. The transverse range is a clear, distinct, physical boundary, the only low pass through the mountains being at Gaviota.
As a truck driver, and having trucked all sides to California, this state is so beautiful. Especially trucking along the 101. You can't beat that ocean view.
Yes. The High Way 1 from cambria to Monterey it is one of my favorite views. Like 90 miles of pure nature
It's breathtaking that's one thing you can say about the state.
One of the most naturally beautiful places in the U.S., if not the world.
There really aren't a lot of portions of the 101 with a view of the ocean, and I don't think you were taking your semi the whole distance of Highway 1.
@@SolaceEasy Trucks aren't allowed the whole entirety of 1, if that's what you're getting at. I'm referring to the stretch along Pismo Beach and Oxnard/Ventura area.
I lived for 5 years in CA... only 5 years... California is so beautiful... its lifestyle is so unique... different cultures coexist together... I miss it so much
Come back homie! Cali-life por vida YEEE YEEEEE
Setting aside all of the drama like politics, high costs of living, traffic, crime and other issues, California is really an amazing, beautiful state. I never realized how different each part of the state is from other parts. Thanks for the video, I learned about geographical features of the state I've never even known existed. It may be crowded here in the southern coast as compared to other areas of the state, but I'm still proud to call California my home state! :)
Probably the reason why those issues exist, cause the state attracts so many people. People want to live in CA either for the climate/weather, jobs and opportunities, or to chase that "California lifestyle". Massive population, with crowded urban centres, just leads to traffic, high cost of living, crime and other issues.
@@alistairt7544 yes I agree, I'm aware of all of it absolutely, though the point of my comment was setting all of those issues, this state has lots of hidden wonders and natural beauty, and I really love that
California doesn't have a crime problem at all
I’ll take California with all of its problems any day… I’ve lived in the south I’ve lived in the east and California with all its problems is worth it
Statistically California doesn't have much crime. Have far more cities listed in the safest cities in America than the most dangerous. Many states in the south can't say this. Cost of living besides tax varies. Fresno, Bakersfield, Palmdale are fairly cheap. San Francisco, San Jose, LA, San Diego are not. Politics... well everyone has their taste. California has many conservative areas just not in areas that hold most of the population.
As a Californian who has lived in or has family in almost all these regions, I gotta say this was probably the most thorough breakdown of California I've ever seen. Well done.
I’m not from California, but the Northern Coast region is my kind of place. I love that it's isolated, foggy, rainy, has dense forests, hills and valleys, and cliffs over looking the ocean.
Northern coast born and raised! Hate to break it to you but it’ll cost you 1.5 mil for 2k sq ft house built in the 20s! Otherwise everyone will love it
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I don’t know where you’re talking about but 2 years ago I bought a 1200 square foot house on more than an acre with huge redwoods and 8 miles south of the Oregon border for 100k
If you want to see beutiful nature you should check out the wildlife in a place called The Tenderloin
Yesss. Finally someone who agrees. I love the Oregon, Washington, and Cali coast. Its a beautiful place, but sadly theres not many good jobs and oppertunities. If I can find a good job in this region, I would move right away.
I live in Arcata which is on the other side of the bay from Eureka, very beautiful but we have a lot of problems here
California is one of the fewest states in the US with plenty of mediterranean climate. In terms of area, California is bigger than Japan.
That Mediterranean climate is much smaller than shown
Lived on the peninsula and San Jose all my life. I'm 3rd generation San Franciscan.
I'm leaving soon as I can.
The bay area was so much nicer 40 years ago.
I'm investing in other states.
@@flashgordon3715 you sound conservative
@N S really by far the best? Why do you think that?
@@haydenhattenbach8223 Woah woah
Now let’s all be chill don’t let politics drive us further apart. We all love our State of California and if you don’t than get out and wait for the Texan to complain about Californians ruining there cowboy state.
@@danielcuevas3025 I'm being chill or driving anyone apart, I'm just saying most of the people that have a problem with our government are conservatives. Would that be wrong?
Reminds me of the time somebody actually tried to argue that Texas was more geographically diverse than CA. I was like "yeah sure, let me know when you find a 14,000 foot, glaciated strato-volcano in Texas." He never replied, I assume he's still looking.
Lol.
In Texas we're taught that there's only like 4 or 5 geographical areas, that are more or less similar to each other
I forget what the names were, but it's just the western desert and mountains, the southern Great Plains and plateau in the north, the Gulf coastal plains, the eastern forests and swamps, and maybe the Rio Grande valley
I don't know what they were on about, because it's much more that the state is bisected by a dry area and a wet area, a large desert/savanna in the west, south and center that transitions to wetlands as you get closer to the Red River and Gulf of Mexico
It's also largely just flat, with the exceptions being the part of the Rockies that go down in the west and the Edwards Plateau that separate the two plains areas
@@star_reshiram lol the longest drive of my life was in the 8 hour gap between radio stations on the 10 between El Paso and San Antonio. My God. Those hills were pretty, and you guys are friendly, but man Texas is just too damn wide!
Don’t be to hard on that Texan, his whole life he’s been fed a whole bunch of BS that Texas is the biggest and the best. The Internet is waking them up and they’re not happy about it. I know this because I too am a Texan but I left years ago it was quite a shock for me that nobody loved Texas as much as Texans did. ✌🏼
I’ve driven from (California) west coast to east coast (Virginia). And too be honest nothing like California. I live in San Diego, and every year I go up north to the mountains.
Also can’t forget that the Los Angeles-Long Beach port, usually just known as the Port of Los Angeles, is the largest and busiest port in the entire Americas
Can't believe he forgot that one.
The port of south Louisiana is the largest port in the U.S.
Ports plural both ports are the first and second busiest in the entire hemisphere.
@@seanthe100 It’s basically one; they work through a single region, while functioning side by side
@@zonaryorange8734 Technically it's called the San Pedro Complex which contains the two separately run entities known as The Port of Los Angeles (Run by the City of Los Angeles) and The Port of Long Beach (Run by the City of Long Beach).
From Sacramento-it’s 90 min to wine country, 90 min to skiing, 90 min to the ocean and San Francisco. Gold country starts less than an hour away. Sacramento is in the Delta, and is an international port. Hwy 80 will take you through a different ecology every few minutes from Sacramento to Reno. I went to Maine once, the clerks at a store felt sorry for me living in California. They thought Maine must have been beautiful to me! It is beautiful-if you like the same view mile after mile. I’ll take the variety of ecologist any day.
Great video. While I don't miss being in California, I really do miss my California. My 1966-2007 time there. What an awesome time to be raised in the Sacramento area. The 80's we're so epic in Orangevale and Folsom! As were the 90's and 00's in Oceanside and San Marcos!
From Tahoe it's a one-day drive to: Crater Lake, Yellowstone, Utah, Grand Canyon, SoCal, and Redwood National Park. (Pic is me on Tahoe)
yeah bro i live 3 minute walking distance from the russian river and tons of wineries.
i live in forestville and its amazing during summer with the river, theres just tons of people coming here to visit the river during that time so the streets are packed
oh and forgot to mention but it also has been flooding every winter for the past 4 years so dont get a house too close to the river or its gonna be flooded in a year lmao
As a Californian in the San Joaquin Valley, this video is top notch. There is one thing though. The valley isn’t going through desertification. The area around Bakersfield and kings county were already deserts (precipitation is less than 10 inches) before canals were made. The rest of the San Joaquin Valley is grassland, wetlands, and riparian forests before agriculture came here.
Yes
No that is not true. The area around Bakersfield used to be a giant lake and wetland called "Tulare Lake". It was drowned for agriculture unfortunately.
People always forget about us in San Joaquin County
@@micyagjvir8289 Yes but the area around Tulare lake was still technically a desert before humans started altering the landscape
@@tjs200 no they were wet lands and most of the species of plants in the valley stayed green year round needing little water.
you’re a good youtuber
I like how he covers more obscure topics.
@@CactusCarrot yeah, I’d never even heard of California City or the Salton Sea before him.
You've got the quality to deserve more views.
Yes good at youtube
California is a shit hole
Thank you for showing people that there is more to California than SoCal and the Bay Area!
"Logland, fogland, and smogland' were apparently nicknames for far-north, Bay Area, and South California back in the day.
I have never heard those terms but gotta give it some credence.
LOL...smogland is L.A. When we drove to L.A. you would come over the Antelope valley mountains. You couldn't see L.A.. you had to get below the smog.
Being from the desert then going to L.A. 🤢 . The smug was gross.
@@krystalbrooks6869 yup, comin from clear sky Palmdale to LA. Wow you notice the difference.
I definitely live in fogland.
As a Californian I can confirm that these names are pretty accurate, although lately the bay, where I live, is becoming smogland as well, at least during the late summer.
California can be an entire country, itself. Bravo!
It was, for three weeks.
Might as well take Oregon, Baja California, Nevada, and Baja California Sur as an whole with that.
J.A.M.
Bad ass country it would be. Probably 1st economy in the world.
@@hectorcardenas2171 Maybe
That's kind of the whole idea of the US. Each state is supposed to operate like it's own country; 50 separate entities tied loosely with a central government. However, that is not how it is operating today.
friends of mine did a California road trip about 10 years ago. They went skiing on day 1 and sunbathing on the next day. Thats how big that state is.
I live in Palm Springs,I can be at in the mountains playing in the snow then go to the beach the very same day.
@@redemption882 Ah yes, Palm Springs. Where you can take the tram up in the morning and go snow boarding, eat lunch, take the tram down and play a 9 hole round of golf in the afternoon.😊
To remain a long term Californian means accepting and living with change. Since I was born here 63 years ago, the population has increased by 27 million people. Huge areas that were once farmland, tiny rural towns, or empty land when I was young, are now thriving suburban areas or even small cities. My father told stories about the fruit orchards that surrounded the S F Bay when he was young, giving rise to the great fruit canneries like Del Monte, now covered over in houses and Silicon Valley Tech. When I returned to Oakland 35 years ago, areas within 1.5 miles of my home had abandoned properties the city gave away for $3.00 and a signed commitment to remain 10 years with improvements. Some of those homes now sell for nearly a million $. It never stops. Everywhere I go around here, new condo towers and apartment blocks rise up against the sky and all I can say is wasn't that my donut shop last week?
I hope the Bay Area comes to have a similar population to Tokyo in my lifetime.
I can relate living in LA and I’m only 24 years old😂
@@aronchai that'd basically be double, if not, triple the amount of traffic we already have in the entire state though lol
@@pearsarecool2000 let's hope we can figure out how to built transport and not just more highways. If it ever does grow to Tokyo's size better hope to every upper being in existence we can build something to transport all those people rather than being stuck in a metal box on a trafficked bridge.
So true.
I have visited California almost every year(sometimes multiple times a year) for more than a decade. There's *so* *much* to explore, to see, and to do, and that's an understatement. Outside it's major cities, there's so much varied landscape and geography that's incredible for anyone who's into/interested in the outdoors. There are a lot of quaint towns scattered throughout the state, and each geographic regions has it's own charms and beauty. The only areas I haven't visited(but have driven through them) are the Cascades, the Desert, and the Channel Islands. My personal favourite spots to visit time and time again are the Bay, Yosemite, Big Sur(plus Monterey and Carmel-by-the-Sea), Santa Barbara, and Napa-Sonoma Valleys. Regardless of politics, I highly recommend people to explore California, even outside SF and LA, there's so much to see.
haha as a californian, who likes to drive through this state, not even i have been able to see everything california has to offer. this state is just so huge. i live more south central so northern california is still so unexplored for me. still need to see the redwoods but have seen the sequoias dozens of times since sequoia is basically my local national park. california recently hasn't been doing things right that much but one thing it will always have right, is the nature. this state is truly blessed with its nature. although, as a introvert, i just wished there was a tad less people here 😂
i hope you continue to enjoy your time here in my state!
As one who moved here from Texas some years back, I'm impressed how many Europeans visit California! Texas don't get that kind of tourism like California. Traveling all over this great state I now understand!
As a Californian, I was surprised when I first went to Yosemite, it was unlike anything I’d ever seen. I go up to Monterey and Big Sur every once in a while and go up to lake arrowhead, big bear, or mammoth mountain basically every year
Raised in Granada Hills, went to High School in San Jose, stationed in Herlong, went to Fort Ord for leadership school, and sister living in Salinas, this video well describes the diverse regions of California.
San jo baby!
As a Californian, I can say this is almost 100% spot on. I live in Ventura and we definitely consider ourselves part of Southern California. I would say most people south of Point Conception (just north of Santa Barbara) would consider themselves part of the south coast.
Nah ur not in so cal
A lot of people who live in santa barbara consider themselves to be in the central coast but if you go a little north of SB, people will say SB is socal, its funny
As a Ventura native. Traditionally we saw ourselves linked more to Santa Barbara and SLO than Los Angeles (beachy, ag, ranch vibe) but as LA grew, Ventura is increasingly an LA suburb. Santa Barbara definitely sees itself as Central Coast.
Paso Robles has traditionally been the dividing line between north and south.
similarly a lot of people consider Monterey and santa cruz to be part of the bay area.
Moved from Texas to California, it has so much more to offer then Texas! Never moving back. California is awesome...
California is something else. Very diverse, beautiful and an economic powerhouse. Love visiting CA.
I'm so proud to be a Californian, lived all over the state.
Ay, my home state
I also call California my home state. I wasn't born there and it isn't the place I've lived the longest. But, it's where I was raised from 5th grade to a little after high school graduation.
I was last in Southern California in 1994 I have great memories living in the desert.
@@krystalbrooks6869 are you a chameleon ?
Good stuff. A couple of further points to help understand regional differences in CA:
1. Sacramento feels intrinsically connected to SF/Oakland/Bay area. Bakersfield is similarly strongly connected to L.A./SoCal. Fresno and other cities in the mid-Central Valley (San Joaquin Valley) sit in a strange midland by being tied to the north and south while creating a unique environment which feels very disconnected from "The Cities". Life feels different in the core of the Central Valley.
2. The Sierra Nevada region deserves to be broken down further. The Eastern Sierras and the Western Sierras are geographically close, but life is very different on either side. For a 5-6 months every year the highway passes over the Central Sierras close due to snow. In the winter months, it is approximately a 7-hour drive from Fresno to Mammoth Lakes even though they are only about 75 miles apart on the map. It is approximately a 5-hour drive through Yosemite National Park when the roads are open during summer. Very different worlds on either side.
as someone who lives in the central valley, close to sequoia national park, you explained it perfectly! here it feels disconnected from the big city life for sure. more of a small town city vibe.
another regional difference i'd say is the high desert/eastern sierra/death valley area. lone pine, bishop, big pine give off very distinct small town, almost like "the old west", vibe. atleast in my opinion. i absolutely love it there!
_"Sacramento feels intrinsically connected to SF/Oakland/Bay area."_
I lived in SF for 20 years and never felt this way.
@@HazeOfWhearyWater I don't think you understood my comment. It was not from the perspective of someone who lives in SF. It was from the perspective of the valley. NorCal valley cities connect to the Bay Area. South Valley cities, like Bakersfield, tend to associate more with L.A. and SoCal. You might not realize or know that living in the city.
@@HazeOfWhearyWater I have to agree with Ray though. Having lived in the Bay Area for a few months before since moving to Stanislaus County, I’ve been able to see that the cities from the Sacramento Metro Area down to Turlock are really connected to San Francisco and the rest of the Bay Area. This effect has only gotten more intense as more Bay Area residents move to the Sac-Stan corridor.
However, just as Ray said, these cities and the rest of the Central Valley are fleshing out their own unique cultures and power, especially with the rapid growth many cities have been experiencing. UC Merced and Fresno State have been receiving more interest, while the Sacramento area has been blossoming to become a cultural beacon itself. Tracy and Manteca, with extension to Livermore in the East Bay, have begun to become tourist/shopping districts because of their location in the middle of the connection between the Central Valley and Bay Area.
@@HazeOfWhearyWater probably most SF residents, especially if they are not bay area natives, don't see the strong connection between both the northern San Joaquin and southern Sacramento Valley's, and the SF bay area, as it's a connection between the Valley and outlying bay area suburbs for the most part. But there is little direct connection between especially the professional middle class of SF Marin or San Mateo and the Central Valley.
There is a connection to the valley among PART of the core bay area working class, however, both immigrant and non immigrant, but only part, as well as across much but all of the population across the class spectrum including even the wealthy once you get to the bay area's inland outskirts, which are of course also strongly connected to SF and the other wealthy core areas as well as to the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valley's, forming a bridge between the two. But there just isn't that much direct connection between the population of especially San Francisco itself and that of the Central Valley.
Good piece--thanks from a native Californian for making it.
I’ve lived in California my entire life (35 years) and have been to every region except the Cascade region. I’ll have to visit it some day
what’s your favorite region
@@Cardah Probably the Sierras, but I would also say Central Coast is close second
@@imom007 i love the sierras too, so much beautiful nature.
I live in the greater Sacramento area and I'm super jealous of the Bay area and Tahoe/Truckee area of the Sierra's I pay a lot less in gas and rent tho 😂
I grew up in San Diego with LA being my second home, always out in the desert and at the age 21 moved up to Paradise in NorCal, traveling all up north to fight fires. I have to say its extremly astonishing how diverse this state is from region, culture, and way of life. I love San Diego but after living in Butte County I think it holds a special place in my heart and I miss being up there every day. This video does California justice for sure, good work my friend
I’m 23, born an raised in California. Whatever sort of life you’d like to live you can find it here. I love it and I’d never want live outside of it. I’m only working on finally getting out of the overpopulated bay and living permanently in the mountains/trees. 💖
Hello from Central Valley. Just a smol town lad
Thank you for this video. I'm a native Californian originally from San Diego, lived in the San Joaquin Valley, and now in Sacramento. I feel your video is very well put together and good job with pronouncing most of the place names. Two incorrect pronunciations I noticed are Yreka (WHY-reka) and Carquinez (car-KEEN-ez).
Although the Central Valley can be lumped into one region, the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valley are very different culturally and in regards to climate and agriculture. I appreciate that you noted the separation between the two regions. As a resident of the San Joaquin Valley, I appreciate it. Great vid
I'm biased, I'm a California native, & it's the only place I have ever resided. We here in the Golden State, know that all is not perfect here, but I surely wouldn't live anywhere else. I'm located near the Bay Area, where we are just hours from Muir Woods, the Beach, Yosemite, & the Death Valley, we love the diversity of it all! California is beyond beautiful, thank you for your awesome video!
Man, I love California! I’ve lived in both urban centers. Grew up in LA and went to college in SF. I guess I forget how beautiful the rest of the state is and you just reminded me. Great video.
I grew up in the cascades and the south coast and gotta say this video really ties together all the regions of California. Love the work :)
Wow! This was a pretty awesome video.
California’s climate and terrain reminds me Spain’s; they’re very similar.
I live in Cali and have visited Spain and will say that they are VERY similar. The coast of Portugal is like my home on the NorCal coast near sf. You have mountains near Andorra and Madrid like Central Valley as well as Barcelona similar to la
I’ve taken many trains throughout Spain and I was constantly reminded of California. The architecture is actually pretty similar, too, as you’ll find the Spanish colonial style all throughout the state.
Look up "California Biomes" on Google images to see how naturally diverse it really is
I was born in Spain.
That's great to know. I actually want to move to Spain from California.
Excellent video! Thanks for the overview
I like how you divided the regions. A few notes on pronunciation; Lassen is pronounced "LASS-en" not "LAW-sen" Carquinez is pronounced "kar-KEEN-ez". San Diego by the way is the state's second-largest city.
It’s closely followed by San Jose with only a 422,000 population difference,
@@californiamade5608 Which makes San Jose third.
@@ShonnMorris clearly. But I feel San Jose will become 2nd.
3rd largest metro area
@@GEREIKAT You're right, it's third. My screw up.
The geographical regions are the main reasons why I fell in love with California. From the deserts, to the Sierra mountains, to the giant Sequoias, Redwood Forests and to the coast. You can't beat the California coast. The fact that there are so many parts in California that are not habitable only demonstrates why California is unique, gigantic and a beautiful state. California can go on to be it's own country if the US goes to shit.
Well, as a life-long Californian, I'd have to say it's probably California that will go to sh*t first.
@@karnubawax Honestly 😅 I love my state and yeah we have a strong economy but Im not a big fan of the politics and we'd still rely heavily on the rest of union for petrol and other natural gas
1:04 Hmm yes, the California here is made out of California
Hmm yes I am Californian made out of Californian
@@DacStudiosEntertainment same
And there's even a California-themed theme park in the already California-themed California.
Fun fact : after the mexican american war , there were a lot of discussions to what parts of mexico would be annexed , one those plans was to completly annex the california peninsula , so if that plan went forward , we probably would have a north and south california states , with south california probably being known for cities like mexicali or cabo san Lucas.
You should do this for Washington with rainforest to desert.
lived in Los Angeles my whole life, but also spent a year in Oakland and recently drove up to the central coast to Big Sur and Monterey. This state really is amazingly beautiful and so diverse, and this video was very cool and i actually learned a lot :)
Perfect Music choice for this video. It sounds almost magical. Great presentstion my friend. I highly appreciate this video. Truly.
Great love from Denmark
I think you did a really good job. I particularly appreciate the divisions you delineated. They're very perceptive.
Personally, I would take the southern quarter of the Sierra Nevada region and the upper "peninsula" of the Desert region and combine them into another region altogether; The High Desert. I've spent a lot of time there, and I feel it's different enough from the rest of the place that it deserves its own region. However, this is a very personal opinion of mine and can be debated.
All in all, though, great job!
I think you did a good job of dividing up the state into regions.
I do think Orange County got overlooked between Los Angeles and San Diego. People who don't live in Southern California just think of Orange County as a suburb of Los Angeles, but if you live in Southern California you realize that Orange County has got its own culture and if it were anywhere else it would be considered a major metropolitan area in its own right.
So true. I think people forget that outside of some of the more rural areas and Fresno, Orange County is the state’s conservative heart which makes it’s culture vastly different from other areas of the state.
Yeah OC has more people than the Denver metro area.
FACTS !
This is one of the best youtube videos I've ever seen. Definitely gonna watch several times. Thank you!!
Well done. Having lived in three of your California regions, and having explored the rest, I have to say that my favorite region is the North Coast. Regarding the Salton Sea: the water is not just undrinkable, but toxic, due to pesticide and sewage from the near by farming areas and cities in Northern Baja California; even the dust that blows around the sea is toxic.
I've also lived in three of the regions - first the Bay Area, second coastal SoCal, and now I have a house in Palm Springs (desert area), but I still live primarily in Los Angeles. Eventually, we will sell our house in L.A. and buy a larger house in Palm Springs, as that is the best place to retire.
It's also 120F literally an unlivable hellscape of a place.
I have been from Redding to San Diego and from Tahoe to San Francisco but I have yet to see the North Coast! Really wanna check out Eureka and it's surroundings
You're a good explainer
I spent some time in a small town in the central valley. I'm originally from Illinois. Aside from being able to see mountains way off in the distance, I felt like I was back at home.
LMAO yeah the central valley's pretty rough bro hahaha. But you can have a good time with the right kind of people for ALOT cheaper than SF, LA, SD and the coast but it might be a bit more dangerous and there is less police here so its like the WildWest, better have your eyes open. Also little roadtrips to the major areas can be a blast! Also we have ALOT of rivers, lakes and reservoirs (coming from the Sierra's) that the major cities dont have. It's a bit more trashy/ghetto tho. You can really FEEL that it's alot more conservative/republican because it's all farming towns
@@RandomRabbit007 I'm 30 minutes north of Sacramento and I think that's a pretty good summary of a lot of the valley 😂
@@jnieto490 hell yeah dude, we're livin it! LMAO they should make a show about the shit that goes on in the central valley
I was born and raised in Salinas!! Shout out to San Fran. Humboldt County, and Monterey, without forgetting Santa Cruz, and San Jose!!
Wassup homie from Salinas too
Shout out to my Salinas brothers👊
Oye, I've lived on the Monterey Peninsula for 30 out of 32 years of my life. Don't ever plan on leaving either. :)
@@foramoreperfectamerica8490 not even for the winter? 😅
I grew up in Yreka, California. This is the best video on California I’ve ever seen.
As somone who is from California in the san francisco bay area I agree this state is beautiful
After viewing this video I’m amazed that it hasn’t been viewed more. Excellent presentation. Thank you
8:14 I will add one thing. Even in the Sacramento Valley we are green, like in that photo, for 2-3 months a year and look just like San Joaquin with extra oak trees the rest of the year.
Great video, really captures the diversity of the state.
I wish I could talk about geography like this with people like you.
Great video
And it makes it even more amazing to think that the most ecologically diverse state is Hawaii which is so much smaller
Born and raised in greater Los Angeles! California is by far the most beautiful state in the country!
That musical score totally made me see California in a whole 'nother level. A pluss
I love this state. We have so much.
I am from California. Born in Oceanside. This video has shown me how beautiful, amazing and breathtaking my home state is. I spent my childhood in Southern California because my father was in the military, which made me, my mother, sister and brother live there. I've been to Northern California on cross country trips of 1996, 1998 and 2001. Been to L.A. a lot of times. I mean a lot of times. San Diego as well. The different regions of The Golden State makes it unique. The Snowcapped mountains, swamps, deserts, islands, cities, pine forests and farmland makes it Canada, Mexico and Australia (a part of Southern California where I am from) all rolled into one. The downside of California is earthquakes, wildfires, mudslides and drought. Going on a summer vacation with my mom and dad in 1996 to Oceanside by getting away from Texas wasn't that great because of my father. If my dad was more, more adventurous, it would have been a lot better. 1998 and 2001 was better. Oceanside, California is my birthplace and hometown, but California is my home and I am happy and proud to be from there.
But Cali is super expensive, especially San Francisco
@@whatabouttheearth , true. It is expensive. I know that. My father decided that me, my mom, brother and sister should move to Texas because of the cost of living in California. I just couldn't live out there because of the ridiculous cost of living in the Golden State. California isn't the only state in America that is expensive. Try the entire United States. The entire country is expensive. Broken tax system that favor the wealthy, people working more hours for less paid and a healthcare system that is set up as a business and not free, public and universal.
@@whatabouttheearth just don’t live in major cities. Like what I did.
I was born in Oceanside as well. Actually Camp Pendleton, Naval Hospital which I'm guessing you as well, with your dad having served in the military? :)
@@snoopy-mf7nv I was born at the Naval Hospital on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base. Military families that lived in houses on the base had Oceanside addresses and phone numbers. Actually, that makes me a Oceanside native.
I really like the video! Been subscribed for a while. I think you'd benefit from a better mic/more sound dampening.
Keep it up, hope the channel keeps growing!
Last year at this time I was in California (Northern California) for the first time, and it blew my mind! Drove from Santa Cruz all the way up to Seattle on the coast. Saw the Redwood forest, Mount hood, The Golden gate Bridge, the butterfly sanctuary, natural bridge etc. Took a dump on a tree on Mount rainier with a bird watch with me (My stomach was messed up, and I couldn’t make it back down the mountain in time) Never realize how cold it gets at night in Northern California, I always see people surfing on tv, but you need a bodysuit.
But I’m going to say that Oregon took the cake! Oregon (at least the coast) was like crack to all of my senses especially my eyes. It’s like in my blood and infected, I have to go back!
PS, you can buy bottles of wine at Dollar Tree in California for $1
We just had a very cool week. I live 10 miles from sf and it got down to the 30s at night!
$1 wtf? Usually it's what's called "$3 buck up chuck"
In the Santa Cruz mountains (north side of the Monterey Bay, south of San Jose) lies California's oldest state park, Big Basin, established 100 years ago. Its home to large coast redwoods between 1,000 to 2,500 years old. And it recently endured the 12th most destructive fire in California history. It burned through 97% of its 18,000 acres, but almost all of the old redwoods survived. Its an amazing example of California's resilience.
Great work here. Couple mispronunciations got me all- “like what?” But other wise an excellent overview of an extremely large and complex state. Well done!
Hi Carter, Thank you for sharing your fascinating and so well-researched videos with us! ✌️☺️
Just wanted to let you know that California place names retain their Mexican Spanish pronunciations (as opposed to Spanish from Spain).
So the town of “La Jolla” is (La HOY-yah) and the “Carquinez” Strait at 7:35 in this video is pronounced “car-KEEN-ez”. 🤙🏼
I’m super glad I found your channel, and I look forward to more really interesting content in the future!
Many people think Cali it's just desert. But there's so many different and beutiful regions.
Great video, made my heart swell. I live in Hayward, one of the lamest cities in the Bay Area (south of Oakland), we don’t even have our own bowling alley anymore, but it’s still beautiful in places, and I’m fighting tooth and nail to stay here for life!
I lived in Fremont for 7 years. I feel ya. Cheers!
You should already have a million subscribers tbh
Hella I’m in Eureka I had no idea this was going to focus on the north coast as much as it did when I clicked it, good job on the video I can see there was a lot of learning cali info when making this
Californian here, California has ALOT of problems but I’m glad I was born here :)
this is the most recognition of sacramento i’ve seen in any california related video
Seacrest County in the video game Need for Speed Hot Pursuit is basically a scaled down California. I always thought it's interesting to have different types of landscapes such as deserts, mountains, coastal areas and national forests all in one place.
My first video from your channel and wow, I'm blown away. Fantastic presentation, more than enough information to be informative and educate the viewer, but not too much to cause boredom and feel like I'm back in school. Subscribed my friend, keep em coming.
Loved this! As a native Californian, this was a well done video.
I live in the Central Coast Region! (San Luis Obispo County)
Central coast is the best👍🏼
i love visiting the san luis obispo region.
I grew up in Los Osos, grad MCP '89, and live far away in Waianae, which has a superficial Central Coast vibe, only detectable to natives in a small quantity.
San Francisco, is second most densely populated large U.S. city, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. San Francisco is the 12th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States by population, with 4.7 million people, and the fourth-largest by economic output, with GDP of $549 billion in 2018.[21] With San Jose, it forms the fifth most populous combined statistical area in the United States, the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area (9.67 million residents in 2018).
Nothing more beautiful over here in Sonoma County, CA where I lived here all my live.
Love all ur videos! They’re so great
And so interesting
Thanks! Glad you enjoy them!
Awesome video! California is amazing, beautiful, and diverse. It has so many different sights and types of places within the territory. Shout-out to the Central Valley and the Central Coast. The Central Coast is beautiful and topical looking, reminiscent of Hawai'i. I just returned from Hawai'i and parts of it reminded me of the California Coast and other parts of California.
U can get to the desert, the beach, the valley, the mountains all in one day an back home before 9pm here in SoCal 💯 born n raised in southern cali, there's truly no place like home 💖
My son is currently hiking the PCT in California. Starting on Mexican border going to Canadian border. He is sending me the most amazing and beautiful pictures of the regions he is going to. Truly amazing and diverse!
For tourists if you are going to visit national parks and forest. There is a Sequoia National Park and a Sequoia National Forest, park is up in Visalia area and Forest is near Porterville and Bakersfield. Used to work on the Forest and would have to explain to people they are 100+ miles away. Also there is Many Groves of Giant sequoia trees make sure you do some research ahead of time
This video is Amazing, I live in the Cascades part of California in Yreka and after seeing You talk about my home made me sub
Rugged mountains, sprawling coastlines, jagged cliffs, lush forests, massive lakes, barren deserts, pastoral farmland, vast urban cities. California has everything.
yes it really does. it has something for everyone. i'm more of a city girl and california has many of those! i hope to visit someday
The best thing I have seen on the regions of California. Good video!!!
I went down big sur a couple of weeks ago and is a once in a lifetime experience. I would definitely recommend it over Disneyland or some other tourist trap.
I regard Disneyland as one of California's greatest delights and a gift to the world. What's not to like about "the happiest place on earth?"
Hi again! I am, as you know, fairly new to your channel. I have learned so much from your channel! I do not if this will stop you from saying this again. But I find you very thorough in all your information you provide. Please keep up the good work. As I said before, I have found your channel to be very interesting!
I live 20 minutes from Susanville, it's not all desert, there are alpine forest, not sure how you missed Mt. Lassen, which is the biggest shield Volcano in the country. I do like the way you divided the state, political views and mindsets tend to follow the lines you drew better than most Norcal, Central Cal, SoCal maps. Good video overall. Lake Almankr represent. #savelaketahoe
Pretty sure he mentioned Mt. Lassen when he listed off the volcanos.
@@danielblack5196 ah he did but pronounced it "law-son" instead of "lass-in" so I missed it.
Yeah! Excellent video, Carter! Native San Diegan, right here! I just came upon your channel and subscribed right off the back. Fascinating and interesting, indeed.
This is why I think Hollywood has such an advantage in movie making. They don't even have to leave the state for just about any terrain.
Excellent video very well researched and presented.
My home state. Its so amazing to see how it has a piece of every type of climate on the planet. You definitely feel when you go up and down the state. Greeting from my favorite part the bay area east side : )
@@johnperic6860 name a climate it doesn’t have. Only one I can think of is temperate rainforests but we have colder versions of those
@@scotto2940 I don't believe California has tundra.
@@johnperic6860 we don’t have humidity here a lot so of course no “tropical” but the weather is GREAT.
@@johnperic6860 today was a nice 73 degrees for December as well.
Quite happy I got your channel recommended! I love this type of thing and always talk about this when I travel up and down the state for holidays (not these holidays though... don't want to kill my grandparents and other family...). BUT! I grew up between Fresno and Bakersfield and moved to Humboldt country for the college up here. I've been up here for 6 or 7 years now and with the traveling down to LA/San Juaquin valley really noticed all of these areas myself. When you went into the north coast and mentioned Wilits and Ukiah and not Erueka/Arcata I was kind of offended! But then you ended up us and capsulated this area really well. I'm NOT a city guy, I grew up in LA and hated every minute of it. I love the isolation up here, the cool/wet weather and beautiful scenery. I have family in Red Bluff near Redding and when I visit I can feel when I go over the mountains to the northern valley. Drier and less moist air but the ground isn't as dead and yellow as by my hometown. Redding is really nestled at the foot of the mountains. I also have family in Oxnard/Camarillo and I've def felt that it was a LA satellite. However, when taking the 101 up from there (back up to the tip top!) the view is beautiful and Salinas reminded me a lot of the central valley, you can smell the farming/dirt in the air. Just much much smaller and you can see the mountains on each side. I also have family in Barstow, the center of Mojave and man does it suck there. Really really dry, can't stand to be outside after living up north so long. I've had family live in Susanville, which perked my ears when you mentioned it. They had lots of snow, never visited before they moved but they didn't like dealing with the snow up there. Lastly, I went to cavatina for a wedding once. Man is it gorgeous and I thought it was awesome most people don't have cars. They use golf carts to avoid smog and because the place is so small. If I could, I would retire there.
Great video. As a Californian who takes pride in his state, I thoroughly enjoyed this video and feel you did California justice! It's amazing to think that where I am and where my mom lives are in the same state. Could not be further apart when it comes to climate. I haven't used an air conditioner since I moved here, never above 80. There, it's on 24/7. Even back home it's on 24/7. California is such an amazing place, it's truly sad and disheartening to see what we are doing to it. Lumberjacks are kind of a thing around here, but seeing photos from a hundred years ago of 2 men cutting down a HUMONGEOUS tree makes me sad. That tree spend thousands of years and they probably cut it down in a week. Luckily, Humboldt has the most old growth redwoods in California and I get to see those giant trees whenever I go on a hike!
There’re not a lot of countries that have such a variety of climates and landscapes as Cali
Brazil and China are the only ones I can think of, and I have no desire to visit China. I do love Brazil, however.
@@larsedik and India not brazil
Don’t forget Mexico as well.
and the US itself is
Bruh we are talking about a state not a country lmao .
i’ve grown up my whole life all over northern california, having a cabin in lassen national forest, cousins in sacramento, santa cruz, napa, san fransisco and susanville, and living in northern lake tahoe. i have driven up and down the entirety of california so many times i can’t even count it. i truly do believe this is the most beautiful state in the US, purely because the vast vast diversity in land, people and culture. i am so proud to be from here and i will spend the rest of my life exploring small towns that are little treasures, swimming in the most refreshing water and the most beautiful ocean, hiking some of the most beautiful mountains and enjoying every second of it! i’m so lucky.
Man that sounds awesome! You're very fortunate, I sometimes consider buying property in northern Lake Tahoe. What a magical place. But then again there are like 10-15 places I want to buy property in California hahaha. This state is UNREAL
I would like to sign a petition to make inland California less hot in the summer please
Patrolling the mojave almost makes me wish for a nuclear winter.
And a petition that makes the Southern Coast less cold in the winter...I freakin hate the cold, which is why I love my hometown of L.A., but when winter arrives it gets unbearably cold!!!
Can I sign your petition? 😫 105 degrees is an oven!
Yeah, living in Sacramento, I agree.
@@dogie1070, the hottest place I've been is Tucson, Arizona. It was 129 degrees Farenheit.
I grew up in the Mojave Desert, I was a long distance track runner. Even though it was hot is wasn't the worst I've been in.
When I lived in Oklahoma, you would take a cold shower to cool off. A few minutes after getting out of the shower you were sweating again.
Living in Southern Florida, didn't feel as bad because you have the Atlantic on one side and the Gulf on the other, but it still got humid.
Highly informative. Thank you!
I'm currently living in Vegas, but I'm originally from Riverside. 😄🇺🇸
IE in the house raised Colton/Riverside
IE Redlands/Riverside
Colton/Riverside here too! represent the IE! :)
El Monte to Waianae!
Just found this channel in my New to You tag. Seems cool. I live in the Northern part of California. Perfect if you like peace and quiet which I do.
I'm from LA. California is beautiful. If you wanna see our unique and different geographies I recommend our beautiful national parks.
AND State Parks!
Great Video, very well done. I really enjoyed it.
But yeah, I am going to take issue with something: Geographically, geologically, and meteorologically, Santa Barbara and points south are all in Southern California,
they are south of the Transverse ranges- which meet the sea in the vicinity of Points Concepcion and Arguello.
The transverse range is a clear, distinct, physical boundary, the only low pass through the mountains being at Gaviota.