一方水土，一方人

一方水土养一方人, 是一句俗谚，比喻一定的环境造就一定的人才。

 “一方”，指的是某一块地域；“水土”，包括地理位置、物候环境；“一方人”，则是长期生活在这一地域的人。

不同地域上的人，由于环境不同、生存方式不同、地理气候不同、思想观念不同、人文历史不同、为人处事不同，文化性格特征也不同。

比如说某山村风光优美，通常会说民风淳朴，这就是一方水土养一方人。或者，穷山恶水出刁民。

 

每个地区的水土环境，人文环境都不同，人的性格，生活方式，思想观念，人文历史也就随之而改变，而生活在一起的人，性格也会很相似。所以一块地方的人都差不多。就像新疆的人个个都是能歌善舞，长睫毛大眼睛的，上海的小姑娘个个都是能说善辩。白种人，黄种人，黑种人也是由于地理环境才会产生的也就是说地域的独特性.是和全体国民性相对的.

今天要侃的“水土”却另有一番含义：买房买土，买土买水。

当我们反复强调“location, location, location”的同时，提醒大家买房勿忘买水。 

1. 水源是否充足？ 

In the late 1980s, CA, like much of the US, suffered the effects of a drought.    e. g.  in the summer of 1988,, the neighboring towns of San Ramon and Dublin were affected very differently by the drought.  San Ramon is part of East Bay Municipal Utilities district (EBMUD), WHILE Dublin, right next door, is not.   Most of the time, you would prefer to be living in  EBMUD territory, because the mountain water distributed by the district is of very high quality.  But there is less of it, so it’s rationed during a drought.  Dublin’s water comes from the Sacramento River, which is of low quality, but plentiful.  Thus, San Ramon residents were limited to 400 gallons of great-tasting water per day per household, took short showers and watched their lawns dry up.  Across the street, Dublin residents had s much mediocre water as they wanted, sang in their showers and watered away in their gardens.

2.  水质如何？ Or water pollution

 Many towns and cities in CA, including SF, get drinking water good enough to bottle and sell.  That’s because it comes from mountain river reservoirs.  Other parts of the state are not so lucky.   Southern CA, LA included, must import most of its water, often from as far away as the Colorado River.  The water is not as pre as mountain water, and tastes bad, too. 

So the key to determining water quality is to find out the source for a particular town.  “Where does it come from?”   Often, one part of a county-Santa Clara, for example—will have excellent water piped in from the mountains, while a few miles away the water will be wretched. 

由此可见，水源决定水质。  另外，水质有软硬之差，有些地方的居民不得不用 water softener. 

有人说， “you are what you eat.”   殊不知，60% of the human body is composed of water。 所以，我说，you are what you drink. 

奉劝朋友们， 购房时，千万别爱屋及乌哦！