REASONS WHY CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF THE COOLEST PLACES

TO START OFF WITH, 1 OUT OF EVERY 8 AMERICANS

LIVES IN CALIFORNIA

IN FACT, CALIFORNIA IS SO BIG THAT IF IT WERE A

COUNTRY, IT WOULD HAVE THE 8TH LARGEST

ECONOMY IN THE WORLD

THAT ECONOMY PRODUCES 80% OF THE

WORLD'S ALMONDS

SCIENTISTS RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT AIR POLLUTION

IN CHINA CAUSES MORE SNOWFALL IN CALIFORNIA

ON THAT NOTE, CALIFORNIA HAS SOME OF THE MOST

VARIED GEOGRAPHY IN THE WORLD. FROM BEACHES AND

DESERTS TO ALPINE PEAKS AND FERTILE VALLEYS,

CALIFORNIA HAS IT ALL.

THANKS TO PERFECT WEATHER AND ADVANCED

TECHNOLOGY, THE CENTRAL VALLEY IS ONE OF THE

WORLD'S MOST PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL REGIONS.

IN FACT, WITHOUT CALIFORNIA THE WORLD WOULD HAVE

A HARD TIME FEEDING ITSELF.

THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS ARE HOME TO

LAKE TAHOE, THE LARGEST ALPINE LAKE IN

NORTH AMERICA

THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA IS THE WORLD'S DE

FACTO LEADER IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY

CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S

OLDEST (BRISTLECONE PINE), TALLEST (COAST REDWOOD)

AND MOST MASSIVE (GIANT SEQUOIA) TREES