what made los angeles boom into a big city in history? (San Diego: apartments, violent crime)

[brokenmadness77]

Like for example, Detroit became successful back in the day because of its auto industry. but what made Los Angeles prosper into what it has become in history, like the big diverse city that it is? and also, do you think Los Angeles will always stay the same and successful, or do you think it will fail and become like Detroit one day? if it did fail, how do you think that would be like? could you imagine a whole bunch of abandoned Beverly hills mansions with graffiti on it!

[Maliblue]

Oil in the late 19th century. Then motion pictures and aerospace.

Los Angeles will never suffer Detroit's fate, unless all of America does. Los Angeles has a very diversified economic base, which Detroit always lacked.

[thelopez2]

Having a sea port contributed.

[antinimby]

^ San Diego has one and so does SF.

[thelopez2]

Originally Posted by antinimby

^ San Diego has one and so does SF.

And are they not big diverse cities compared to the rest of the country?

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by brokenmadness77

Like for example, Detroit became successful back in the day because of its auto industry. but what made Los Angeles prosper into what it has become in history, like the big diverse city that it is? and also, do you think Los Angeles will always stay the same and successful, or do you think it will fail and become like Detroit one day? if it did fail, how do you think that would be like? could you imagine a whole bunch of abandoned Beverly hills mansions with graffiti on it!

This is a big question and books have been written on the subject .

Some thing are ; Weather , beaches , film industry , defense industry , L.A also had a lot of other manufacturing including a General Motors plant ,

There was a big post war boom in L.A from 1945-1960 . This is why you see many of the houses and apartments were built around that time .

You might find this article interesting

"A great deal of this new diversity developed as result of industrial expansion. In the 1930s, Los Angeles' population increased by 600,000 with nearly 90% of this growth the result of net migration. East and Southside L.A. absorbed much of the industrial zones, leading to the growth of multiracial and ethnic neighborhoods where working class migrants from Mexico, Asia, the Midwest and the Northeast settled.2"
https://www.kcet.org/history-society...-boyle-heights

Regarding Los Angeles failing . All cities go through ups and downs . New York had some dark periods and then turned around . L.A also had some bad years in the 1990s too.
We are seeing violent crime rising so that is a concern . The mayor and local politicians seem to ignore this which isn't good .
Meanwhile poverty rates are very high in Los Angeles and CA in general . CA depends on much of its taxes from a relatively small amount of people . Pensions take up a lot of the budget .

I don't imagine Beverly Hills mansions abandoned and bordered up . I imagine L.A will remain a playground for the rich , again the weather plays a big role .
The economy is more global now and many of the rich buying homes in the L.A area might have made their money out of state or out of the country .

What is frustrating is that things in L.A could be better but we currently have such terrible leaders.

[brokenmadness77]

Originally Posted by Maliblue

Oil in the late 19th century. Then motion pictures and aerospace.

Los Angeles will never suffer Detroit's fate, unless all of America does. Los Angeles has a very diversified economic base, which Detroit always lacked.

to be honest, I had no idea aerospace was big here, I feel like ive been living under a rock, LOL

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by brokenmadness77

to be honest, I had no idea aerospace was big here, I feel like ive been living under a rock, LOL

you should read this article , pretty interesting

"You could argue that the sprawling complex between Victory Boulevard and Vanowen Street qualified as a national treasure. The engines developed there powered everything from early intercontinental ballistic missiles to the Space Shuttle. And the company is still heavily involved in the nation's space exploration from its De Soto complex.

Former Rocketdyne engineer Bill Vietinghoff has fond memories of those glory days.

"Oh, it was a beautiful place," he said of the old complex. "A lot of people who worked there over the years were sad to see it go. A lot of the astronauts (who) came through Canoga Park, they wanted to have reassurance that the engines they were going to sit on were reliable."

Part of San Fernando Valley’s storied space race history vanishes

[69Charger]

World War 2.

Howard Hughes.

[JustMike77]

Originally Posted by brokenmadness77

to be honest, I had no idea aerospace was big here, I feel like ive been living under a rock, LOL

What I always found fascinating was the way the aerospace and defense plants were camouflaged during WW II. They stretched netting over the plants or constructed fake streets & houses on the factory roofs so that in case of an aerial invasion they would look like regular neighborhoods from the sky.

Hiding Air Bases, Factories and Plants in WWII «TwistedSifter