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Arrival Stories
Each week Jeremy Rosenberg (@LosJeremy) asks, "What's your or your family's Los Angeles arrival story?"
These are the tales of how L.A. residents became an Angeleno. From the Philippines and Mongolia to Ukraine and Chile, the map above shows the melting pot of cultures that make up the diverse communities of L.A.
Click on each pinpoint, and a link will take to you their Arrival Story. (Note: The map may not display properly on Chrome browsers. Try Firefox instead.)
These are the tales of how L.A. residents became an Angeleno. From the Philippines and Mongolia to Ukraine and Chile, the map above shows the melting pot of cultures that make up the diverse communities of L.A.
Click on each pinpoint, and a link will take to you their Arrival Story. (Note: The map may not display properly on Chrome browsers. Try Firefox instead.)
Arrival Stories:
Walking out of the airport was like a dream for the future Atwater Village business owner.
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From Paris, San Francisco, and London to the "shambolic Third-World-ness" of L.A.
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President Obama spent two years in L.A. as a student at Occidental College in Eagle Rock.
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Zimbabwe-born, South Africa-raised former rock'n'roller has been in L.A. for 25 years -- but still doesn't consider it home.
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L.A. has allowed the former cruise ship dancer and world traveler to redefine himself as a local politician.
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Coming from the chaotic city of São Paulo, Brazil, the laid back Los Angeles of the 70s seemed like a dream for the aspiring musician.
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Reversing the journey taken by her parents from Guatemala to Los Angeles, she felt closer to them than every before.
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The hardships faced by his grandparents as they moved from the Philippines to Los Angeles keeps this UCLA student motivated.
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Her voice roared across audiences and moved mountains.
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"There was plenty of time to ramble all over the place, meet wacky weirdos with an eye on the stairway to stardom, and discover a million and one fun, freaky, free things to do."
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He sold his vast collection of Led Zeppelin bootleg records to afford the move from Austin to California.
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Getting a green card and becoming legal changed everything for the award-winning writer and her family.
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Even with her 4-feet 9 inches frame, her grandmother was a strong and intimidating presence who overcame struggles to raise her family.
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The epic story of an Olympian who shocked her home country in the midst of the Cold War.
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People may think there are no roots to L.A., but generations of familial roots prove that there are many.
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Los Angeles is magic for this German-English-Korean-American city rat.
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To escape the rat race of Korean society, Yong Kim's family left for Paraguay, eventually settling in Los Angeles for no particular reason other than that they spoke Spanish.
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When the legendary Dodger came to Los Angeles from the east coast, his eyes hurt from the smog. But it was also love at first sight.
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The first thing you notice as a Singaporean arriving to Los Angeles: that a salad or a sandwich doesn't constitute a meal.
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From Zacatecas to Los Angeles, his parents made a dramatic move to start a new life.
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