California
- Los Angeles
Millions
of visitors arrive each year in Los Angeles
eager to experience for themselves the epitome
of the American Dream; to find the self-indulgent
living soap-opera-style lives, to experience
firsthand the images that are strangely-familiar
thanks to the 'big screen', and to walk in
the footsteps of the stars. The fantasy worlds
of Disneyland and Hollywood , the famed extravagance
of Beverley Hills and Malibu , and the sun-soaked
beach culture are just some of the attractions
within this 'City of Angels '.
Los
Angeles is not really a city but rather a
sprawling metropolis constituting more than
80 smaller city areas woven together by a
daunting network of traffic-congested freeways
without a clearly defined centre. LA is just
one of these cities with Downtown at its heart,
and lying outside the city limits is the surrounding
conglomeration of cities that comprises LA
County.
Los Angeles offers a dazzling variety of attractions
and world-famous amusements. Downtown is a
mixture of cultures and local communities:
the traditional herbalists of Chinatown 's
Bamboo Lane ; Little Tokyo with its sushi
bars and Japanese gardens; and the narrow
Latino-influenced Olvera Street . Los Angeles
County is endowed with a rich diversity of
backgrounds and is a mix-and-match of people
from 140 countries speaking 96 different languages,
of those who have left home to seek acceptance
for ideas or unconventional lifestyles not
tolerated in the more conservative parts of
the country, and would-be stars with dreams
of fame and fortune.
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