HOW FAR DOES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REACH?

Distance-Decay

Does it stop at international and state borders?

• Mexico

• Arizona

• Nevada

What is Southern California?

• Southern California Area Governments (SCAG) does not include San Diego County

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• Kern County is very different from most of southern California

• It has more links with California’s Central Valley

• The political culture is rural and conservative.

Kern’s high desert

San Luis Obispo has a more rugged coastline than the rest of

southern California• Its residents are often

more liberal and ecologically-minded.

• Its political culture follows the Bay Area more closely.

Drawing power of Los Angeles

• The world is its catchment area

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Distance-decay is even influenced by the type and nature of similar

services• LAX vs San Diego

Airport

LINKAGES & INTERRELATIONSHIPS WITH

OTHER PLACES AND REGIONS• NORTHERN

CALIFORNIA• Water resources

• State government services and money from Sacramento

• Political, economic, and cultural rivalry with San Francisco

Baja California and Mexico

• Migration and growing economic integration

Arizona

• Use of Colorado river for water resources

• Out-migration of Anglos to Arizona

Southern Nevada

• Growth of tourism (Las Vegas)

• Out-migration of Anglo’s

The Pacific Rim Region

• Fastest growing region in the world

• Globalization