Well cars, bikes and anything cool grows on trees in California!
In Illinois we have to figure out how to make batteries out of old copper wire and lemons, build car parts from soup cans (rusty ones) and walk to work uphill both ways through three feet of snow!
(Okay, it's only 30" of snow but the drifting is hell!)
Seriously, everything is higher out here. Less riding time, less buyers, less resale.
Jeff