10 Sprawling LA Facts

10 Sprawling Los Angeles Facts 1. Hollywood became the permanent home of the American movie industry in the first part of the 20th century. The consistently warm climate allowed studios to shoot pictures year-round. 2. The Los Angeles Conservancy, a group dedicated to the preservation of L.A.’s historic architecture, is the largest historic conservation group in America. 3. Twenty-eight percent of all shipping in North America passes through the Los Angeles or Long Beach container ports. 4. The amount of time the average LA driver spends stuck in traffic each year adds up to around two full workweeks. 5. In the six years from 2016 to 2022, the number of homeless residents in Los Angeles rose from 28,000 to 42,000. 6. Los Angeles is the birthplace of the internet. 7. In addition to its world-famous, sprawling Chinatown, Los Angeles also has two different Thai-Town neighborhoods, a Little Tokyo, a Little Armenia, a Persian business center known as Tehran-geles, the Historic Filipinotown, and a Little Ethiopia. 8. Population density In Los Angeles County varies dramatically, from 1 person per square mile in more rugged and mountainous terrain to 50,000 per square mile in the city’s center. 9. Not only are Los Angeles’ signature palm trees not native to Los Angeles, they aren’t even native to North America. They hail from South Africa and India. 10. The famous Santa Monica Pier, home to beautiful beaches and a ferris wheel, was originally built to facilitate a sewage line that dumped city sewage into the ocean. Don’t forget to check out our interesting LA facts here: For more facts about the world and beyond, don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel: @FactRetriever