Is Anaheim a suburb of LA? (Los Angeles, San Diego: amusement park, movies, live in)

[Donn2390]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

Yeah Anaheim (aka Anacrime) competes with Santa Ana for the most run down city in OC.

You people sure are seeing a different part of Anaheim that I am. We must be in a different universe, because Anaheim is a great city. Perhaps you live in the slums, of which all cities do have. Anaheim is nothing compared to SA. Get out of the slum district and go to Anaheim Hills.
some people who don't know better will read your crap and believe it....

[EscapeCalifornia]

Originally Posted by Donn2390

You people sure are seeing a different part of Anaheim that I am. We must be in a different universe, because Anaheim is a great city. Perhaps you live in the slums, of which all cities do have. Anaheim is nothing compared to SA. Get out of the slum district and go to Anaheim Hills.
some people who don't know better will read your crap and believe it....

We're not talking about Anaheim Hills. We're talking about everything west of the 57, which is the bulk of the city. I don't live there but I drive through there all the time for work. Most of Anacrime is low class and trashy.

[AVMan]

Anaheim (and all of Orange County) are suburbs of Los Angeles. That is neither good nor bad, it just "is".

Anaheim gets LA TV stations.
Anaheim is part of the LA/OC metro area.
The baseball team is "Los Angeles" Angels (just like the Rams who played in Anaheim were the "Los Angeles Rams").
People commute from Anaheim to Los Angeles (just take a look at any Metorlink train on the Orange County line, or better yet, Interstate 5 during any rush hour).

Of course, that doesn't mean Anaheim is not its own city. It is. But Anaheim and Orange County owe their existence to Los Angeles. And in many ways today, Anaheim and all of Orange County continue to be suburbs of Los Angeles.

[lissie]

anaheim is within orange county. however, it is not among the nicest areas within orange county. anaheim has disneyland and a lot of latinos. while other parts of orange county such as laguna niguel, costa mesa have less minorities.

[YLresident]

Originally Posted by AVMan

Anaheim (and all of Orange County) are suburbs of Los Angeles. That is neither good nor bad, it just "is".

Anaheim gets LA TV stations.
Anaheim is part of the LA/OC metro area.
The baseball team is "Los Angeles" Angels (just like the Rams who played in Anaheim were the "Los Angeles Rams").
People commute from Anaheim to Los Angeles (just take a look at any Metorlink train on the Orange County line, or better yet, Interstate 5 during any rush hour).

Of course, that doesn't mean Anaheim is not its own city. It is. But Anaheim and Orange County owe their existence to Los Angeles. And in many ways today, Anaheim and all of Orange County continue to be suburbs of Los Angeles.

If Orange County were a suburb of LA, we'd be part of LA county and not our own. We don't pay taxes to LA, and most OC dwellers gladly acknowledge their being different from LA dwellers. That's not to say anything negative about LA and the LA area--there's tons of great things to do in LA and great places to visit and nice places to live, but most OC folks who love OC, love it because they're not big city people. LA's too fast for me, but OC prolly too slow for most LA folks, so it goes both ways.

I'd hardly say OC is a suburb of LA--and least of all Anaheim... Irvine and Costa Mesa have the bulk of OC's tall buildings and big business, and less of the slums of Anaslime (not including the Hills).

Our lifestyles are different, not too mention our school systems (LA's schools on the whole are substandard), economics (much lower taxes, and I should think less poverty in OC, too, but I've not done any research to back up that opinion), and local governments. OC isn't big bity at all--we just have a few concentrations of big comerce, and the rest is all pretty much suburban sprawl.

(And they were the Anaheim Angels... that stupid LA Angels of Anaheim name is ridiculous. >_<)

[EscapeCalifornia]

It really depends on your perspective. We know the area and tend to think of Orange County as different than LA. To someone from another region, LA/OC/IE and to some extent SD are just one big blob called SoCal. County lines don't really determine what's a suburb and what's not. Its really more sphere of influence and OC/IE are definitely in LA's orbit.

[ArmadaFan]

Originally Posted by ruffryder

Is Anaheim a suburb of LA? Thanks for the answers.

The Southland (or Greater Los Angeles) Metropolitan Area according to OMB is devided into two Metropolitan Divisions: 1) Los Angeles and 2) Orange County. The Central Cities listed for Los Angeles are Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale. The Central Cities listed for Orange County are Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine. There are six central cities total in the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. The City of L.A. is the kingpin city of the six. However, since the other five have been set apart by the Federal Government (OMB) as central cities, they are not suburbs. Since Anaheim is listed, NO, it is not a suburb, and hasn't been for over 40 years. Long Beach, Anaheim, and Santa Ana have not been regarded as suburbs by the Feds for some time. Glendale and Irvine were ruled out as suburbs after Y2K.

Some more food for thought is this. Before Disneyland opened in 1955, Orange County was one big rural community--mostly country (which wasn't so bad). Disneyland changed the face of Anaheim and Orange County forever. Orange County's growth and economy is centered on the Disneyland Resort more than it is on Downtown Los Angeles. The Disneyland Resort is in Anaheim. You can figure out the rest.

The largest suburb in the LA/OC Metro Area is Huntington Beach.

[ArmadaFan]

Originally Posted by recycled

The owner of the major league baseball team that plays at Angels Stadium of Anaheim changed the name from "Anaheim Angels" to "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim". The city of Anaheim took the Angels owners to court and lost their bid to restore the team name. It that doesn't make the city feel like a suburb of Los Angeles, I don't know what else would. Yesterday I was in downtown LA, and my mid-day drive time from downtown LA to Anaheim was about 30 minutes on I-5. I would consider any place within a 1 hour drive of downtown LA a "suburb".

The court case wasn't about whether of not Anaheim was a suburb of L.A., but it was about whether or not The Angels were in breach of cotract by changing the name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Jury's decision stated Arte Moreno was not in breach of contract, not that Anaheim was a suburb of L.A.

Anaheim should never have taken that to court. That name change was an ultimate act of disloyalty and apathy towards the community and local baseball fans, not a breach of contract.

[ArmadaFan]

Originally Posted by YLresident

I'd hardly say OC is a suburb of LA--and least of all Anaheim... Irvine and Costa Mesa have the bulk of OC's tall buildings and big business, and less of the slums of Anaslime (not including the Hills).

Our lifestyles are different, not too mention our school systems (LA's schools on the whole are substandard), economics (much lower taxes, and I should think less poverty in OC, too, but I've not done any research to back up that opinion), and local governments. OC isn't big bity at all--we just have a few concentrations of big comerce, and the rest is all pretty much suburban sprawl.

(And they were the Anaheim Angels... that stupid LA Angels of Anaheim name is ridiculous. >_<)

The Angels won the World Series as the Anaheim Angels. The Anaheim Ducks still carry the city name, and won the Stanley Cup in 2007. I believe what the Disneyland Guide says. Anaheim is set apart from the rest of Orange County because of the Disneyland Resort. As I mentioned earlier, before 1955 when Disneyland opened, OC was all country. Disneyland's success created a major explosion in population and development. from the time Disneyland opened in 1955 to about 1960, The City of Anaheim increased from 14,000 to over 100,00 people. Later, the rest of OC followed suit. OC's growth and develpment economically centers more on Anaheim than it does on LA.

La and San Diego, however, dominate their counties. Anaheim does not dominate Orange County, it is just set apart by the Disneyland Resort which is OC's main cash cow. Orange County basically is one dominant community as a whole. The Register, the John Wayne Airport and the Bus Transit System all carry "Orange County" as the geographical moniker.

[buckeyenative01]

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