It's possible that Los Angeles is a figment of its own imagination. No other city studies itself so intently - on film, television and in glossy magazines.
March 17, 2006 (Press Release) --
Intro
It's possible that Los Angeles is a figment of its own imagination. No other city studies itself so intently - on film, television and in glossy magazines. LA is where the American Dream is manufactured, and if you're not prepared to embrace the dream, you'll doubtless find it filthy, irritating, frightening or just plain dumb. But if you long to stand in the footsteps of stars and breathe their hallowed air, you've come to the right place. In this town, game show hosts are household names and nobodies erect billboard shrines to themselves.
Destination Facts
Population: 3.8 million in the City of Los Angeles; 9.9 million in LA county
Area: 465 sq mi (1200 sq km) in the City of Los Angeles, 4081 sq mi (10,600 sq km) in LA County
People: 45.6% Latino, 32.2% Caucasian, 9.4% black, 12.6% Asian and Pacific Islander
Elevation: 297ft (89m)
State: California
Time Zone: Pacific Time (GMT/UTC minus 8 hours)
Telephone Area Codes: Downtown & Hollywood 213; Beverly Hills & Santa Monica 310; Long Beach 562; Pasadena & San Marino 626; San Fernando Valley 818; Anaheim & Newport Beach 714
Orientation
Greater Los Angeles, on the southern west coast of the United States, takes in a range of geographical extremes, including a subtropical desert, 76mi (122km) of sea coast, a pair of offshore islands and peaks that exceed 10,000ft (3000m) in elevation. But the most notable thing about Los Angeles' geography is that it straddles one of the world's major fault zones. The San Andreas Fault - which comes within 33mi (56km) of downtown LA - and the three dozen lesser faults that run off it have been responsible for five serious quakes this century and dozens of imperceptible quakes every week.
Covering 465 sq mi (1200 sq km), Los Angeles takes in 88 incorporated cities. The Santa Monica Mountains separate Hollywood and Beverly Hills from the San Fernando Valley to the north; adjacent Orange County, home of Disneyland, extends along the coast to the southeast. Santa Monica and Venice are on the coast, just west of Beverly Hills, while the international airport is south of Venice. Downtown (where you'll find Union Station, the Amtrak depot) is east of Hollywood, with Watts and Compton to its south. You'll find the main Greyhound terminal east of downtown and south of Little Tokyo. Head west from Santa Monica to get to Malibu.
Basically, LA is a monster of a city to get around. It's a tangle of freeways and sprawling suburbs, where anyone without a car is considered intellectually impaired. If you don't have an automobile and at least a basic understanding of the city's freeways, you'll be seriously disadvantaged. For some areas, even the freeway-savvy need extra help. Beverly Hills and West Hollywood can only be reached via city surface streets.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
It's possible that Los Angeles is a figment of its own imagination. No other city studies itself so intently - on film, television and in glossy magazines. LA is where the American Dream is manufactured, and if you're not prepared to embrace the dream, you'll doubtless find it filthy, irritating, frightening or just plain dumb. But if you long to stand in the footsteps of stars and breathe their hallowed air, you've come to the right place. In this town, game show hosts are household names and nobodies erect billboard shrines to themselves.
Destination Facts
Population: 3.8 million in the City of Los Angeles; 9.9 million in LA county
Area: 465 sq mi (1200 sq km) in the City of Los Angeles, 4081 sq mi (10,600 sq km) in LA County
People: 45.6% Latino, 32.2% Caucasian, 9.4% black, 12.6% Asian and Pacific Islander
Elevation: 297ft (89m)
State: California
Time Zone: Pacific Time (GMT/UTC minus 8 hours)
Telephone Area Codes: Downtown & Hollywood 213; Beverly Hills & Santa Monica 310; Long Beach 562; Pasadena & San Marino 626; San Fernando Valley 818; Anaheim & Newport Beach 714
Orientation
Greater Los Angeles, on the southern west coast of the United States, takes in a range of geographical extremes, including a subtropical desert, 76mi (122km) of sea coast, a pair of offshore islands and peaks that exceed 10,000ft (3000m) in elevation. But the most notable thing about Los Angeles' geography is that it straddles one of the world's major fault zones. The San Andreas Fault - which comes within 33mi (56km) of downtown LA - and the three dozen lesser faults that run off it have been responsible for five serious quakes this century and dozens of imperceptible quakes every week.
Covering 465 sq mi (1200 sq km), Los Angeles takes in 88 incorporated cities. The Santa Monica Mountains separate Hollywood and Beverly Hills from the San Fernando Valley to the north; adjacent Orange County, home of Disneyland, extends along the coast to the southeast. Santa Monica and Venice are on the coast, just west of Beverly Hills, while the international airport is south of Venice. Downtown (where you'll find Union Station, the Amtrak depot) is east of Hollywood, with Watts and Compton to its south. You'll find the main Greyhound terminal east of downtown and south of Little Tokyo. Head west from Santa Monica to get to Malibu.
Basically, LA is a monster of a city to get around. It's a tangle of freeways and sprawling suburbs, where anyone without a car is considered intellectually impaired. If you don't have an automobile and at least a basic understanding of the city's freeways, you'll be seriously disadvantaged. For some areas, even the freeway-savvy need extra help. Beverly Hills and West Hollywood can only be reached via city surface streets.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
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