Modern humans live in a manner that is incongruent with nature. Whether you are talking people who live deep in the chaparral, high in the mountains, or in the massive housing contracts of Cali, each one depends on making sure there are solid firebreaks between settlements.
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I keep reminding people the USA is huge, the nearly uninhabited west is massive, and even the state of California is five-ten times the size of an EU country or a NE state. LA-San Diego corridor is a very small area compared to the actual landmass and while it contains most of the population.