Get to Know Los Angeles
By Jesus Sanchez, FrontDoor.com |
Published: 12/02/2008
The nation's second-largest city sits near the center of a mass of more than 80 suburbs, pushed against the Pacific Ocean on the west and south and the San Gabriel and Santa Monica mountains on the north and east.
The shallow bowl of the Los Angeles Basin that spreads along the coast is home to most of the area's residents. A few miles inland from the coast, separated from the basin by ranges of steep hills, wide valleys shelter millions more people and thousands of employers. A relatively small section of the city that sweeps west from downtown Los Angeles includes perhaps the most important features that define the L.A. image: the beaches of Santa Monica Bay, the mansions of Beverly Hills and the glamour of Hollywood. Linking all these pieces together is a network of more than 600 miles of freeway.
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