Posts by John Metcalfe

It may be hard to believe, but roughly 20 million people reside north of a line running through Los Angeles, and the other 20 million are squished underneath it. In the second half of the 19th century, the majority of California’s residents lived in Northern California, where the Gold Rush city of San Francisco hosted…

Half of Californians live below this red line. 👇   That may be hard to believe, but it’s more or less accurate, demographers say: Roughly 20 million people reside north of a line running through Los Angeles, and the other 20 million are squished underneath it. In the second half of the 19th century, the…