@jasonjourneyman: A big beach city that isn’t at the beach? Thanks LA RIVER! 🏝️ ALSO thanks Tongva people who identified this location thousands of years before the Spanish even set foot here. (Stay tuned for another video on that). LA is unique in many ways, and this is one of them. Downtown is inland thanks to the Los Angeles River, the original water source to the Pueblo of LA. #lariver #losangeles #losangelesriver #zanjamadre #lastatehistoricpark #losangelesriver #waterislife
It’s also why northern Californians, Nevadans, Arizonans and Utahn people do not like Los Angeles. Stealing our water.
2025-05-14 00:30:12
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Me :
Love the info. Great research. One tip. It’s pronounced: Zanja = San-Ha.
2025-05-11 21:59:34
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The Infamus El Guapo :
Zanja isn't pronounced San-ya.
It's San-Ja (J makes J sound like Jose)
2025-05-10 21:38:12
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Jay :
As someone who grew up in So Cal, I don’t think I’ve ever thought of LA as a “beach” city. I’ve always thought of it as a city that has beaches. Unlike San Diego or Santa Barbara.
2025-05-11 11:36:32
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Sammy :
Pronounce it like “Zan-Ha”
2025-05-11 02:29:18
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Jason Bosch :
It was also built away from the ocean cause the King had rules doing to to protect it from pirates. The Pueblo’s grid is also angled whereas the grid around it is straight north and south. If you look at a map you can see it. Those other cities were not built by the Spanish. Except SF, but that was a presidio not a Pueblo. Anyway, great post! 👏🏻
2025-05-13 06:12:47
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whichwitwhen :
Also to avoid the pirates
2025-05-12 07:57:36
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SetPhasers :
LA isn’t a beach city
2025-05-12 22:07:07
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Jeff :
I read that if the LA basin had to depend on local water only it would have never grown larger than 500,000.
2025-05-11 13:31:46
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Randomized Dude :
Zanja is pronounced zan-ha
2025-05-12 06:05:10
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rei :-) :
shoutout to canoga park for the river and sylmar for city’s access to the aqueduct
2025-05-11 05:20:28
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tito :
Chinatown
2025-05-11 01:38:38
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Me and my brain. :
xaan-HA-a
2025-05-10 20:02:47
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Abracadabra :
My mom is coming to the US for her second time. First (Miami), now (LA). Where should I take her? I might be new for me bc I know more the inland empire than LA area
2025-05-13 04:39:47
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Drew Tillman :
Great video, thanks for sharing!
2025-05-11 06:44:44
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Topicsbyjere shop 🧚♀️❤️🔥 :
NYC don't have beaches , they gotta cross bridges for beaches , same for Boston
2025-05-11 15:38:11
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Cocktail Critique :
So interesting! TY🩷
2025-05-10 18:48:44
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deleted_acc9124 :
LA only has Venice as their beach 😂 cause Malibu and Santa Monica are their own towns
2025-05-11 14:35:20
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mae.packet.loss :
El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula, El Pueblo de la Reina de los Ángeles, and Los Ángeles. All names tied to the city’s history. And let’s not forget Sonoratown, a historic neighborhood in Los Angeles.
2025-05-12 21:29:09
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STRING THEORY :
I always question that why LA ITS NOT in SANTA MONICA🤣👍
2026-04-30 14:31:11
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jacinto canek :
The founders of El Pueblo de LA were born in modern day Mexico and were of indigenous and mixed ethnic backgrounds. For all intents and purposes it was founded by Mexicans which doesn’t discount that fact it was the land of the tongva/ indigenous people of the area.
2025-05-19 17:33:47
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Edward😤 :
Bababalabalosangeles 🤣
2025-05-14 04:20:29
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mythicmystic :
Nobody thinks of LA as a beach city. It’s a solid 15 miles to the ocean from downtown. That’s like 3 hours away here.
2025-05-25 06:59:10
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Me and my brain. :
And fantastic TikTok
2025-05-10 20:03:02
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