The San Francisco Bay Area and Israel are about the same size!
They’re also about the same population. The SF Bay has
somewhat fewer people and is losing population while Israel is growing in population.
In terms of geography, the Bay Area may be considered either
a little bigger or a little smaller than Israel depending mostly on where you
live in the Bay. Since there are no official borders to the Bay Area, people in
the farthest north reaches do not necessarily consider the farthest south
reaches really Bay Area – and the reverse, and so on.
Even in such close proximity to a map of Israel there is
nothing analogous to say about borders here.
The California map above is typical in that it includes nine
counties in the Bay Area. Some maps give
the Bay 12 counties, which I think is really overstating the range of the Bay
Area. Again, no analogy.
Imagine these counties rearranged in the shape of Israel.
Now, especially if you’re from the West Coast, you have a good image of how
small, or big, is Israel. Also, given its similar size to Israel, the size of
the Bay Area can be suggested by the map below.
It is useful to look at facts on the ground, so to speak.
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