Governor's Mansions

Today I went to two governor's mansions today, yet the actual governor of our state lives in a one bedroom apartment over a PF Changs.

Above is a picture of the first mansion we visited where most the governors lived until they decided not to house the governor there anymore. I think Reagan was the last governor to live there.

Then we went to the mansion of Leland Standford, founder of Stanford University. It struck me visiting both these mansions that while once California was considered the Wild West, full of more land than anywhere else, now these Mansions have yards that are smaller than those of an average Midwesten home.