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southern california and the southwest,”Southern California and theSouthwest (Figure 2.51) are unitedprimarily by their attractive warm,dry climate; by their increasingdependence on water fromoutside the region; and by theirlong and deep cultural ties toMexico.• The varied landscapes of theSouthwest include the Pacificcoastal zone, the hills and interiorvalleys of Southern California, thewidely spaced mountains anddramatic mesas and canyons ofsouthern Arizona and New Mexico

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industries and economy,”Where irrigation is possible, farmers take advantage of the nearly year-roundgrowing season to cultivate high-quality fruits, nuts, and vegetables. Asdiscussed in the opening vignette of this chapter (see also Figure 2.48),California’s Central Valley is a leading agricultural producer in the United States.• Migrant Mexican workers, often undocumented immigrants and sometimesmere children, supply most of the labor and lower the cost of North Americanfood by working for very low wages.• Information and service industries—high-tech, software, financial, and theentertainment industries (in Los Angeles, for example)—are the most profitableand employ the most people.• On the eastern flank of this region, Austin, Texas, has attracted IT industries,lured by research activities connected to the University of Texas.• From the start of the first decade of the 2000s, residents of Southern Californiaand the Southwest have had to worry about energy costs, congestion, smog

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water: scarcities and disparities,”With rainfall light and increasinglyirregular, water must be imported toserve the dense urban settlements andindustries; agriculture is the mostdemanding water user.• Recently there has been increasingawareness that at present rates ofdevelopment, all of the users will needever more water, but the environment ofthe Colorado River basin cannot sustaineven present rates of water diversion.• Raising the cost of water to users wouldcontrol its use; now it is so cheap thatfew take the trouble to conserve waterbecause it seems almost a freecommodity.- The Colorado River, which flowsthrough some of the driest land in theContinental Interior, is modified bymany dams, reservoirs

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shared culture and economy with Mexico,”Latino culture is gaining prominence in the Southwest and spreading beyond it.As we have seen, large numbers of immigrants are arriving from Mexico, and theeconomies of the United States and Mexico are becoming more interdependentas NAFTA fosters greatly increased trade.• Until 9/11, the U.S.-Mexico border had been one of the world’s most permeablenational borders, meaning that people and goods flowed across it easily (thoughnot without controversy).• Although English and bilingual speakers in the Southwest far outnumber thosewho speak only Spanish, some fear that English could be challenged in much thesame way it has been challenged by French Canadians in Québec. Accordingly

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things to remember,”The population of North America is changing indistribution and becoming more diverse. North Americans are highly mobile. Every year, for avariety of reasons, almost one-fifth of the U.S.population and two fifths of the Canadian populationmove to a different location. North America’s population is rapidly aging, and by2050, one in five people will be over the age of 65.There will be fewer young people to work, pay taxes,and take care of the elderly. Birth rates in North America declined significantly afterthe 1960s as women chose to obtain more educationand pursue careers

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