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Los AngelesBeverly Hills and Compton

Los Angeles

Officially the City of Los Angeles, often known by its initials L.A., is the mostpopulous city in the U.S. state of California and the second-most populous in the United States, after New York City, with a population of about 9.8 million It has aland area of 469 square miles (1,215 km 2), and is located in Southern California

Nicknamed the City of Angels , Los Angeles is a global city, with strengths inbusiness, international trade, entertainment, culture, media, fashion, science,sports, technology, education, medicine and research and has been ranked sixth in

the Global Cities Index and 9th Global Economic Power Index. The city is home torenowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fieldsand is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. TheLos Angeles combined statistical area (CSA) has a gross metropolitan product (GMP)of $831 billion (as of 2008), making it the third-largest in the world, after theGreater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. Los Angeles includes Hollywoodand leads the world in the creation of television productions, video games, andrecorded music; it is also one of the leaders in motion picture production.Additionally, Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984.

Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is home to34,290 inhabitants. Sometimes merely known by one of its primary zip codes,"90210", it has been home to actors and celebrities. Beverly Hills is the most cleanand prestige area of Los Angeles. It hosts some of the most grand houses andattractions and lies in the hills before the mountains of California leading to one ofits neighboring states, Nevada hence the name Beverly ‘Hills’.

Compton

Compton is another city, in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States.It is home to 97,559 inhabitants. It is known as the "Hub City" due to its geographiccentrality in Los Angeles County. The city is generally a working class city withsome middle-class neighborhoods and is home to a relatively young community, atan average 25 years of age, compared to the American median age of 35. Since the1980s, the city of Compton has become well known in American popular culturedue to many hip hop groups and rappers originating from the community, such as

the seminal gangsta rap group N.W.A, best known for their debut album, StraightOutta Compton . The city of Compton as well as southern Los Angeles County in

general is notorious for its heavy concentration of gangs and gang violence, such as

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the Bloods, the Crips, and Sureños, which all originated in the Los Angeles area.

∆ Beverly Hills vs Compton∆ Comparison Table

Population

34,107vs 135,525

Median Household Income$70,945

vs $31,819

Median Age 41vs 28

Homes with Kids24.1%

vs 48.4%

Problems Los Angeles Faces

LA has been facing many problems over the years and one of these problems are

‘Hate Crimes’. Hate crimes has been known in LA for many years due to the diversity of certainraces. The crimes committed have and are mostly occurring in LA’s poorer areas, the south such as Compton and Watts.It is the unprovoked hated that Mexican gangs have for blacks living in these areas.Or so it seems.

Mexico is a country just under the south of LA and therefor; Mexicans haveconnections and accommodations in areas around, as it is understandable. However,it is theorized that the Mexican gangs that commit crimes against the black

population are doing th is to show power and territory but it doesn’t always succeed.Black gangs have developed to tackle this issue many years back and have

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continued until now, thus the crime rate of south of LA has risen by a tenth ofwhat is used to be.