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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> So, in other words, there is no "that's the climate in California" and
> anyone alluding to "THE" climate in California or "all the hills are brown
> and won't support livestock" are delusional!

The reasons for the saying are two: 1) A large percentage of 
California residents came from states that have stronger weather 
patterns, and, 2) most Californians live in areas that are quite 
similar in weather, the areas within fifty to ninety miles of the 
ocean. Hot, dry summers, ho-hum winters.

I remember when I first lived in California in the late 1950s. I 
looked at the houses being built and thought, "those things won't 
stand for the life of a mortgage!" That was before I learned that in 
fact there is no winter weather worth mentioning in the Bay Area. I 
grew up in Wisconsin.