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It's 2024 and drought is optional

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Re: It's 2024 and drought is optional

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> Los Angeles, a thriving metropolis with a population and economy larger than Australia’s When did LA become a city of 26 million?

California's population is larger than Australia's. But yeah, LA's specifically is about half (give or take)

Wikipedia for Greater Los Angeles gives 18.4 million, so closer to 70%.

Re: It's 2024 and drought is optional

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> Los Angeles, a thriving metropolis with a population and economy larger than Australia’s When did LA become a city of 26 million?

California's population is larger than Australia's. But yeah, LA's specifically is about half (give or take)

This gives Southern California including LA a listing as a single supercity population 24.4 million which is close but not quite there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_megalopolises

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

California's population is larger than Australia's. But yeah, LA's specifically is about half (give or take)

This gives Southern California including LA a listing as a single supercity population 24.4 million which is close but not quite there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_megalopolises

How is Tijuana, Mexico part of the Southern California megalopolis? That doesn't make much sense and I wouldn't consider San Diego part of the LA/OC megalopolis either, especially since there's a mountain range separating them with not much civilization in between.

Either way, we've got enough people to invade Australia and no Kokoda Trail is going to help them this time! We must get a plan to Gavin Newsom’s desk at once. The Koala mines will be ours!

Re: It's 2024 and drought is optional

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

This gives Southern California including LA a listing as a single supercity population 24.4 million which is close but not quite there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_megalopolises

How is Tijuana, Mexico part of the Southern California megalopolis? That doesn't make much sense and I wouldn't consider San Diego part of the LA/OC megalopolis either, especially since there's a mountain range separating them with not much civilization in between. Either way, we've got enough people to invade Australia and no Kokoda Trail is going to help them this time! We must get a plan to Gavin Newsom’s desk at…

San Diego and Tijuana used to be one region that was cut in half by the Mexican-American war of 1846.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest_of_California

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego–Tijuana

Re: It's 2024 and drought is optional

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Love the vision. Feels like something that can’t get done and isn’t proposed as viable

- if a RE developer tried to do it for profit, they’d get shut down - ironically probably by environmental groups

- govt doesn’t actually build anything audacious anymore

Unless I’m missing something?

Re: It's 2024 and drought is optional

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

This gives Southern California including LA a listing as a single supercity population 24.4 million which is close but not quite there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_megalopolises

How is Tijuana, Mexico part of the Southern California megalopolis? That doesn't make much sense and I wouldn't consider San Diego part of the LA/OC megalopolis either, especially since there's a mountain range separating them with not much civilization in between. Either way, we've got enough people to invade Australia and no Kokoda Trail is going to help them this time! We must get a plan to Gavin Newsom’s desk at…

Australia pre infiltrated California with eucalyptus sleeper groves decades ago ... one tossed ciggie and Cali's toast.

Re: It's 2024 and drought is optional

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is Tijuana, Mexico part of the Southern California megalopolis? That doesn't make much sense and I wouldn't consider San Diego part of the LA/OC megalopolis either, especially since there's a mountain range separating them with not much civilization in between. Either way, we've got enough people to invade Australia and no Kokoda Trail is going to help them this time! We must get a plan to Gavin Newsom’s desk at…

San Diego and Tijuana used to be one region that was cut in half by the Mexican-American war of 1846. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest_of_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego–Tijuana

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