Think about it:
- For most of our country's history it was nothing more than a small town out in the unsettled boondocks of the West Coast
- It wasn't a major port until relatively recently, when China and Japan began trading with us
- It has no other major natural resources
- It's in the middle of a [i]desert[/i]
And yet it has grown to be the second-largest city in the US, with over 17 million people. What caused such phenomenal growth in so short of a time? Thoughts?
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You have to understand that Los Angeles was overpopulated before the U.S. took California. Even before Mexico controlled it. It's basically a huge oasis in the desert. So native americans were first to populate. But that's not the point. Jobs, it brought people. First the gold rush, when there was no gold to be found left up north many started to move southward. Then the Great Depression came along and promised many jobs to the poor east. Well then Hollywood became big and many people wanted to be stars. And theres probably more I'm missing but this is mostly the foundation.