Talk: Greater Los Angeles Area
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The map does not agree with the definition in the article. The definition only mentions Los Angeles and Orange Counties, the map also includes Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura. RickK 03:43, 30 Oct 2003 (UTC)
I moved this page back to 'Greater Los Angeles Area'. It's not necessarily the best title, but I think the move to 'The Southland' was ill-advised. This term means nothing to anyone who's not a resident of the area in question; and in fact, I'm sure there's other places in the world that call themselves that.
I'm certainly open to a move to a better title, but I think 'The Southland' is NOT it. --Morven 10:50, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)
"The Southland" (although highly artificial) is the term most often used by the Los Angeles-centric media (i.e. the 'Los Angeles Times' and local TV stations) to refer to any region that extends beyond Los Angeles County. That makes it a valid emic description of the region. And in that regard, it's no less valid (even if equally obscure outside the area) as a Chicagoland. JoelWest 21:27, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)
By the way, what is the definition of 'Anchor Cities' ?
--Morven 10:52, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)
I'd like a source for the definition of "Greater Los Angeles Area." Most of the included areas are unpopulated mountains and desert. I'd only include the Southern parts of Orange and Los Angeles Counties. Mackerm 22:08, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- The arbitary but definsible decision is to use counties as the units of analysis for the "Los Angeles Area." It's defensible because this is standard practice, as well as highly convenient. Unfortunaly two of the counties are absolutely enormous in size, and hence contain a lot land that is in no way shape or form part of anyone's definition of LA. However, because the area outside of LA is so sparsely populated, using counties shouldn't significantly exagerate population or other common urban measures. The urban areas in that region are basically all part of the LA area. Strider
Once again, it's totally ridiculous to include all of these counties in "Greater Los Angeles". It looks like somebody decided to apply a US Census category of the metropolitan area to an existing Wikipedia article. This is just wrong. I guess it's time to disambiguate. Mackerm 00:43, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- What's wrong with using a US Census category? These are professional statisticians and demographers who've been studying this for decades. What makes the amateur authors of Wikipedia more qualified than the pros? JoelWest 21:27, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Do you have a definition of "Greater Los Angeles"? It looks like some amateur Wikipedia author has applied that term to a Census statistical area. Mackerm 07:41, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
What is the total population in this area? -- Kaihsu 17:06, 2004 May 10 (UTC)
