Do large parts of LA resemble Mexico? (Los Angeles, El Monte: houses, to live in)

[Spikett]

Of course, if you're going by areas with signs in foreign languages - we have Chinatown (with some pseudo Chinese architecture), Little Tokyo, Little Armenia, etc.....

[EscapeCalifornia]

Originally Posted by Trimac20

Well LA is sub-tropical/Med, but the palm trees at times make it look almost as tropical as Honduras.

Most of the palms aren't native and LA doesn't exactly have jungles.

[pears]

Newhall is lil' Tijuana. Many parts of southern CA look like parts of mexico, because many parts have the same climate.

[jm1982]

Much of the valley looks like Mexico , the Tijuana part of mexico

Almost every store has signs in spanish , spanish billboards...makes sense

about 70% of people in my zipcode are hispanic.

[jorge112597]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

Most of the palms aren't native and LA doesn't exactly have jungles.

it has planted jungles , some places in LA do in fact look like its tropical.

[jorge112597]

most of LA seems like if you are in other places in the world, but the vest majority seems as if you are in a latin american country, I am Mexican myself

[Spikett]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

Most of the palms aren't native and LA doesn't exactly have jungles.

Yeah, when Axl sang "Welcome to the Jungle" that's not what he meant.

[taydigga]

Originally Posted by Trimac20

I'm from Australia. I haven't been to Mexico, but I've seen videos, movies, pictures, and when visiting LA I was surprised at how much like Mexico a lot of it looked. Not just east LA, but it had a, not to sound like I'm putting it down because I like LA, look like it was almost not in America or some tropical or sub-tropical Latin American country. Not just the palm trees but also the architecture, and in the less well-off areas, a certain shabbiness about it. In contrast San Diego, which is closer to Mexico, just seemed less Mexican looking to me.

Here's the sad thing. Mexico is a country and although people say they aren't trying to down "LA" they are because in their minds ALL of Mexico is bad. But it isn't. California was a part of Mexico and one point so I'd expect it to look like it. San Diego looks like some parts of Mexico, Porta Vallarta and other places are very similar looking to San Diego and other areas. I think people get caught up in the Mexico we see depicted in the media and forget that not all of it is this desert-like place. I mean people do vacation out there. But yea, some parts of LA do look like Mexico...so what.

[jm1982]

Also mexicos economy is booming...and I'd bet the average Mexican is worth more than the average American less debt

It's funny that people always talk about china or India booming ...but don't realize that our neighbors in Mexico have a good economy now .... It's is overshadowed by the drug violence

[CamaroGuy]

Originally Posted by jm1982

Much of the valley looks like Mexico , the Tijuana part of mexico

Almost every store has signs in spanish , spanish billboards...makes sense

about 70% of people in my zipcode are hispanic.

I guess its just a matter of time until we start hearing the national amthem sung in spanish at sporting events in Los Angeles.