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About Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California. With an estimated 3,820,914 residents within the city limits as of 2023, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California. Los Angeles has an ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a metropolitan area of 12.8 million people (2023). Greater Los Angeles, which includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.3 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending partly through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to its east.

Neighborhoods in Los Angeles, CA

Arlington Heights, Baldwin Village, Baldwin Vista, Beverly Grove, Brentwood Glen, Brookside, Castle Heights, Central LA, Central-Alameda, Crestview, Cypress Grove, Cypress Park, Downtown Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, Elysian Valley

Things to do in Los Angeles, CA

Angels Flight Railway

Angels Point

Autry Museum of the American West

Avila Adobe

Barnsdall Art Park

Bradbury Building

Bronson Caves

California African American Museum

California Science Center

Chinese American Museum

Exposition Park

Fern Dell Nature Preserve

GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live

Greystone Mansion & Gardens: The Doheny Estate

Griffith Park

Guns N' Roses - 'Welcome to the Jungle' video film Site

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