Talk:East Los Angeles, California

Looks good. Does Monterey Park really belong on that list? Moncrief 05:54, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)

Good question. It's basically Chinese, not Hispanic, I don't think it belongs culturally.

Can somebody take a look at all of the cities listed in the region and see if they match up to the population listed here? RickK | Talk 05:55, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

If you're talking about the population figure for East L.A. listed, the communities described won't add up to the figure (assuming you could get population figures for all of those City of Los Angeles neighborhoods on the list). My understanding is that the population listed is specifically for East Los Angeles (the city, for lack of a better term). East Los Angeles the city isn't even on the larger meta-list. Being a northern Californian, I don't know exactly how the term East L.A. is used but my understanding is they're two separate lexical entries: one for the city (with its population figure here) and one for the larger list (doesn't mean they shouldn't be in the same article, just that the population won't match the larger list and I think that's ok as long as there are two separate bolded East L.A.s). God this is wordy.... Moncrief 05:59, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)

LOL. I suppose. RickK | Talk 06:00, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Here's another issue... "Los Angeles County east of the Los Angeles River" is not at all specific enough. That takes us deep into the San Gabriel Valley to places like Pomona, Diamond Bar, Claremont.... Rewording needed. Moncrief 06:04, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)

Los Angeles County between the LA River and Downey, west of Baldwin Park? RickK | Talk 06:08, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I guess we need to make an area bounded on four sides because otherwise, technically, Pasadena is included! What about, "whose boundaries are bounded, roughly, by the Los Angeles River on the west, Interstate 10 to the north, Interstate 605 to the east, and Downey to the south." Interstate 105 may be to far south, although it seems that the thoroughly Hispanic industrial cities of South Gate, Cudahy, etc might be included. Does this feel right? I think naming freeways instead of cities is in some ways better because they serve as longer boundaries and really do divide neighborhoods. Moncrief 06:14, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)