What is "Los Angeles?" And where is it?
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- Опубліковано 4 січ 2021
- Stop arguing about what's "in Los Angeles" with this definitive guide that explains the differences between the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, and Greater Los Angeles.
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LA’s shape is ridiculous.
Are you body shaming Los Angeles?
I know lol looks like an unfinished jigsaw puzzle 🤣
Huh? I find it perfect. Everything is where it needed to be and how it needed to be lol
@@qmawpxvecxydiwixytvieowizhehsi the city of los angeles should be a circle
Idk it makes sense but ok
I had this argument before with a guy I knew from Temple City. He would always say he was from L.A., but I told him that technically he was from the suburbs. He told me that unless you're in downtown, all of L.A. county is pretty much a giant suburb, even in the city limits.
He’s right. Not much different between Temple City and Northridge.
If you were say in Dumpwater Florida, people there have no idea where Temple City is but LA oh yeah sure. To outsiders you're from LA in LA your from Temple city because in LA its all about where you live.
Sounds similar to what we deal with in Chicago not living downtown lol. People say, "so not in the city?" Not knowing the city is mostly comprised of it's neighborhoods. If it wasn't for those neighborhoods Chicago would be tiny lol.
@@TheChicagoJunkie the difference is Chicago neighborhoods are real urban neighborhood with non-residential centres, while LA "neighborhoods" are all suburban with all amenities thing a long drive away
@@frafraplanner9277 there’s plenty of understated urban neighborhoods in LA such as century city or culver city.
People from elsewhere say they are going to LA to visit Disneyland, even though Disneyland is not even in LA county.
LA Angels 😉
I've heard people say they're from "LA" and it turns out they are from Riverside, Hemet, or San Bernardino. People throw the "LA" term around all over the place...
@@Alpine913 the inland empire is considered part of Greater Los Angeles
@@VrooooAM Yeah, but "Greater Los Angeles" is not the same saying "I'm from LA."
@@Alpine913 It kind of is tho
OUTSTANDING video. Really helpful. Adding to the confusion is some - but not all - neighborhoods within Los Angeles city limits use their neighborhood names in their mailing addresses. Woodland Hills, Van Nuys, Northridge, and Encino are all within LA city limits, but use their neighborhood name in their mailing address. Over the hill, Pacific Palisades, Bel Air, Venice, and Hollywood (all within LA city limits) do the same. Meanwhile, Rancho Park, Koreatown, Silverlake, and West Adams all have “Los Angeles” mailing adresses.
Yeah, confusing.
Side note: Westwood and Brentwood would no doubt LOVE to use their neighborhood names in their mailing adresses, but can’t as there are small cities in Northern California with those names, and so they’re “stuck” with their generic Los Angeles mailing addresses.
this is actually a really good point and i think it is probably why Valley residents don't think they live in LA
(although, and i'm sorry for failing to restrain myself here, Bel Air residents do actually use Los Angeles on their mailing addresses, or at least they're supposed to according to USPS!)
When I'm traveling around the world and people ask where I am from, my answer is simply "I'm from Los Angeles." I don't really need to say I'm from the US. When asked, "Where in LA?" I respond with, "The SGV" (to those familiar) or "about 30 min central LA without traffic." :-))
Same im from LA, but really its just Compton.
I always found it odd that Hollywood is part of the City of Los Angeles, while West Hollywood is it's own city.
West Hollywood was a gambling hub which prospered because it was illegal in Los Angeles.
That’s true, it’s weird …
Same with Santa Monica or Beverly Hills. It’s just political crap
And the city of Hollywood Florida is more populated than either
West Hollywood was an unincorporated hole in LA County (until 1984) where the LAPD had no authority. The sheriff's department (the policing authority) looked the other way or didn't care most of the time when it came to drugs, alcohol, sex parties, etc.. It was also conveniently located between Hollywood production locations and Beverly Hills where many studio system (MGM, Paramount) stars lived. This was why it eventually attracted artists, gay people and became the very left of center place it is today.
Grew up in the valley and you would be shocked about how many people in the valley don’t know that basically the whole valley is within LA city limits. They think each neighborhood is it’s own city. I guess I can understand with some neighborhoods having the word “city” in their name. Easiest way to tell if you’re in LA is by looking out for a cop car if it’s says LAPD you’re within city limits. Note: not LA sheriff, LAPD. LAPD only patrols city limits.
“ThE VaLLEy iSn’T LoS AnGeLeS.”
“Then what the fuck is LAPD doing up there?”
They must never pay attention to their mailing forms and taxes either, everything mentions the city of LA.
@@RavenGuardian the neighborhood signs have the city of LA seal on them and al the parks says city of LA
I get the opposite reaction. When I tell people the valley is part of LA and Compton and Inglewood are not, they say I’m wrong.
@@JesusFlores-ju3mh They’re terrible people and you deserve better. ❤️
The one thing LA reminds me of Houston with is we both had extensive street car systems they tore away and now have massive freeways and a few light rails that take too long 😭
A fucking tragedy.
Its odd that Palmdale is a part of LA county, but not Anaheim. Palmdale is literally much farther away up north in the desert and is separated from the metropolitan area by a mountain range
Unless you want Orange County to be part of LA County instead of it being its own separate County. I live in Lancaster and understand that argument. There are times when I’m glad to be in LA County and then other times when I would prefer that the high desert be its own county. The same argument can be used in regards to the Victor Valley being in San Bernardino County, because it’s a desert with a mountain range separated from the Inland Empire. But that’s how they drew up the counties of Southern California ages ago.
honestly if theyre gonna put cities like Palmdale and Lancaster in LA county I don't see why they wouldn't put Anaheim in LA county since people associate that city with LA
OC actually got started by seceding from LA County... this was back in 1889 though lol
This would make a great video series for lots of US cities.
Greetings from Lancaster, CA 👋🏾
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As a native Angeleno, full time Luxury Uber/Lyft driver and self made geography expert with hyper OCD towards this subject, I totally support this video.
Also, the one thing that ever truly kicked LA boundary knowledge was the road bible. RIP Thomas Bros. Guide you magnificent bastard, with your color coded cities, neighborhoods, and unincorporated county lands. If you know you know.
P.S. If the street sign is dodger blue with white letters, you’re in LA city
Great video. San Diego is somewhat similar except that the San Diego metro is entirely in one county, the only US metro entirely in one county. Many people think La Jolla is its own city but it's part of the city of San Diego in the same way that San Fernando Valley is part of LA city. We have that same cofusion with distinct neighborhoods. University City (not to be confused with University Heights) is part of SD but National City is not. If you ever visit San Diego and you're in North Park, Normal Heights, Mira Mesa, or Linda Vista, you're in San Diego. But if you're in El Cajon, Chula Vista, Coronado, or Lemon Grove, you're in another city.
My friend’s family say Chula Vista is SD lol
@@changkwangoh It's not. It's its own city but it is very common in SD for people to not know the difference between city and county LOL
@@Accentor100 if you're ever confused about san diego's geography, ask a conservative/trump supporter. they are always well-versed in which part of the city is under which jurisdiction so that they can blame the mayor for whatever they dislike about that part of the city
You should only have someone look at the municipal boundaries within LA county if you want them to have a seizure
I loved the ending. Anaheim doesn't count 😌
San Fernando is an actual real and true city in the San Fernando Valley area in the City of Los Angeles. It is bordered on all sides by Los Angeles, just like Lesotho in South Africa. As such, the City of San Fernando is anomalous for lists such as yours. Other than that, great job! 😃 ‼️ 👍 ⭐
Yes. Yes it is.
Which is also why when The Valley was voting to secede from the city of LA, San Fernando was not an option for name replacement.
@@herbycarlos6794 I wanted us to be Camelot because we already had a castle in Sherman Oaks.
@@Jantzn hahaha, yeah I remember that name coming up the most, but it was 5th place on the list of possible names.
@TNerd so was eagle rock. Highland park, Venice, lankershim which was renamed north Hollywood when it became part of LA
Even bigger than Greater Los Angeles is the Southern California Megalopolis, which also includes San Diego and Santa Barbara.
The shape of the city limits of L.A. looks so weird. Even that long part that was followed by I-110 CA/Harbor Fwy all the way to the neighborhood of San Pedro.
The City of Los Angeles wanted to annex the ports in Wilmington and San Pedro but in order to legally do that it had to connect to them by land, so the Harbor Gateway (and the “Shoestring Strip,” which is that little sliver tying it together) was formed in 1906.
@@Jantzn to add to the confusion harbor gateway has either a Gardena zip code or Torrance zip code
What you just laid out here should be a mandatory in order to graduate high school. Thanks for trying to deliver this info to the people in a palatable way. I appreciate that . I really believe that the lack of sense of place and the fact that We really don’t value sense of place as a culture is very problematic.
Thank you so much. ❤️
Born and raised in LA and now I live in Santa Clarita. Loved the video, I learned a thing or two. Thanx man!
Of course!
How is Santa Clarita like so far, especially for a hispanic person? average, expensive?
@@gforce97 Not quite sure what you’re asking.
Imane, CSUN! and a shoutout to the Dodgers in one vid?? Awesome, subbed!
Thanks dude!
I've been all over LA and its huge
I'm in Scotland California is way bigger then the uk
I'm a second-generation NATIVE Angeleno (don't live there now, thank goodness); here's my explanation, for folks who don't understand exactly WHERE "Ellay" is: The City of Los Angeles is an oddly-shaped municipality within the County of Los Angeles. The City of Los Angeles is the largest city in the county. It stretches from the far northwest corner of the San Fernando Valley, over the Santa Monica mountains, all the way down to San Pedro. Few people who actually LIVE within the City of Los Angeles use "Los Angeles" in their mailing address, and, incredibly, many people are not even AWARE that they live in the City of Los Angeles. This is particularly true in the vast San Fernando Valley. In "the Valley" (where I grew up), nobody uses "Los Angeles" in their mailing address; they use "Woodland Hills" or "Sherman Oaks", for example. A lot of people think that Hollywood is a city; it is not, it's in the City of Los Angeles. But Beverly Hills and Santa Monica are NOT in the City of Los Angeles, they are their own municipalities. Still confused? Just say "Ellay" and you'll be fine 🙂
Sir this is a “Wendy’s.”
I also grew up in the valley (Van Nuys) and can confirm people there don’t say Los Angeles if you ask someone from the Valley where they live. And yes we use our neighborhoods as our “city” in our mailing address, not the actual city (Los Angeles) we live in. Now if you’re out of town and someone asks where you are from then you’ll just say you’re from L.A.
You’ll hear people from the Valley say “I have to go to L.A.” when they’re going over the hill to the L.A. basin; forgetting they also live IN Los Angeles. My question is how and why did the Valley decided to do this?
@@jpla1886 I think it just happened organically, over time. When the City of Los Angeles annexed the Valley, many of the communities there already had their own established identities, so they kept it that way. Fun fact: Woodland Hills, where I grew up, was originally called Girard, after its founder, it was home to Basque sheepherders, who survived into the late 1950s. Anyway...
Adding even MORE confusion is the fact that the Valley has its own "civic center" in Van Nuys. A lot of American cities have this confusion over exactly where the city begins and ends. My major in college was Urban Studies, and I believe that urban areas are whole units, and should be defined as one unit, not balkanized into competing units. But that's too common sense for this political environment.
@@bannedheretic2971 I just like to add that it is the post office that approves naming. Also the city hall in Van Nuys was designed to replicate Downtown's city hall. My last 2 cents, Porter Ranch was the last section of the Valley to be annexed and developed.
@@bannedheretic2971 Well, not exactly since the names of local jurisdictions within the city of L.A. are constantly changing as well, usually to up the value of local real estate by not associating a portion of one neighborhood with a neighborhood name that has developed a bad reputation. Like I stated above, if one really wants/needs to know what city one is in at a given moment, pay attention to the size, shape and color of the local street signs.
My family and I moved to Littlerock in 1979. It’s an unincorporated town in the Antelope Valley. In absolutely no way did I consider “Los Angeles”. We couldn’t even get LA television stations when we lived out on 116th St. We got the ABC and CBS affiliates from Bakersfield.
When we moved to T-4 (still in Littlerock), we didn’t have cable tv until 1986.
I went to Palmdale High School. Before they built Littlerock HS. Which isn’t even in Littlerock. It’s in Sun Village, which got annexed by Palmdale in the 80s sometime.
great video. love CA history. this is well done. need more
I’ll try to make some.
Great breakdown and explanation.
Thank you!
Anaheim resident here. If someone asks me where I’m from I say the LA area, but will also say Disneyland
Mickey is that you?
I’m glad I watched this because I have been soo confused for so long lol
Happy it helped!
This is my favorite video. I wish I could elaborate but I can't.
I try.
We love ya' Jantzn!
(corrected typo)
No “e” though! 🤣😂
Very informative.
I try.
Fantastic breakdown! I think OC is considered part of the LA metro area because they share most of the same infrastructure (roads, power grid, etc).
I think OC was once part of LA county
well it’s not so
And historically they wouldn’t exist with LA…
OC residents will go around cursing Los Angeles and giving 1000 reasons for why OC is better and then they turn around and tell everyone who asks that they are “from LA” with a smile 😊.
OC is more LA than the high desert, and even the valley in a lot of ways. Geographically the LA basin and Orange County are one endless grid of streets and freeways with no discernible border or significant differences.
I've heard people say they're from "LA" and it turns out they are from Riverside, Hemet, or San Bernardino. People throw the "LA" term around all over the place... Meanwhile, people from inside Orange County almost never identify themselves from their actual city--it's always by their county. Which people never really do outside of Orange or LA counties. Living for awhile in the Bay Area was nice when people identified their location based on geography--was a lot clearer what they meant.
yeah SF and LA are so different because it's very clear to everyone what is and isn't SF, but no one agrees on what is or isn't LA
I've never heard it called Northwest County. We've always called that area "Santa Clarita" or, if you go further north, "the grapevine."
Great explanation.
I try.
woah pog new jantzn content holy shit lets go
when you’ve lived in ventura county all your life and weren’t even sure of what was la
I made this video for people like you and I hope it helped. Growing up nobody explained it to me and I was very frustrated trying to understand it.
Oxnard native over here .. just UP The 101 freeway from LA even though I’m essentially west northwest from LA. would you guys say Ventura county is .. the “greater LA” or “LA metropolitan” areas or something similar?
Ventura is part of the Greater Los Angeles area. Metropolitan LA is only LA County and Orange County.
I figured! When I was truck driving out all over the country I’d always claim Oxnard when they asked me where I’m from. Then proceed to tell them it’s “like an hour away from LA” .. now I’m truck driving all over the LA freeways. It sucks !
nice. thanks
Of course!
I have lived in Los Angeles area for 18 years and I never knew 80% of the stuff shown here.
And it only took 3 minutes!
Those are some weird city boundaries. Had to get that port in there somehow.
@0:55 i would call SoCal the line where Kern meets LA. SLO is for sure central coast. Its weird to call antelope valley part of the LA metro. And just to put this out there CSULB!!!!!!
the amount of people saying Vidcon/all cons are in LA when they're in Anaheim is so common. I live in LA(the actual city) and even for me it's a drive to get down there.
Yeah that’s OC. Anaheim does have the biggest convention center on the west coast though.
The only reason the SF is part of the city LEGALLY is because of the unique time the city became popular to move to, in the interwar period, when water scarcity and Wild West antics (like the city of Vernon, look it up) greatly encouraged people to join a local government with deals with water and had law & order. SF was a project of LA to create a new kind of city, but so was EPCOT. It’s not really part of LA, it’s a surrogate, hence the multiple secession attempts.
1:49 Wait that’s the valley people are referring to when they talk about “valley girls”?
CSUN! The valley has a rich history and a culture that’s very distinct from the rest of Los Angeles, including the classic valley girl accent.
A lot of people don’t realize that the name “Vanessa” is actually derived from “Van Nuys” and loosely translates to “valley trash.”
as a diehard Angel fan, I thank you very much sir for clarifying Orange County is NOT Los Angeles! I get asked so many times why we're named the "Los Angeles Angels"! SMH @Jantzn
And then there's the fact that incorporated cities may be part of LA Sheriffs, LA Dept of Water and Power and LA Unified* School District, or provide their own services, or any combination of the above. (* And in most states a "Unified" school district means two or more towns but in CA it just means K-12, a plain "School District" only has K-6 and overlaps with a separately administered "High School District")
Yep!
At least it isn’t an “independent” school system. That is something that happens out west where just about every school system is “independent”. Independent from what? Another school system which also declares itself “independent”? I think is a holdover from Spanish colonial days maybe because in old Spanish colonies it isn’t unusual to see universities calling themselves autonomous which is used to mean they may be funded by the state but run themselves. You don’t see it in the eastern US because it is silly to put independent in your name when it means nothing since everyone is independent, and I wish school systems out west would stop doing it.
LADWP only covers the city of LA
@@josephaugello1527 That’s not true. They also provide services to Bishop, Culver City, West Hollywood, and South Pasadena.
@@Jantzn no they do not. I used to work for the city it's LA city only. The others have edison. West Hollywood, Culver city, South pasadena all have edison. There are zip code issues in nar Vista in which some areas have a Culver city zip code but are LA
You know your city! Very accurate, you get an A for the day.
Thanks, professor!
Excellently done! And Go Dodgers! (They also call the Southeast region “Gateway Cities”.
To me, I'm a nitpicky type when it comes to this kind of thing. The city means the city (city proper), the area means the metro area or greater metro area (which are two different things themselves). People always wish to conflate them together as one and then demand it makes sense "because all of the suburbs commute into the main city to work, shop & enjoy leisure so really they are one and the same", which always irks me, sometimes very deeply. There's a reason there is different terms treated entirely differently - differentiation is imperative for avoiding confusion and giving clear context.
The only times I throw all this out the window, is with places like LA/SD/SB area, Miami/FL, and the entire Northeast Corridor region, as they're all one gigantic interconnected and developed megaopolis anyway. Megaopli are many metro areas and cities that have combine into one sprawling connected area of continuous urban & suburban development. So I always consider the entire SoCal complex LA or LA/SD metro area. It's the same with the Bay Area. I don't buy into the concept of "San Jose is it's own separate metro area from SF/Oakland's metro area." They're clearly all one giant complex. And if I ever want to specifically refer to one city, I put a particular emphasis on the name of the city, I say "proper" after the name, or I continue knowing either the person will ask me if I mean the city itself or not, or, they'll come to understand I do as I continue to speak/write.
Yeah, city proper and metro areas can be misleading. I 100% agree on the Bay Area. If you look up "largest metros in the US" in Wikipedia, SF-Oakland is listed as 13th and San Jose as 36th. This ridiculous and arbitrary distinction to separate the Bay Area into 2 metros puts Phoenix, Dallas, and Houston ahead of the Bay Area. But look up the CSA's and SF-San Jose is 5th in the country only behind NY, LA, DC, and Chicago. The Bay Area is often weirdly snubbed in this way just because its composed of MANY smaller cities and counties than most metros.
Thank you.
Of course!
It’s amazing how many area codes are in the L.A area. I think there are 13
Three and a half minutes to punk Anaheim, LOL.
"Sorry guys, you are not in the LA club."
And he's wrong, tho not in the same county, it's still within the LA metro
We proudly don’t belong to entitled LA , puro Orange County ese
here in Mexico, our counties = municipalities, you only have a mayor, "municipal president/presidente municipal", so when i see subdivisions in the USA it amazed me how a county could have lots and lots of cities with a mayor and council, like in LA county , you have random small cities like Commerce or West Hollywood that equal as status with lots of population as Los Angeles or Long Beach, why West Hollywood or Hawaiian Gardens are cities? for me those are like neighborhoods of LA!
Do a video of greater Los Angeles
Interesting watch as a foreigner after watching a bazillion movies where they name those places or LA vaguely
So does the LAPD serve only the City of Los Angeles or all of the LA metropolitan area within LA County?
LAPD’s jurisdiction is only within the City of Los Angeles. Other cities may have their own police department (Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Burbank, Pasadena, Long Beach, et al) or they may contract with LASD who will provide policing services in addition to regular countywide Sheriff’s services. All unincorporated county territory is de facto LASD territory.
For example where I live in Lancaster, the city has a contract with the LA County sheriffs department. And if I’m not mistaken, it’s the largest County sheriffs department in the country in regards to population.
LAPD just serves the city within it's limits including most of the Valley except the City of San Fernando.
As a current Csun student, CSUN!!!
MATADORS!
Lancaster and Palmdale look like it's own thing.
ok in an alternate universe los angeles shape had less holes, and owned santa monica, owned the land between inglewood and rolling hills. i think they owned compton and burbank too. anyways this didnt really change anything from what i remember.
why the strange elongated part of Los Angeles? Did some "areas" choose not to become part of the city?
In California, a city must be contiguous (connected by land, some exceptions for islands) and the City of Los Angeles wanted to control the Port of Los Angeles, so it annexed (took over/absorbed) other cities and areas to extend its area south. The whole purpose of that skinny stretch is just to physically connect the port to the rest of the city.
The narrowest part in the Harbor Gateway neighborhood is called the “Shoestring Strip” because of the loopy shape.
@@Jantzn There’s a similar phenomenon in Chicago where there’s a narrow strip of land along the interstate in the city so O’Hare can be in the city.
I can imagine valley folks being triggered by this video 🤣They hate acknowledging that they're part of LA city. Same with San Pedro & Wilmington residents as well.
Grew up in the valley and I don’t think people are triggered that they’re part of LA lol we always knew we were part of it
@@aweirdfilipino
Especially the ones that live in the East side of the valley, Paicoma and Panorama City.
@@aweirdfilipino Lol Oh yeah I'm sure not all. Just speaking from personal experience, I used to work in van nuys and encountered several locals who vehemently deny having any association with the City of LA. I found it pretty funny
Which is a little ironic since if it weren’t for The Valley being part of LA, with its over 1 million residents, LA wouldn’t be the second largest city in the country.
Man, no one ever mentions el Segundo. Ther high school has been in a few movies tho!
good video
Thank you!
Where does Culver City fit in?
The City of Culver City (yes, that’s its official name) is an actual city with its own mayor and city council.
@@Jantzn You can even go to City of Culver City City Hall
@@jamesparson The madness never stops.
@@jamesparson Hahahahaha! That's actually true! Good one!
We don't. We stand out.
I'm from OC and have lived and gone to school in LA, and I have noticed that Angelenos deny that OC is part of Los Angeles, but also somehow claim that Disneyland is in Los Angeles. You guys can't have it both ways hahaha!
Okay now go tell that to the Angels.
@@Jantzn Fair enough, I don't think anyone appreciates the naming situation. At least they are no longer called the "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim."
Oc is counted ad tge greater los angeles area
Thousand Oaks doesn’t count but Lancaster DOES???????? So messed up. Just wrong
Thousand Oaks is in Ventura County that’s why.
thanks for showing this. People think they're funny when i tell them i'm from LA, and they say, no you aren't, you're from Carson. I'm like, BXtch IT'S IN LA!!! besides, I hate having to explain where Carson is. it just makes it easier to say I'm from LA. My house was along that little strip of LA, that's the 110 freeway btw.
The Shoestring Strip
Easier to say you're from L.A. to people who aren't residents of the L.A. area or who live out of state. Now if I'm visiting west Covina and someone who is a long time SoCal resident asks me where I live, I can say Inglewood and they know it's near LAX or if I say Anaheim they know it's the O.C. or even Van Nuys they'll know it's the Valley. The problem today is more people use smart phones than maps so their geographical knowledge is limited. Quick destination info might tell you where you are but doesn't explain where you are so there is less understanding about a place.
Good video, even with the Culver City omission.
The City of Culver City is redundant.
@@Jantzn Most of us Screenlanders are. Our city hall actually reads, "City of Culver City City Hall." We suck.
“So no, Anaheim doesn’t count. Go dodgers!” Love that ! Shame on Anaheim angels of Anaheim for trying to ride off of the international fame of Los Angeles!
I was there long time a go... for me the best place to be in USA
Miley Cyrus wrote a song about it.
Was the map guy drunk the day they made the boundaries?
I’m from the South Bay and usually I just tell people I’m from Los Angeles County
haha "compensating for something" !
well done!
Thank you!
Lmao the ending was the best.
What's the whole "C-sun!" thing?
CSUN is the California State University Northridge in the San Fernando Valley.
Thank you for subscribing to CSUN facts!
The CSUN mascot is the Matador. In contrast, Pierce College (the local community college)‘s mascot is the Brahma Bull. This means that Pierce is the bulls and CSUN is the bullfighters.
Shout out Reseda !
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This is a good video but dude, I swear valley folks will straight up try and fight you if you tell them they're part of LA 🤣 they love to take pride in being their own thing lol
The scale of these places is just baffling
San Bernardino county is bigger than my home country by about 11'000 square kilometers
But at least you’re not from San Bernardino.
Hell yeah! The Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles.
Hay quá
screw anyone that doesn’t consider the eastside la too all these outsiders just count the west side and the valley just bc they’re richer areas 💀
No mention of Eagle Rock? You'll be hearing from our attorneys.
Those are City of LA attorneys.
So Lancaster is more “In Los Angeles” than Anaheim?
That’s technically correct.
The best kind of correct.
THE VALLEY MENTIONED???!!
CSUN!
Imaging driving to Lancaster thinking you bought a house in “Los Angeles” 😐
They’re not wrong but they have made a huge mistake.
USA municipal boundaries are seizure inducing.
All technically true, but there are also sort of popular conceptions that also matter a great deal. I think at this point, we can exclude Orange County and the Inland Empire from "L.A." They may have once been considered suburbs of L.A., but now are city-regions entirely on their own. I would probably throw the Antelope Valley in with them as well, even though it's L.A. Country, driving down the 14, it will stay say "Los Angeles" this way. On the other hand, "L.A." is certainly way bigger than just the formal City of L.A., the cities of Burbank, Glendale, Santa Monica, Culver City, Compton, Gardena, the South Bay, Calabasas, Malibu, Pasadena, West Hollywood, plus unincorporated areas like Topanga and East L.A., if San Pedro and Sylmar are "L.A." then all of those places certainly are as well. I do think Long Beach is questionable . . . it's large enough and far enough that it could be considered not L.A., same maybe with other cities along the Orange County border. I would probably propose that the best definition of "L.A." is the City of Los Angeles, plus every city and unincorporated area that directly borders it, with the possible exception of Long Beach. Everywhere else in L.A. County and neighboring counties would be more properly characterized as "Southern California".
Sir this isn’t a Wendy’s.
The only thing missing from your post is the substantial distinction between municipal boundaries and separate governments. For instance Sylmar Far north, and San Pedro Far south, are Los Angeles city proper by reason of municipal boundaries and government. None of which can be said about the suburbs you listed by reason of them being their own individual municipal entities and governments, otherwise known as suburbs, which are substantially distinct from the principal city. I remember back in the 80's people would say," no one really knows where LA begins and ends". But the good ol fashion Thomas Guide is quite detailed in distinguishing municipal boundaries one from another.
@@deborahgladden2253 Yeah the video specifically states that these are the legal boundaries as defined by various government agencies. Just because something does or doesn’t “feel” like Los Angeles doesn’t matter.
@@deborahgladden2253 Yes ma'am!
You just described L.A. County.
My family in the IE likes to claim that they live in LA 😂
They’re putting the “IE” in “LIE.”
To me from an East to West perspective, metro LA starts in the Coachella valley and ends somewhere past Santa barbara, with Temecula and San Clemente being the southernmost extremes, and Lancaster being the Northernmost.
Sometimes I even feel like going as far south as Tijuana, but that would be unfair to San Diego
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@@JantznI know that might make an LA resident shit their pants, I'm from Vegas, so i'm not unfamiliar with Socal, and that whole triangulated area just gives me the standard non-tourist LA feel, even though it's far beyond the municipal boundaries of the City of Los Angeles, LA county, or the Angeles or San Fernando vallies.
@@snownd675 Okay then yeah I can see that interpretation.
Santa Barbara is in no way part of Metro LA
So the takeaway is that the Angels are not actually the Los Angeles Angels
Why is the border of the City of Los Angeles so weird?
The City of Los Angeles expanded north to acquire certain water rights and expanded south to control the ports in Wilmington and San Pedro.
Did us in Anaheim dirty 😭
You did it to yourself.
@@Jantzn You;re killing me!
That was really quite confusing. It just seems so much larger than N.Y.C. When I see it in movies it always looks like suburbs like Long Island. Down town I know looks a little bit like Manhattan which we call "the city", but NYC is actually 5 Boroughs with not as many hoods as in L.A. County. I see what you mean now watching this for the second time. So if they are not from the City Of L.A. they are part of the County, but it is all suburbs and the apartment complexes seem small or two stories (I guess bc of earthquakes), but except for some areas NY buildings go up and where I live now most building are 5 or 6 stories, but where I used to live in Brooklyn was much different; mostly 2 family homes or private homes with some scattered bigger apartments. Not as many people need to drive here as its really hard to find parking. There's way too many people where I live now and I'm trying to move again.
The word you're looking for is sprawl. It doesn't look like NYC because they (re)designed the city for cars and let their transit decay.
New York is the largest city by population. But LA is a larger city in terms of land mass.
Its on planet Earth
its a bit silly that West Hollywood is a city and Hollywood isnt...also places like Lennox are right next to LAX but aren't classed as L/A
Lennox isn't a city but it's still a Census Designated Place (CDP) and counts as being part of unincorporated Los Angeles County.
csun! I go there 😁
MATADORS!
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I met a family from Chino that said they were from LA
They are a family of liars.
@@Jantzn Hahahaha!
Lol are they the Ball family?