Los Angele The Largest City in California

Los Angeles is the largest city in California and therooftops with palm trees towering above.
second largest city in the USA. It is located on theAlong the Pacific shore, Malibu, Santa Monica,
southern coast of California about 75 miles northMarina Del Rey and Palos Verde are high class
of the Mexican border and 400 miles south ofresidential beach communities.
San Francisco. The original name of the city wasHollywood is the historic home of the old movie
The Village of Our Lady the Queen of Angels, butstudios and Beverly Hills is still the home of the
the name was shortened for obvious reasons.movie stars. Here you can drive along the
Los Angeles is situated on an irregularly shapedwestern terminus of historic route 66 on Santa
coastal plain about 30 to 60 miles across. It isMonica Boulevard. You can stroll along famous
bounded on the west by nearly 60 miles of PacificHollywood Boulevard and the Sunset Strip. In
Coast beaches and ocean cliffs. The San Gabrielnearby Burbank, you can visit many modern
and San Bernardino Mountains form a 2500 metermovie and television studios. In Anaheim, you can
high wall to the east. The Santa Monica Mountainssee the original Disney Land and Knotts Berry
define its northern limit and the Santa AnnaFarm.
Mountains define the southern.Downtown is certainly a commercial district, but it
Los Angeles has four major airports Los Angelesis no more the urban centre of the city than
International, Burbank Glendale Airport, Johnmany other neighbourhoods. Near the downtown
Wayne Airport and Ontario International Airport. Inarea are ethnic neighbourhoods with large Asian
addition, the Orange County Airport is less thanpopulations called, Korea Town, China Town and
one hour from the city and San Diego Airport isJapan Town.
within a two hour drive.Unlike most cities, Los Angeles does not have a
Los Angeles natives inhabit the entire plain and alldistinct urban centre. It is a collection of individual
the local hills plus the sides of the mountain rangescommunities tied together by a complex network
and into all of the connecting valleys. The city nowof roads and freeways. Each community offers a
covers over 1000 square miles in dozens ofuniquely different character. Together, they make
interconnected communities. High rise buildings onlyup this huge metropolitan complex called Los
exist in a few isolated clusters. From nearly everyAngeles.
vantage point, you can gaze across miles of low