Greater Los Angeles

Hollywood's sprawling home

Greater Los Angeles is the metropolitan region surrounding and including the city of Los Angeles, extending across multiple counties in Southern California.

The exact boundaries vary by definition, but typically encompass Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties—one of the most populous urban areas in the United States: Greater Los Angeles has nearly 19 million residents.

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Opposites
urban scale and density

Greater Los Angeleswilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

rural America · small-town America · remote areas · remote villages · ghost towns

American regional identity

Greater Los AngelesGreater Boston

Hub's metropolitan area

Appalachia · New England

urban form and character

Greater Los AngelesManhattan

NYC's densest borough

Hong Kong · central London · Singapore · Tokyo

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G