Every single major highway runs through here. Most of the countries food is grown here. We are the hub of transportation for a significant portion of the world and somehow we fucking went bankrupt.

This is a microcosm of the entire state of California. The state is pretty much a Garden of Eden. It has everything: world class tech industry, center of the world for movie making, fertile farming valleys, world class wine industry, ample natural resources, phenomenal weather, beautiful beaches, etc.

And yet.....the state is a complete dumpster fire.