Of course it is just a small fraction relative to SE Asia, but LA is the most diverse city on the planet with huge immigrant populations from virtually every corner of the globe. Plus many of West Central's young affluent citizenry were holidaying at luxury resorts in the area. It has really affected LA greatly. Plus we live with the same constant fear of natural disasters and terrorism (LA gets the third most terrorists dollars after DC and NY as this is the next most likely target). All beautiful places are prone to disaster, but me, I would rather die in an earthquake in LA, HK, Manilla, or Thailand then die a slow death in the safe homogenous middle of the country.

What is "West Centra"?

West Central is the part of LA that includes, SIlverlake, Downtown, Echo Park, Hancock Park, Hollywood, WeHO, Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Venice etc.... what I consider analogous to Manhattan in terms of culture and national significance, interest and exposure.

CATASTROPHE IN SOUTHERN ASIA
Grief Hits Home in Southland
By Richard Fausset and Megan Garvey, Times Staff Writers
Orlantha Ambrose adopted Sri Lanka, the land of her parents, as her home. Despite their concerns, the 33-year-old former kindergarten teacher moved from Encino to Colombo more than a year ago to teach poor children to play the violin. That mission drew her parents to Sri Lanka to see the culmination of her work: a holiday concert by her students. On Sunday, Ambrose and her mother, Beulah, were among the thousands swept away by the tsunami that ravaged the island nation. Her father, Anton Ambrose, an Encino gynecologist, survived and was treated at a Sri Lankan hospital. News of the women's deaths spread quickly in Los Angeles' tightly knit Sri Lankan community, as grief and frustration rippled through Southern California's large expatriate populations from Southern Asian nations affected by Sunday's earthquake and tsunami.Thousands of Asians who have settled in the Los Angeles area scrambled to restore lifelines to their native lands, organizing vigils, offering prayers, raising money and trying to contact missing loved ones. Southern California is home to 4,442 Sri Lankans, 90,757 Indians, 28,395 Thais and 11,896 Indonesians, according to U.S. Census figures.
Consular officials, however, estimate that the populations are vastly larger.
The communities are connected to their homelands by culture, commerce and love. On Monday, as the death toll from the weekend's undersea earthquake and tsunami passed 26,000, the enclaves — Thais in Hollywood, Indians in Artesia and Sri Lankans in Sun Valley — were unified by misery, shock and an impulse to help. "There is no limit to the sorrow," said Nisha Engineer, a teller at the State Bank of India branch in Artesia.The mood was somber in Artesia's Little India neighborhood, a strip of storefronts plastered with posters of smiling Bollywood stars. Shopkeepers there had begun raising money for relief efforts. In Burbank, the nonprofit Islamic Relief USA asked worshipers to donate funds for tents and medical supplies at Friday prayers. And at North Hollywood's Wat Thai Temple, officials reorganized a previously planned Jan. 16 charity event to focus solely on disaster relief. Other efforts were more personal. In Upland, college counselor Rehana Mowjood called her sister in Colombo and was relieved to learn that she was unharmed. Mowjood vowed to send money to help pay for the white funeral shrouds for Sri Lanka's Muslim dead. A lack of traditional burial garments, she said, "is just the immediate problem. But a lot of other problems are coming up along the way." In Los Angeles' Sri Lankan community, friends said Anton and Beulah Ambrose had traveled overseas to help their daughter with the holiday concert sponsored by Strings by the Sea, a nonprofit organization that she had started in Los Angeles to teach music to underprivileged children.
When the tsunami hit, the family was vacationing near Yala National Park in the southeastern part of the island, off India's southeastern coast.
The Ambroses' son, Cezhan, 30, left Los Angeles on Sunday to be with his father, said family friend Dr. Michael Perera. Perera said the bodies of the two women had been recovered and identified.
Family friends said Ambrose and his wife had maintained close ties to their homeland despite immigrating to the United States more than three decades ago and had instilled their children with the same devotion to Sri Lanka.
Anton Ambrose channeled his efforts through medical relief, helping found the Sri Lankan Medical Assn. of North America and raising funds for medical equipment for struggling hospitals back home. His daughter exported her music program to Colombo. Orlantha had taught kindergarten and first grade at Walgrove Elementary School in Mar Vista, where she gave up her lunch breaks and recess periods to teach violin. "We were a low-performing school," said Yuri Hayashi, Walgrove's principal. "Most of the children had not even held a real violin in their hands. She wanted to teach violin and through music improve academic achievement. As it turned out, many of the children she worked with did do much better." Also included among the dead was the Thai American grandson of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Poomi Jensen. The 21-year-old son of Princess Ubolratana and her ex-husband, Peter Jensen of San Diego, had been jet-skiing at the Khao Lak beach resort when the waves swept the young royal away. "It's very sad," said Sriwong Ayasit, publisher of a Los Angeles-based Thai newspaper, Khai-Sod (Update News) and host of a television show, "Windows of Thailand," about the overseas Thai community. "He's too young to die." For others, the fates of family members remained a mystery Monday. Phone service to affected areas was spotty, and immigrants turned to relatives and friends — as well as satellite TV stations broadcast in Thai and Tamil — to piece together information. By midafternoon Monday, Farida Tio had made dozens of phone calls to her home island of Sumatra, whose coastal communities were Indonesia's hardest-hit areas. She got through just once, to a brother-in-law in unaffected Jakarta. He told Tio that her brothers and sisters were probably in Jakarta and most likely were fine. But he was sobbing, Tio said. His mother's house was in Banda Aceh, at the devastated northern tip of the island. The house, he learned, had been swept away. He assumed that his mother was dead but didn't know. "He cried and cried," the 44-year old Tio said. "He loves his mother so much, and he still doesn't know. I cried and cried too." Tio's sole consolation came from patrons at her West Los Angeles restaurant, Indo Cafe. "They ask me what part of Indonesia I'm from, is my family OK, am I OK," Tio said. "I say all the communication is just cut off. I appreciate them asking very much, very much." Many Asian Americans expressed pride in their native cultures, but some were skeptical that their countries' governments were capable of adequately responding to the disaster. That made the need for aid more urgent, they said. "In India, everything is bureaucracy," said Ramaa Bharadvaj, a Yorba Linda Indian dance teacher who has been glued to Internet news sites. "The world is pouring support in. I hope it reaches the people." Disha Patel, 16, prayed with her family Monday at the Radha Krishna Temple in Norwalk, an unassuming stucco building next to a Pizza Hut.
"The government over there is so much weaker … and the poor people never had anything to begin with," she said. "Now the little they had is lost."
Arif Shaikh, a spokesman for Islamic Relief USA, said the group's relief effort, like others sponsored by Catholic and Hindu groups, needed the support of donors from all faiths. Over the weekend, Islamic Relief announced that it was trying to raise $1.35 million to deal with the devastation. On Monday, as the death toll continued to climb, Shaikh said the group would probably have to revise its fundraising goals upward.

Huge disaster won't happen in L.A again, but last record on huge disaster was 1994 Northridge Earthquake. It almost 11 years to live in L.A. without huge disaster and high damage property.

Asia have alot of huge disaster than North America and Florida have more disaster than California. We will alive not death.

Huge disaster won't happen in L.A again, but last record on huge disaster was 1994 Northridge Earthquake. It almost 11 years to live in L.A. without huge disaster and high damage property.

Asia have alot of huge disaster than North America and Florida have more disaster than California. We will alive not death.

I hope not, but California does sit on the San Andreas fault, and it is one of the most seismicly active areas of the world.

I hope not, but California does sit on the San Andreas fault, and it is one of the most seismicly active areas of the world.

What are you said not hope about? Earthquake again?

I said I hope a major earthquake does not hit California anytime soon. Unfortunately California sits on a fault so "the big one" will evetually occur.
I will show you in pictures so you get it...
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/01/images/san_andreas_fault.gif
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/pinn/pinn_fault.jpg
http://www.greatdreams.com/quake-928-29-04.gif

the east coast has a higher threat from tsunamis then the west. It was on Discovery channel. Theres an under water shelf in Africa and its unstable and they say if that were to collapse then some regions of the east coast could be in great danger.

I said I hope a major earthquake does not hit California anytime soon. Unfortunately California sits on a fault so "the big one" will evetually occur.
I will show you in pictures so you get it...
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/01/images/san_andreas_fault.gif
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/pinn/pinn_fault.jpg
http://www.greatdreams.com/quake-928-29-04.gif

Thanks man for understand.

Yeah, California have San Andreas fault that damage other city but not in L.A. Cuz it won't bad. I'm hard to believe about some part of CA become island.

but me, I would rather die in an earthquake in LA, HK, Manilla, or Thailand then die a slow death in the safe homogenous middle of the country.

^Yeah, you'll have an easy time convincing people of that

Of course it is just a small fraction relative to SE Asia, but LA is the most diverse city on the planet with huge immigrant populations from virtually every corner of the globe. Plus many of West Central's young affluent citizenry were holidaying at luxury resorts in the area. It has really affected LA greatly. Plus we live with the same constant fear of natural disasters and terrorism (LA gets the third most terrorists dollars after DC and NY as this is the next most likely target). All beautiful places are prone to disaster, but me, I would rather die in an earthquake in LA, HK, Manilla, or Thailand then die a slow death in the safe homogenous middle of the country.

Chicago is in the middle of the country. You think it's homogenous?

If anything it will ramain more diverse than L.A. if you consider the fact that the hispanic population in Greater L.A. will represent over 65% of the whole population by the next two decades. In this sense, L.A. will be homogenously hispanic (not that this is a bad thing).

Currently (2000) the Greater L.A. area is very diverse with 39% of the population White, 40% Hispanic, 14% Asian, and about 7% African American. In 20 years however, it will be vastly Hispanic in terms of percentage of the whole population. Asians will also increase, but white ethnics, and African Americans will decrease significantly.

Greater Chicago currently has a racial breakdown as follows:
59% White, 19% African American, 17% Hispanic and 5% Asian.
By 2030 Hispanics in Greater Chicago will be 35% of the total population, African Americans 20%, Asians 15%, and whites will make up 30%. That is diversified, and NOT homogenous

Chicago is in the middle of the country. You think it's homogenous?

If anything it will ramain more diverse than L.A. if you consider the fact that the hispanic population in Greater L.A. will represent over 65% of the whole population by the next two decades. In this sense, L.A. will be homogenously hispanic (not that this is a bad thing).

Currently (2000) the Greater L.A. area is very diverse with 39% of the population White, 40% Hispanic, 14% Asian, and about 7% African American. In 20 years however, it will be vastly Hispanic in terms of percentage of the whole population. Asians will also increase, but white ethnics, and African Americans will decrease significantly.

Greater Chicago currently has a racial breakdown as follows:
59% White, 19% African American, 17% Hispanic and 5% Asian.
By 2030 Hispanics in Greater Chicago will be 35% of the total population, African Americans 20%, Asians 15%, and whites will make up 30%. That is diversified, and NOT homogenous

Honestly, We know about Chicago is not homogenous so L.A. Will not too. Please don't worry about SILVERLAKE's thread so he make wrong sometime. It pretty hard to forecast it.

We got new project about Greater L.A. So it is not homogenous. Most white people are move back to Silverlake, Westlake, Eagle Rock, Mid-Wishire (MacArthur Park), Valley including North Hollywood/Resada, San Pedro, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and some part of Los Angeles County. It does supposed to San Francisco and San Diego. Because we have good economy and good governor too. Sprawl was back again make L.A. hits 4 million in city.

We don't think about migration on hispanic to be end soon because higher real estate price and some high rental price too. It hurts Mexican's budget so mexican are welcome move to East Coast. One mexican at our school was moved to Florida last 8 month ago.

Of course, L.A. Still have left hispanic in future. It keep diverseful so long as same with Chicago.

^
You are a pretty cool guy!
What is you nationality?
Can I guess Russian?
I'm Greek American by the way. My parents were born in Greece.

Thanks man. You cool guy too.

I'm looks like British-American but I born in USA in Florida. Some of our family from London, England. My cousin from London have been moved to new apartment in around MacArthur Park last year.

I supposed in Chicago have good real estate price on nice house than L.A. How are about property taxes in Chicago? L.A. have low property taxes than national average.

This is the average property tax rate in Chicago and Los Angeles.

Chicago IL 3,574
Los Angeles CA 4,426

I pay 4000 a year on my house on the North Side of Chicago, but I will be paying 6000 ia year in the condo I bought in the South Loop.

Oh, Our nice house in Corona is pretty inexpensive than other county because we was in Riverside County. We paid about $1,800 per year for nice medium house. Alright, Some part of Los Angeles County have high property taxes alike Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Culvar City and Malibu. There is no property tax on all apartment and rental house in L.A.

Now, Riverside County was go back to huge sprawl again as like in 1980s. There is too many new house built next 4 block from us.

Man, only here could a discussion about the tsunamis in Asia turn into ANOTHER Chicago vs. Los Angeles thread...

Man, only here could a discussion about the tsunamis in Asia turn into ANOTHER Chicago vs. Los Angeles thread...

No thanks. Sorry man.

We was talk nicely about L.A. and Chicago little bit but not much. Thank you so much for inform me.

Chicago is in the middle of the country. You think it's homogenous?

If anything it will ramain more diverse than L.A. if you consider the fact that the hispanic population in Greater L.A. will represent over 65% of the whole population by the next two decades. In this sense, L.A. will be homogenously hispanic (not that this is a bad thing).

Currently (2000) the Greater L.A. area is very diverse with 39% of the population White, 40% Hispanic, 14% Asian, and about 7% African American. In 20 years however, it will be vastly Hispanic in terms of percentage of the whole population. Asians will also increase, but white ethnics, and African Americans will decrease significantly.

Greater Chicago currently has a racial breakdown as follows:
59% White, 19% African American, 17% Hispanic and 5% Asian.
By 2030 Hispanics in Greater Chicago will be 35% of the total population, African Americans 20%, Asians 15%, and whites will make up 30%. That is diversified, and NOT homogenous
I thought there was more black people out in LA. How does the population break down in the South Bay area? Just LA? But I'm sure over the decades, as Mexicans move in, neighborhoods are gonna be worse and white people are going to move out. Happened in Compton, Watts, and South LA.

Mexicans don't make areas worse or poor. Compton was basically one of the places that immigrants could afford. Silverlake/echo park area used to be pretty poor and now its become trendy and more expensive. Compton is going through a white/ asian population influx currently as blacks are leaving for the inland empire.

As far as greater LA's diversity, Los Angeles can claim the largest population of Armenians, Thais, Cambodians, Iranians, Vietnamese, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, Filipinos, Koreans, and Mexicans than any other city in the US, and for half of these groups, LA claims the most in the world outside of their respective countries. A great benefit of its location as a Pacific rim city.

if you consider the fact that the hispanic population in Greater L.A. will represent over 65% of the whole population by the next two decades. In this sense, L.A. will be homogenously hispanic (not that this is a bad thing).

hispanic or just mexican? i think just mexican.....

Man, only here could a discussion about the tsunamis in Asia turn into ANOTHER Chicago vs. Los Angeles thread...


Tell me about it! Ridiculous. Why can't the Chicago forumers deal with the fact that someone thinks LA is by far and away the second most important city in the US? It is not like we are going over to the Chicago forum to debate it. Instead they just come over here and take a big dump on our threads. This thread is about the deep connection between LA and Asia. Let me repost my original post to see if we can get it back on track.

Of course it is just a small fraction relative to SE Asia, but LA is the most diverse city on the planet with huge immigrant populations from virtually every corner of the globe. Plus many of West Central's young affluent citizenry were holidaying at luxury resorts in the area. It has really affected LA greatly. Plus we live with the same constant fear of natural disasters and terrorism (LA gets the third most terrorists dollars after DC and NY as this is the next most significant city). All beautiful places are prone to disaster, but me, I would rather die in an earthquake in LA, HK, Manilla, or Thailand then die a slow death in the safe homogenous middle of the country.
CATASTROPHE IN SOUTHERN ASIA

Grief Hits Home in Southland

By Richard Fausset and Megan Garvey, Times Staff Writers

Orlantha Ambrose adopted Sri Lanka, the land of her parents, as her home. Despite their concerns, the 33-year-old former kindergarten teacher moved from Encino to Colombo more than a year ago to teach poor children to play the violin. That mission drew her parents to Sri Lanka to see the culmination of her work: a holiday concert by her students. On Sunday, Ambrose and her mother, Beulah, were among the thousands swept away by the tsunami that ravaged the island nation. Her father, Anton Ambrose, an Encino gynecologist, survived and was treated at a Sri Lankan hospital. News of the women's deaths spread quickly in Los Angeles' tightly knit Sri Lankan community, as grief and frustration rippled through Southern California's large expatriate populations from Southern Asian nations affected by Sunday's earthquake and tsunami.Thousands of Asians who have settled in the Los Angeles area scrambled to restore lifelines to their native lands, organizing vigils, offering prayers, raising money and trying to contact missing loved ones. Southern California is home to 4,442 Sri Lankans, 90,757 Indians, 28,395 Thais and 11,896 Indonesians, according to U.S. Census figures.
Consular officials, however, estimate that the populations are vastly larger.
The communities are connected to their homelands by culture, commerce and love. On Monday, as the death toll from the weekend's undersea earthquake and tsunami passed 26,000, the enclaves — Thais in Hollywood, Indians in Artesia and Sri Lankans in Sun Valley — were unified by misery, shock and an impulse to help. "There is no limit to the sorrow," said Nisha Engineer, a teller at the State Bank of India branch in Artesia.The mood was somber in Artesia's Little India neighborhood, a strip of storefronts plastered with posters of smiling Bollywood stars. Shopkeepers there had begun raising money for relief efforts. In Burbank, the nonprofit Islamic Relief USA asked worshipers to donate funds for tents and medical supplies at Friday prayers. And at North Hollywood's Wat Thai Temple, officials reorganized a previously planned Jan. 16 charity event to focus solely on disaster relief. Other efforts were more personal. In Upland, college counselor Rehana Mowjood called her sister in Colombo and was relieved to learn that she was unharmed. Mowjood vowed to send money to help pay for the white funeral shrouds for Sri Lanka's Muslim dead. A lack of traditional burial garments, she said, "is just the immediate problem. But a lot of other problems are coming up along the way." In Los Angeles' Sri Lankan community, friends said Anton and Beulah Ambrose had traveled overseas to help their daughter with the holiday concert sponsored by Strings by the Sea, a nonprofit organization that she had started in Los Angeles to teach music to underprivileged children.
When the tsunami hit, the family was vacationing near Yala National Park in the southeastern part of the island, off India's southeastern coast.
The Ambroses' son, Cezhan, 30, left Los Angeles on Sunday to be with his father, said family friend Dr. Michael Perera. Perera said the bodies of the two women had been recovered and identified.
Family friends said Ambrose and his wife had maintained close ties to their homeland despite immigrating to the United States more than three decades ago and had instilled their children with the same devotion to Sri Lanka.
Anton Ambrose channeled his efforts through medical relief, helping found the Sri Lankan Medical Assn. of North America and raising funds for medical equipment for struggling hospitals back home. His daughter exported her music program to Colombo. Orlantha had taught kindergarten and first grade at Walgrove Elementary School in Mar Vista, where she gave up her lunch breaks and recess periods to teach violin. "We were a low-performing school," said Yuri Hayashi, Walgrove's principal. "Most of the children had not even held a real violin in their hands. She wanted to teach violin and through music improve academic achievement. As it turned out, many of the children she worked with did do much better." Also included among the dead was the Thai American grandson of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Poomi Jensen. The 21-year-old son of Princess Ubolratana and her ex-husband, Peter Jensen of San Diego, had been jet-skiing at the Khao Lak beach resort when the waves swept the young royal away. "It's very sad," said Sriwong Ayasit, publisher of a Los Angeles-based Thai newspaper, Khai-Sod (Update News) and host of a television show, "Windows of Thailand," about the overseas Thai community. "He's too young to die." For others, the fates of family members remained a mystery Monday. Phone service to affected areas was spotty, and immigrants turned to relatives and friends — as well as satellite TV stations broadcast in Thai and Tamil — to piece together information. By midafternoon Monday, Farida Tio had made dozens of phone calls to her home island of Sumatra, whose coastal communities were Indonesia's hardest-hit areas. She got through just once, to a brother-in-law in unaffected Jakarta. He told Tio that her brothers and sisters were probably in Jakarta and most likely were fine. But he was sobbing, Tio said. His mother's house was in Banda Aceh, at the devastated northern tip of the island. The house, he learned, had been swept away. He assumed that his mother was dead but didn't know. "He cried and cried," the 44-year old Tio said. "He loves his mother so much, and he still doesn't know. I cried and cried too." Tio's sole consolation came from patrons at her West Los Angeles restaurant, Indo Cafe. "They ask me what part of Indonesia I'm from, is my family OK, am I OK," Tio said. "I say all the communication is just cut off. I appreciate them asking very much, very much." Many Asian Americans expressed pride in their native cultures, but some were skeptical that their countries' governments were capable of adequately responding to the disaster. That made the need for aid more urgent, they said. "In India, everything is bureaucracy," said Ramaa Bharadvaj, a Yorba Linda Indian dance teacher who has been glued to Internet news sites. "The world is pouring support in. I hope it reaches the people." Disha Patel, 16, prayed with her family Monday at the Radha Krishna Temple in Norwalk, an unassuming stucco building next to a Pizza Hut.
"The government over there is so much weaker … and the poor people never had anything to begin with," she said. "Now the little they had is lost."
Arif Shaikh, a spokesman for Islamic Relief USA, said the group's relief effort, like others sponsored by Catholic and Hindu groups, needed the support of donors from all faiths. Over the weekend, Islamic Relief announced that it was trying to raise $1.35 million to deal with the devastation. On Monday, as the death toll continued to climb, Shaikh said the group would probably have to revise its fundraising goals upward.

Mexicans don't make areas worse or poor. Compton was basically one of the places that immigrants could afford. Silverlake/echo park area used to be pretty poor and now its become trendy and more expensive. Compton is going through a white/ asian population influx currently as blacks are leaving for the inland empire.

As far as greater LA's diversity, Los Angeles can claim the largest population of Armenians, Thais, Cambodians, Iranians, Vietnamese, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, Filipinos, Koreans, and Mexicans than any other city in the US, and for half of these groups, LA claims the most in the world outside of their respective countries. A great benefit of its location as a Pacific rim city.

Yeah man. Hispanic means including Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban and more. Greater Los Angeles including Orange County, Riverside County, Ventura County, San Berianindo County and Kern County. Black popluation was 7% in greater Los Angeles so it have been 9% black population in 1990s. Black people are welcome leaving to Inland Empire, Las Vegas and Phoenix. Some are leaving to San Diego County. That true about Mexican does not make area worse or bad reps. Most hispanic move in Compton, Inglewood and South Central L.A. But South Bay area is largest white population. Crime rate on Hispanic is low expect mixed neigborhood with black people. I don't think about Crenshaw looks decent area to live. I have few friend from Crenshaw High School so they said this area isn't bad. I will visit my friend in Crenshaw this weekend.

Thanks man.

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Yeah man. Hispanic means including Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban and more. Greater Los Angeles including Orange County, Riverside County, Ventura County, San Berianindo County and Kern County. Black popluation was 7% in greater Los Angeles so it have been 9% black population in 1990s. Black people are welcome leaving to Inland Empire, Las Vegas and Phoenix. Some are leaving to San Diego County. That true about Mexican does not make area worse or bad reps. Most hispanic move in Compton, Inglewood and South Central L.A. But South Bay area is largest white population. Crime rate on Hispanic is low expect mixed neigborhood with black people. I don't think about Crenshaw looks decent area to live. I have few friend from Crenshaw High School so they said this area isn't bad. I will visit my friend in Crenshaw this weekend.

Thanks man.
South Bay has the largest white population? Wow. But really, it's just certain cities and zip codes. For instance, in my city of Carson, the 90745 part only has 6.90 % of black people, 36.20% white peolple, and 37.00% Hispanics, while 90746(my part) has 67.80% black people, 10.70% white people, and 19.20% hispanics. BIG difference. That's funny, largest white population. I don't really see too many white people around, or notice them.

South Bay has the largest white population? Wow. But really, it's just certain cities and zip codes. For instance, in my city of Carson, the 90745 part only has 6.90 % of black people, 36.20% white peolple, and 37.00% Hispanics, while 90746(my part) has 67.80% black people, 10.70% white people, and 19.20% hispanics. BIG difference. That's funny, largest white population. I don't really see too many white people around, or notice them.

Carson is very diverseful city. :) I have traveler's friend from West Carson so she is Asian.

South Bay including Torrance, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, El Segundo, Hawthorne, Venice, Westchester and Carson. It counted largest white population.

Tell me about it! Ridiculous. Why can't the Chicago forumers deal with the fact that someone thinks LA is by far and away the second most important city in the US? It is not like we are going over to the Chicago forum to debate it. Instead they just come over here and take a big dump on our threads. This thread is about the deep connection between LA and Asia. Let me repost my original post to see if we can get it back on track.

Of course it is just a small fraction relative to SE Asia, but LA is the most diverse city on the planet with huge immigrant populations from virtually every corner of the globe. Plus many of West Central's young affluent citizenry were holidaying at luxury resorts in the area. It has really affected LA greatly. Plus we live with the same constant fear of natural disasters and terrorism (LA gets the third most terrorists dollars after DC and NY as this is the next most significant city). All beautiful places are prone to disaster, but me, I would rather die in an earthquake in LA, HK, Manilla, or Thailand then die a slow death in the safe homogenous middle of the country.

Silverlake, you should be ashamed of yourself. I came to this topic because i was genuinely concerned about all the people affected by this tragedy, but yet again you turn a serious topic into a childish attack on chicago. You make comments like that, and then you wonder why we respond? How sad. I would ask about your age, but would be afraid that you would be older than me. Open your eyes. seriously. when it comes to events like these, stop acting like a fool and be conserned for the victims of the tsunamis.

Let's hope it will never happen. I would really hate it if Marina del Rey disappeared overnight, not to mention gems like Santa Barbara.

Silverlake, you should be ashamed of yourself. I came to this topic because i was genuinely concerned about all the people affected by this tragedy, but yet again you turn a serious topic into a childish attack on chicago. You make comments like that, and then you wonder why we respond? How sad. I would ask about your age, but would be afraid that you would be older than me. Open your eyes. seriously. when it comes to events like these, stop acting like a fool and be conserned for the victims of the tsunamis.

Don't worry. Please ignore Silverlake if you don't like to read his post. We want Silverlake stay away from argue over LA and Chicago. I'm intresting Silverlake's thread about tsunamis.

We believe, Chicago is NOT homogenus.

Carson is very diverseful city. :) I have traveler's friend from West Carson so she is Asian.

South Bay including Torrance, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, El Segundo, Hawthorne, Venice, Westchester and Carson. It counted largest white population.
Compton's part of the South Bay too. And Inglewood.

Compton's part of the South Bay too. And Inglewood.

Inglewood, of course.

Compton isn't part of South Bay so Compton is part of South L.A. County just behind to Long Beach.