The Horrible scenery Of California's Central Valley (Fresno, Sacramento: tax, live)

[BeauCharles]

Originally Posted by Unsettomati

Flat is boring.

Florida gets a lot of visitors and transplants for a flat-as-a-pancake place.

[mrsltd]

Originally Posted by Unsettomati

Flat is boring.

It's even more boring when it has to stand in comparison next to a state that consists of the one spectacular place after another - the sublime Sierra Nevada, the volcanic Cascades, the stark canyons and ranges of the deserts, the south and central coasts and their Mediterranean climate, the coastal rainforests further north, the coastal ranges everywhere, alpine meadows and desert blooms and the redwoods and sequoias and on and on and on.

The Central Valley never had a chance.



To be no more than it is - valuable farmland, and nothing to look at.



This is definitely part of the issue - paving and tilling never made anywhere look any better.

As a counterpoint, I believe any area should be taken on its face. As I have stated elsewhere, it is amazing to me that people demand a portion of the earth's surface be "not boring" or "entertaining" to them.

Granted, area boosters and governments have a lot to gain from the commoditization (?) of an area's natural endowments but people need to get over the hyping of things and learn to appreciate anywhere for what it is.

[MountainHi]

Originally Posted by BeauCharles

Florida gets a lot of visitors and transplants for a flat-as-a-pancake place.

Florida's worse than flat, it's collapsing. Some homeowners aren't too happy. Great scenery, though.

[Bluesmama]

I think Central California is beautiful. Nothing prettier than a field of lush produce, and I happen to prefer the wide open flat spaciousness over alsphalt hell (big cities). Nothing I enjoy more than traveling along I-5 with the windows down and the music blaring. There is beauty in all kinds of 'scapes.

Hilly forests? Pretty, yes, but to me THOSE are what's boring. That's my least favorite scenery.

Desert is beautiful.

Coast-line is beautiful.

Bayou swamps are incredibly beautiful and very peaceful.

Badlands are beautiful.

Farm land is beautiful - including Central California.

[colorful_mess]

Haters to the left. I'm just going to leave these here and let you decide for yourself if this is "nothing to look at." And I can spend all the money I save on housing by living in the CV to visit the hills, beaches, mountains if I want.

[SageCats]

Originally Posted by colorful_mess

Haters to the left. I'm just going to leave these here and let you decide for yourself if this is "nothing to look at." And I can spend all the money I save on housing by living in the CV to visit the hills, beaches, mountains if I want.

Stunning photos! Where in the Central Valley were these taken?
I am considering Turlock for my next move. (I am in the SF Bay Area completely priced out like every other person who moves here.)
Also, would you happen to know if there are parts of CA that are more affected by the drought than others? Are LA and the SF Bay Area more affected since a larger concentration of people live there than, say, Stanislaus county? Or is the entire state equally affected regardless of population density?

[eccotecc]

This is a photo I recently took looking down into the Central Valley.

[eccotecc]

A person shouldn't try to judge what the Central Valley looks like by driving on Hwy 99 or I5. To truly appreciate the Valley, a person needs to travel the backroads. The Central Valley is as nice as what is seen from Mendocino to Santa Barbara.

[SageCats]

Originally Posted by eccotecc

This is a photo I recently took looking down into the Central Valley.

Beautiful! This looks like a painting.

[eccotecc]

Originally Posted by SageCats

Beautiful! This looks like a painting.

Here are a couple more from the same location.