I do wish that "Silicon Valley" would have been elsewhere less useful, though. As mentioned, before it became the tech hub, the Santa Clara valley was extremely productive agricultural land that is now paved over.

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pfdietz 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We have lots of agricultural land; too much, actually. This is a side effect of the green revolution.

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fmajid 2 hours ago | parent [-]

What we in California don’t have is sustainably plentiful water, or a sane system of water rights to apportion it.

	▲	kelnos 3 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		In SoCal, yes, but things are (mostly) fine in the north and in the central valley. More frustrating is all the water waste due to "use it or lose it" type policies around commercial and agricultural water allocations.
	▲	brudgers 5 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
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quantified 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sort of metaphorical, eh?

	▲	_rend 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Too on-the-nose to make for good fiction.