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I have the opposite experience - now sure, maybe to your cousin from Cedar Rapids. If I'm taking to another Californian, I'm not gonna tell them Los Angeles, I

by Aloha 3y ago

I have the opposite experience - now sure, maybe to your cousin from Cedar Rapids. If I'm taking to another Californian, I'm not gonna tell them Los Angeles, I'll tell them Long Beach, if I'm talking to a Southern Californian, then that becomes Los Alamitos.

melvinmelih 3y ago
You’re basically just saying to locals what part of LA you’re from, but everybody knows LA is basically considered the whole county of LA (and yes, Calabasas is also part of LA County). I’ve lived in Calabasas and I always considered myself to be living in LA.
gamblor956 3y ago
Are you sure you're an LA native? Los Alamitos is not in Long Beach. It's not even in the same county. It's in Orange County, and most locals would say they are from Anaheim, aka the home of the world-famous Disneyland. Especially when you were growing up, Los Alamitos locals would not have said they were from Long Beach, since Long Beach had a huge crime problem back then nobody would have voluntarily associated themselves with that cesspool.
- Aloha 3y ago
  Yes? From the front door of the apartment we lived in, I could see buildings in the City of Long Beach whereas Disneyland was 9.5 miles east. Most nights I could hear the airplane testing at the blast wall McDonnell Douglas - very rarely if the wind was just right I could just barely hear fireworks from Disneyland. Technically to people, I didn't say "in Long Beach" I said "near Long Beach" when I explained where I grew up, but thats a quibble that would not be otherwise heard by most people. It's ironic you mention crime, because it always confounded me, East Long Beach and North Long Beach (where the crime was) were different enough that they might as well have been different planets. Also, in my opinion, Los Alamitos/Seal Beach are culturally more affixed to Long Beach (we shared an area code) than the rest of Orange County.

by Aloha 3y ago

melvinmelih 3y ago

You’re basically just saying to locals what part of LA you’re from, but everybody knows LA is basically considered the whole county of LA (and yes, Calabasas is also part of LA County). I’ve lived in Calabasas and I always considered myself to be living in LA.

gamblor956 3y ago

Are you sure you're an LA native? Los Alamitos is not in Long Beach. It's not even in the same county. It's in Orange County, and most locals would say they are from Anaheim, aka the home of the world-famous Disneyland. Especially when you were growing up, Los Alamitos locals would not have said they were from Long Beach, since Long Beach had a huge crime problem back then nobody would have voluntarily associated themselves with that cesspool.

Aloha 3y ago
Yes? From the front door of the apartment we lived in, I could see buildings in the City of Long Beach whereas Disneyland was 9.5 miles east. Most nights I could hear the airplane testing at the blast wall McDonnell Douglas - very rarely if the wind was just right I could just barely hear fireworks from Disneyland. Technically to people, I didn't say "in Long Beach" I said "near Long Beach" when I explained where I grew up, but thats a quibble that would not be otherwise heard by most people. It's ironic you mention crime, because it always confounded me, East Long Beach and North Long Beach (where the crime was) were different enough that they might as well have been different planets. Also, in my opinion, Los Alamitos/Seal Beach are culturally more affixed to Long Beach (we shared an area code) than the rest of Orange County.