HOW FAR DOES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REACH?
Distance-Decay
Does it stop at international and state borders?
• Mexico
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.
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