There is no California. According to syndicated columnist, Victor Davis Hanson, "the state has two radically different cultures with little in common." I was amazed at the comparisons he made in this article. Hit the nail on the head in every instance. Thought provoking analysis.
(Source: Orange County Register)
Driving across California is like going from Mississippi to Massachusetts without ever crossing a state line. Consider the disconnects: California's combined income and sales taxes are among the nation's highest, but the state's deficit is still about $16 billion.
He concludes with "the drive from Fresno to Palo Alto takes three hours, but you might as well be rocketing from Earth to the moon."
