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Mild climate (as others have mentioned) and a lot of places to go that are pretty spread out. You will see the same in other areas, while living in Texas my commute alone was just over 100 miles a day roundtrip.
Working 6 days a week that adds up fast, then factor in living in the suburbs where grocery, gas ect almost always several miles away.
Some people have long commutes in Southern California. When I lived there, I worked in El Segundo and knew people that drove in from places like Hemet, Palmdale and Santa Clarita.
Nevada and Arizona are probably the same. Lots of older high mileage vehicles command high prices because they are never driven in winter driving conditions with all the salt and chemicals they put on the roads. No rust. When I lived in Minnesota, I used to look in Nevada and Arizona for used cars and a vacation! Fly there and drive it home!
When I moved to NV, I had a Santa Fe. I had driven it for years in MN. The first time my car guy put it on a lift to rotate the tires he said the only thing holding it together was rust!
When I used to drive to SoCal for work I could swear people were commuting from out past Victorville to L.A. I remember driving in rush hour for almost two hours at 60-70 miles per hour.
The other reason is that the cars are not exposed to salt from salting the roads.
Driving to and from work. I worked in construction and I had jobs anywhere from 15-100 miles away. (One way). Most people have pretty hefty commutes. I know guys who have 80-120 mile commutes
Not house hunting
Most cars in So Cal have no rust. If they do its a pretty old car and the rust is minimal.
I spent a few weeks in So. Cal. once, thinking I might want to work there for a few years. One of the main reasons I dropped that idea, was the 50-mile plus per day commute for most jobs and some were twice that far. One great job I might have taken in San Diego was nullified by the even-longer commute, to the nearest area that had affordable housing.
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