That, and California needs Texas's guns, while Texas needs California's . . . wine country.
Well, that and the tech industry.
That and the tech industry and the aerospace industry.
That and the tech, aerospace, and defense contractors.
That, and the tech, aerospace, defense contractors, and the most military personnel.
That, and the tech, aerospace, defense contractors, and the most military personnel and most military bases.
That, and the tech, aerospace, defense contractors, and the most military personnel and most military bases, and the creatives to pump out propaganda during a war.
That, and the tech, aerospace, defense contractors, and the most military personnel and most military bases, and the creatives to pump out propaganda during a war. Oh, and the biotech companies too.*
But sure ... wine country.
(I feel like a Monty Python version of this would be similar to, "What have the Romans ever done for us?").