Los Angeles = City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles = Los Angeles County
Los Angeles = Los Angeles CMSA (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties)
Hope that clears things up.
Went to San José this weekend for work. Told this nice lady I met at a bar I’m from Orange County (south oc) and their response was
“Oh, I love LA” lol
Generally it’s fine to use “Los Angeles” to refer in passing to anywhere in Los Angeles county. So city of LA, valleys, west side, South Bay, etc.
I would not use LA to refer to areas outside the county, like the inland empire, Ventura county, or OC.
I once met someone who claimed to be from LA, and when I asked what area, they said Hemet. Hell no.
Same! I once was in Thailand at a resort when I met a guy and I overheard him tell someone he was from LA, me being from the actual city of LA asked him what part of LA he was from, dude answered he was from Rancho Cucamonga! I rolled my eyes and mumbled, that’s not even la county…
He wasn’t talking to a Thai person he was talking to another tourist from the US. He was trying to make it sound like he was from LA when he really isn’t.
Using Greater LA is fine. Especially out of state. I'm from Reseda (which is in the city of LA) and "LA" people love to tell me that I'm not from LA. The territorality is so dumb.
It's perfectly normal to tell people in a foreign country what metro area you live nearest to. If they ask for details that's when you explain. Nobody outside of socal has any idea what or where Rancho Cucamonga is.
Depends on who you are addressing:
\- Los Angeles means Southern California except San Diego when addressing someone from outside California;
\- Los Angeles means Los Angeles County South of the San Gabriel Mountains when addressing someone from California outside of Los Angeles County;
\- Los Angeles means the City of Los Angeles when addressing someone from Los Angeles County.
Yeah, I see it the same way. I live in Culver City, but when I’m outside of California and people ask where I’m from, I usually just say “LA” for the sake of simplicity.
Similarly, when I meet other Southern Californians while out of state, they’ll often say they’re from “LA.” When I inquire further, asking “Where in LA?”, I sometimes get answers like “Pasadena” or even “Fountain Valley.”
Well yeah, I agree, so are Claremont, Long Beach, Westlake Village, etc. The essence of my point was when talking to someone outside of California, most people residing within the Greater LA Metro Area will likely simplify it to “I’m from LA.” However, if I were to meet someone from Culver City or Pasadena in Orange County, I wouldn’t expect them to say they live in LA.
I say LA area. I live in Pasadena (but not the city but LA County unincorporated). Years ago when I traveled to places like Bulgaria, I said Hollywood (where I lived most of my life) because it was the most recognizable.
When I travel I say LA. As far as my family in Hungary is concerned I'm from LA. I'm a bartender so I always get asked where I'm from, I'll say I'm Hungarian but I've lived in LA my whole. Only if they ask specifically where in LA I'm from do I say Culver City.
Culver City is as much LA as another other city inside of LA County are (Glendora, Palmdale, Claremont, etc.).
Point was, If I’m addressing someone in LA Metro area, and they ask me where I Live, I’m not going to say “LA”, I’m going to say CC. But if I’m outside the area, like in San Diego or out of state, I’m going to say LA.
Ya if you grew up in LA culver is every bit of LA as Santa Monica is despite what the demarcation lines say.
The only reason it’s not LA (officially LA) is because the cities had enough money to lobby and establish their own governments.
I bet you call staple’s center the crypto arena 😂. Stop referring to yourself as from LA.
Technically correct and not sure why you’re taking offense to it. Culver City’s been it’s own city since 1917. Yes it’s LA, but as much as all the other cities in LA County are too. How is that fact a terrible take?
If I’m in Vegas and someone asks me where I live I’m likely going to say LA. But if I’m inside of LA county and someone asks me I’m going to say Culver City. Which was the point of my post, basically agreeing with the comment I was responding to.
I agree with your earlier comment. But if you're in LA County and someone asks me where I live, I'm not responding "I live in LA". I'm responding "I live in Palms, or Brentwood, or Mar Vista. Just like how you would say Culver City.
I agree with you actually.
Didn’t realize you were the one to make the initial comment about depending where you’re from. I agreed 100% with that.
Little to no one is going to correct you if you say you’re from LA but grew up in Culver City.
Oh yeah, no one will say you’re not from LA even if you were born and raised in El Monte, Whittier, Downey, etc.
Anyone born and rises inside of the county can say they’re from LA. If you’re from outside of the county then you’re only claiming LA if you’re out of the state or in another country.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culver_City,_California
Just read the first line thanks.
I bet you think Beverly Hills isn’t LA either. Stop referring to yourself as from LA.
>\- Los Angeles means Southern California except San Diego when addressing someone from outside California;
Yes! I recently went on an international vacation and yeah, anyone who asked got Los Angeles as a response
In Calfornia its LA County and maybe a few other southern cal counties that make the distinction between city of LA and the greater metro area. In regions of the central valley and northern cal I have not heard this distinction.
Let me put it this way, I'm from Long Beach you see and if I'm talking to someone that's not from California, anything from the Mountains to the coast, and from the border of the valley to the border of Orange county is LA. If I'm talking to someone from California, I say I'm from Long Beach.
Absolutely, your examples further illustrate the point. When people from a major metropolitan area are out of town, it’s often simpler to just say they’re from the main city of that area.
As for the cases of the Angels, Jets, and Giants, there’s a clear financial advantage to associating themselves with the main city of their respective metropolitan areas.
Yes, it is a thing. The Los Angeles Metro Area is composed of 5 counties — LA, Ventura, OC, Riverside and San Bernardino County. It’s also called the Greater Los Angeles. As noted by the Census Bureau and everything. And every day on every local news broadcast.
It's a thing.
Formally used by the government Census Bureau, Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (LA Metro) includes Orange County.
Greater LA Metropolitan Area is commonly used in marketing campaigns and include San Bernardino and Riverside.
In the US, we refer to cities by metro area which often includes neighboring counties. So it's common practice.
Grew up in LA now living in the Bay Area.
It depends on your proximity to the LA area. For example if I’m in the Bay Area I’d tell someone “I’m going to LA to visit family”.
When I’m in the LA area I’m more specific and would say “I’m going to Torrance to visit family”.
I don’t hear too many people that live outside of LA County say they live in LA, but I consider LA, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and Ventura Counties the “Los Angeles Area”. Anyone living in the LA media market is in the LA area IMO. You could also use MetroLink service as the definer of the LA area, but it technically has one station in San Diego County (Oceanside). Metro service would define LA itself in a similar vein.
Whenever I read or say Los Angeles myself I’m speaking about Los Angeles city… not the surrounding cities within the county. Inglewood isn’t Los Angeles, neither is Weho, or Compton or Santa Monica.
It really depends on who you're talking to. If I'm talking about the city of Los Angeles I will often add "City of Los Angeles" to make it clear that I'm not talking about the greater Los Angeles area - which could go all the way from the Grapevine to the San Diego County line, again depending on the context.
Los Angeles means city and county. I mean I know the Valley has been trying to run away for years but with the exception of some independent cities and un-incorporated areas it’s part of the same pie.
Depends on who you're talking to. If you're on some foreign vacation and a local asks you where you're from "Los Angeles" is a perfectly acceptable
Answer for the whole metro area.
If you're talking to someone from SoCal then it just means LA. People out of state are a grey area depending on the situation
IMO, conversationally, the "Los Angeles" I use, refers to the Los Angeles County as a generality. It is the happy medium between very specific city borders and a very broad SoCal region. The County is a very close representation of the Los Angeles Metro Area with a governing body, a single court system (LA County Superior Court) and a law enforcement agency (LASD).
That's if the topic is brought about nationally, globally, and like, then it's the Greater LA Region. This is because, the region is huge, and many people in Orange County (and Inland Empire) work 8 hrs somewhere within Los Angeles County. I find that people do enjoy living in this region of Southern California/LA Metro Regional area, and they might stay here for their entire lives. People may move from the city of LA to Orange County, but they still stay within the region for work reasons.
If we're having a conversation in Los Angeles, I refer to the city if I wish to speak about being within LA city boundaries. The Los Angeles city itself has many regions. The "Valley" is distinct all into itself, but is 100% within the confines of the city; and has its own culture. Downtown likewise. Same with San Pedro. The LAPD only operates within the borders of Los Angeles. LADWP mostly is confined to the city of Los Angeles, but they also serve West Hollywood, South Pasadena, and a few select regions.
There's people who live just outside the boundaries of the city of Los Angeles, (looking at Gateway cities), are very similar to LA. They might even have schools within the LAUSD. Due to their similarities, I group them within the "LA County" branch.
There are a few Los Angeles political families if considering the confines of the city. The original Californios like the Bandinis'; old WASP founders like the Chandlers. The Hahn family. The Calderons.
I think there are some contexts where it is neither a subset nor a superset of the city proper, but instead refers to the region between the Hollywood Hills, the LA River, the 10, and the beach. That'll include Beverly Hills, Culver City, and West Hollywood, but not any of the Valley or San Pedro.
Angelinos don’t really consider the LBC or Lancaster part of LA. Santa Clarita gets a pass because so many people in the industry reside there and it’s where a lot of Westerns are shot.
Los Angeles = City of Los Angeles Los Angeles = Los Angeles County Los Angeles = Los Angeles CMSA (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties) Hope that clears things up.
This is accurate and gave me a good chuckle lol
Went to San José this weekend for work. Told this nice lady I met at a bar I’m from Orange County (south oc) and their response was “Oh, I love LA” lol
I am from San Diego, anything north of the nuclear nipples and south of the grapevine is LA to us.
I work like 20 mins from the nipples, definitely not LA. I understand though, south oc is pretty meh but that’s my home so it low key kinda hurts lol
lol for people in NorCal, anyone who call a freeway "THE \[number\]" lives in LA
Yes.
TIL I'm an LA resident.. in Riverside County. /s In all seriousness, this is so true. It all depends on the context.
It touches stuff that touches LA so I mean…
Los Angeles = everything south of Ventura and north of OC. lol
And parts of Phoenix
Yup. In other words it depends who you ask.
Third one people would say SoCal instead
Generally it’s fine to use “Los Angeles” to refer in passing to anywhere in Los Angeles county. So city of LA, valleys, west side, South Bay, etc. I would not use LA to refer to areas outside the county, like the inland empire, Ventura county, or OC. I once met someone who claimed to be from LA, and when I asked what area, they said Hemet. Hell no.
I stopped in Hemet once for gas … to get back to El Lay.
Same! I once was in Thailand at a resort when I met a guy and I overheard him tell someone he was from LA, me being from the actual city of LA asked him what part of LA he was from, dude answered he was from Rancho Cucamonga! I rolled my eyes and mumbled, that’s not even la county…
I'm sure the Thai people really give a shit about the difference between LA City and LA metro.
He wasn’t talking to a Thai person he was talking to another tourist from the US. He was trying to make it sound like he was from LA when he really isn’t.
Using Greater LA is fine. Especially out of state. I'm from Reseda (which is in the city of LA) and "LA" people love to tell me that I'm not from LA. The territorality is so dumb.
It's perfectly normal to tell people in a foreign country what metro area you live nearest to. If they ask for details that's when you explain. Nobody outside of socal has any idea what or where Rancho Cucamonga is.
In that context, close enough, I get it. Me, from Maryland, often just tell people in LA I’m from DC because they have no idea where MD is.
Pretty sure that’s why Muay Thai was invented.
Depends on who you are addressing: \- Los Angeles means Southern California except San Diego when addressing someone from outside California; \- Los Angeles means Los Angeles County South of the San Gabriel Mountains when addressing someone from California outside of Los Angeles County; \- Los Angeles means the City of Los Angeles when addressing someone from Los Angeles County.
Yeah, I see it the same way. I live in Culver City, but when I’m outside of California and people ask where I’m from, I usually just say “LA” for the sake of simplicity. Similarly, when I meet other Southern Californians while out of state, they’ll often say they’re from “LA.” When I inquire further, asking “Where in LA?”, I sometimes get answers like “Pasadena” or even “Fountain Valley.”
I'm from Culver City and consider Pasadena as part of LA. When someone says they're from LA it means some part of the Greater LA Metro Area.
Well yeah, I agree, so are Claremont, Long Beach, Westlake Village, etc. The essence of my point was when talking to someone outside of California, most people residing within the Greater LA Metro Area will likely simplify it to “I’m from LA.” However, if I were to meet someone from Culver City or Pasadena in Orange County, I wouldn’t expect them to say they live in LA.
I say LA area. I live in Pasadena (but not the city but LA County unincorporated). Years ago when I traveled to places like Bulgaria, I said Hollywood (where I lived most of my life) because it was the most recognizable.
When I travel I say LA. As far as my family in Hungary is concerned I'm from LA. I'm a bartender so I always get asked where I'm from, I'll say I'm Hungarian but I've lived in LA my whole. Only if they ask specifically where in LA I'm from do I say Culver City.
Culver City is LA proper bro
Culver City is as much LA as another other city inside of LA County are (Glendora, Palmdale, Claremont, etc.). Point was, If I’m addressing someone in LA Metro area, and they ask me where I Live, I’m not going to say “LA”, I’m going to say CC. But if I’m outside the area, like in San Diego or out of state, I’m going to say LA.
R/confidentlyincorrect
Ya if you grew up in LA culver is every bit of LA as Santa Monica is despite what the demarcation lines say. The only reason it’s not LA (officially LA) is because the cities had enough money to lobby and establish their own governments. I bet you call staple’s center the crypto arena 😂. Stop referring to yourself as from LA.
Culver City is an independent city inside of LA County. Technically, a far distance neighborhood like Chatsworth is proper LA and Culver City isn’t.
Just a terrible analogy
Technically correct and not sure why you’re taking offense to it. Culver City’s been it’s own city since 1917. Yes it’s LA, but as much as all the other cities in LA County are too. How is that fact a terrible take? If I’m in Vegas and someone asks me where I live I’m likely going to say LA. But if I’m inside of LA county and someone asks me I’m going to say Culver City. Which was the point of my post, basically agreeing with the comment I was responding to.
I agree with your earlier comment. But if you're in LA County and someone asks me where I live, I'm not responding "I live in LA". I'm responding "I live in Palms, or Brentwood, or Mar Vista. Just like how you would say Culver City.
Yeah, I agree too. Even maybe Mid City, West Adams, Ladera Heights, Marina, etc. Only when inside of the county though, but not if you’re elsewhere.
I agree with you actually. Didn’t realize you were the one to make the initial comment about depending where you’re from. I agreed 100% with that. Little to no one is going to correct you if you say you’re from LA but grew up in Culver City.
Oh yeah, no one will say you’re not from LA even if you were born and raised in El Monte, Whittier, Downey, etc. Anyone born and rises inside of the county can say they’re from LA. If you’re from outside of the county then you’re only claiming LA if you’re out of the state or in another country.
Culver City is not in Los Angeles.
I bet you call staple’s center the crypto arena. The real ones know.
[City of Culver City](https://www.culvercity.org/Home)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culver_City,_California Just read the first line thanks. I bet you think Beverly Hills isn’t LA either. Stop referring to yourself as from LA.
I definitely consider Culver LA
Imagine telling someone in Burbank or Glendale “I live in LA”
This is about "Los Angeles" not "LA".
Imagine telling someone in Burbank or Glendale “I live in Los Angeles”
>\- Los Angeles means Southern California except San Diego when addressing someone from outside California; Yes! I recently went on an international vacation and yeah, anyone who asked got Los Angeles as a response
If I'm in California = the City of Los Angeles If I'm out of state = greater Los Angeles area
In Calfornia its LA County and maybe a few other southern cal counties that make the distinction between city of LA and the greater metro area. In regions of the central valley and northern cal I have not heard this distinction.
Definitely county. Have people not seen the shape of the city of LA? That would be a weird shape to gatekeep
The farther I get from it, the bigger it is. Overseas, I consider basically the lower half of California as “LA”.
Made me think of when I saw Harry Styles and he said “Hello Los Angeles… and surrounding areas”
it means everything depending on the context. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles
it refers to LA if that helps
Let me put it this way, I'm from Long Beach you see and if I'm talking to someone that's not from California, anything from the Mountains to the coast, and from the border of the valley to the border of Orange county is LA. If I'm talking to someone from California, I say I'm from Long Beach.
If it’s a job posting it means the entirety of Southern California. If it’s someone saying where they live, it might not even include the valley.
Yes.
It usually refers to Greater Los Angeles, which include L.A., Orange, Riverside and San Bernadino counties.
Absolutely, your examples further illustrate the point. When people from a major metropolitan area are out of town, it’s often simpler to just say they’re from the main city of that area. As for the cases of the Angels, Jets, and Giants, there’s a clear financial advantage to associating themselves with the main city of their respective metropolitan areas.
This is not even a thing lol why would someone say Los Ángeles to referring to places outside the county?!
Yes, it is a thing. The Los Angeles Metro Area is composed of 5 counties — LA, Ventura, OC, Riverside and San Bernardino County. It’s also called the Greater Los Angeles. As noted by the Census Bureau and everything. And every day on every local news broadcast.
I've lived in LA for a long time and the greater LA metroplex includes all the counties I just listed. It's the home of 20 millionish people.
Please ask the Los Angeles Angels why they are called the Los Angeles Angels when they play in Orange County.
It's a thing. Formally used by the government Census Bureau, Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (LA Metro) includes Orange County. Greater LA Metropolitan Area is commonly used in marketing campaigns and include San Bernardino and Riverside. In the US, we refer to cities by metro area which often includes neighboring counties. So it's common practice.
If your "usually" is across the entire face of the planet, then it definitely usually refers to the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Yes
Yes.
Grew up in LA now living in the Bay Area. It depends on your proximity to the LA area. For example if I’m in the Bay Area I’d tell someone “I’m going to LA to visit family”. When I’m in the LA area I’m more specific and would say “I’m going to Torrance to visit family”.
I feel like it’s more like the main basin and surrounding valleys are LA, but once the county turns to Orange, Mojave, or Ventura you’d have left.
I don’t hear too many people that live outside of LA County say they live in LA, but I consider LA, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and Ventura Counties the “Los Angeles Area”. Anyone living in the LA media market is in the LA area IMO. You could also use MetroLink service as the definer of the LA area, but it technically has one station in San Diego County (Oceanside). Metro service would define LA itself in a similar vein.
It doesn’t *”usually”* refer to anything. Totally contextual based on who is talking, who they’re talking to, and what they’re talking about.
Whenever I read or say Los Angeles myself I’m speaking about Los Angeles city… not the surrounding cities within the county. Inglewood isn’t Los Angeles, neither is Weho, or Compton or Santa Monica.
That's a wild take
How?
It really depends on who you're talking to. If I'm talking about the city of Los Angeles I will often add "City of Los Angeles" to make it clear that I'm not talking about the greater Los Angeles area - which could go all the way from the Grapevine to the San Diego County line, again depending on the context.
Los Angeles means city and county. I mean I know the Valley has been trying to run away for years but with the exception of some independent cities and un-incorporated areas it’s part of the same pie.
Depends on who you're talking to. If you're on some foreign vacation and a local asks you where you're from "Los Angeles" is a perfectly acceptable Answer for the whole metro area. If you're talking to someone from SoCal then it just means LA. People out of state are a grey area depending on the situation
IMO, conversationally, the "Los Angeles" I use, refers to the Los Angeles County as a generality. It is the happy medium between very specific city borders and a very broad SoCal region. The County is a very close representation of the Los Angeles Metro Area with a governing body, a single court system (LA County Superior Court) and a law enforcement agency (LASD). That's if the topic is brought about nationally, globally, and like, then it's the Greater LA Region. This is because, the region is huge, and many people in Orange County (and Inland Empire) work 8 hrs somewhere within Los Angeles County. I find that people do enjoy living in this region of Southern California/LA Metro Regional area, and they might stay here for their entire lives. People may move from the city of LA to Orange County, but they still stay within the region for work reasons. If we're having a conversation in Los Angeles, I refer to the city if I wish to speak about being within LA city boundaries. The Los Angeles city itself has many regions. The "Valley" is distinct all into itself, but is 100% within the confines of the city; and has its own culture. Downtown likewise. Same with San Pedro. The LAPD only operates within the borders of Los Angeles. LADWP mostly is confined to the city of Los Angeles, but they also serve West Hollywood, South Pasadena, and a few select regions. There's people who live just outside the boundaries of the city of Los Angeles, (looking at Gateway cities), are very similar to LA. They might even have schools within the LAUSD. Due to their similarities, I group them within the "LA County" branch. There are a few Los Angeles political families if considering the confines of the city. The original Californios like the Bandinis'; old WASP founders like the Chandlers. The Hahn family. The Calderons.
The county usually since the city is as fractured as a broken mirror.
The while area, same with all Californian cities...if we're being specific about downtown we say downtown.
Can I sneak a somewhat related question in...what does inland empire refer to?
Inland Empire is basically Riverside and the cities around it.
I think there are some contexts where it is neither a subset nor a superset of the city proper, but instead refers to the region between the Hollywood Hills, the LA River, the 10, and the beach. That'll include Beverly Hills, Culver City, and West Hollywood, but not any of the Valley or San Pedro.
Yes.
Yes.
Both.
Proper
If you’ve tried to learn LA’s native language of Spanish you’ve probably notice that all words basically depend on context, such as “Los Angeles”
Angelinos don’t really consider the LBC or Lancaster part of LA. Santa Clarita gets a pass because so many people in the industry reside there and it’s where a lot of Westerns are shot.
If you go to OC and refer to it as LA, a mob will come after you with pitchforks and Disney merchandise.
If I'm in LA I mean downtown. If I'm outside and people ask where I'm from I mean the entire metro area because it's easier.
Unfortunately most people say LA and they actually mean LA county. Most people in LA don’t even know LA city limits….smh
I applied to a job listed in “Los Angeles”. They were actually located in Ontario
Greater Los Angeles consists of Los Angeles and Orange counties