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'''California''' is a state in the [[United States of America]]. Hitchhiking here is easier than in a lot of other states of the US. You usually won't be harassed by cops. The Central Valley is a concentrated version of the dixie-area "Bible-Belt", so getting around from Bakersfield to, say, Sacramento (and anywhere in between) is a real pain. The major urban center's are notoriously difficult to hitch out of too. It's usually better to take public transportation as reasonably far as possible, and then hitch from there.