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Old 01-27-2012, 01:32 PM
 
Location: Fresno
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I wondered that too.



On the map it appears that Stockton-Modesto-Merced are one statistical area, but they are on the list separately. Am I not reading the map right?
Yes, you are reading the map incorrectly. The yellow borders between those areas define the CMSA boundaries. Look at the lines, not the colors.
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Old 01-28-2012, 01:00 AM
 
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It's hard to defend our region, but I think the list could have just said "central california" instead of piling on with splitting it up among a bunch of cities lol.
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Old 01-28-2012, 03:03 AM
 
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More or less confirming what we already know in the article. The central valley is the armpit of cali. Hell its even shaped/smells like one to.
And yet, the state's strong agricultural and oil economies are from the "armpit" of California.
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Old 01-28-2012, 06:46 AM
 
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And yet, the state's strong agricultural and oil economies are from the "armpit" of California.
Yes, there are a few wealthy land owners who certainly benefit from the production. Meanwhile, the workers are not paid a living wage and are laid off when the demand decreases.
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Old 01-28-2012, 10:24 AM
 
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Yes, there are a few wealthy land owners who certainly benefit from the production.
The benefits of these production is not limited to the few. The wealthy may get enormous profit from these and I have no argument about that. The real issue I was pointing out that the entire state benefits from the production of the large resources found in central valley.

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Meanwhile, the workers are not paid a living wage and are laid off when the demand decreases.
True. But argument isn't exclusive to the central valley. Let's take Chevron/Texaco for example. Here in the central valley, they are sucking the oil wells dry and finding new ones to drill, while playing lower property taxes and paying their oil employees as little as possible. That's on top of the numerous tax deductions they take advantage of to improve their bottom line.

And Chevron/Texaco is headquartered in San Ramon, in the heart of east bay.
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