[da_chicken]

That's not the amount of water, or FL vs CA.

It's because you now live 1,000 miles away from where they were grown. Fruit that needs to survive that much travel isn't going to taste very good because it needs to be harvested early and it needs to not be bruised when it finally gets to the store.

Nearly all your fresh fruit is going to suck compared to what you got in CA. The exceptions are going to be apples and cherries.

[ars]

That simply isn't true. It takes less than a day to drive 1,000 miles. So how early exactly are you talking?

It takes exactly the same effort and time to pack something for 100 miles as for 1,000 miles.

But there is a difference! Stuff shipped a long way costs more in shipping, so they'll ship the best stuff, because the can charge the most for it.

So actually far away places get the best produce, and CA is left with the cheaper stuff that isn't worth selling far away.

[skeeter2020]

>> But there is a difference! Stuff shipped a long way costs more in shipping, so they'll ship the best stuff, because the can charge the most for it

This is not always true. If the "best" is delicate or easily damaged they sell it locally at a big discount and ship the tougher ones further. A good example is lobster; the best is sold cheaper near where it is caught while the oldest, toughest and most durable is shipped around the world at a huge premium.

[ars]

Do you have a citation on this? Because I did some research/reading, and this appears untrue.

The best lobster is shipped - the only benefit of being local is lower prices, because you don't have to pay for shipping.

[Ericson2314]

It makes no sense in these terms I agree, but the produce in NYC absolute does suck compared to SF. And the restaurants likewise barely with dishes emphasizing vegetables either unless you shell out a lot of money.

I dunno what's going on but it's a bummer.

[kortilla]

FL to NY is half a day on a truck. That’s not the reason.

[lotsofpulp]

I would not move away from the west coast for this reason alone.

[pronlover723]

As someone that's lived in Japan and France I miss good produce, something I rarely find in California (SF/LA). I get that California's produce might be better than the rest of the USA but it's only so-so compared to many other places.