Los Angeles was the first product to roll off the assembly line of American urban planning. Launched in the late 19th century, the city-making machine was fueled by an immense immigration of people seeking to create a new kind of city from the previously picturesque pueblo. They also strove to create the first major city developed primarily by Americans and outside of European archetypes. As a result, Los Angles is not only incredibly diverse, but it's also nearly impossible to define. Because it is a product of the American machine, understanding the Los Angeles community becomes vital to understanding the United States. But to fully understand Los Angeles today, we must look at the process that created it. Specifically, Los Angeles was created by 20th-century Anglo-Saxon citizens, who strove to materialize the imagined reality of a rural city by establishing a process in which wealthy citizens fled to the suburbs and left lower-class residents with their richest leftovers. degraded. This created world then became the context of resistance from various groups, such as minorities and youth, who began to undermine the Anglo infrastructure through social interaction. Los Angeles' humble beginnings only further highlight the uniqueness of community building. Los Angeles transformed from a pueblo into a major metropolis overnight. In Los Angeles County, a population of 101,000 in 1890 rose to a roaring 2.2 million in 1930 (Villa 37-38). These immigrants were overwhelmingly Anglo, in stark contrast to the previous majority of Mexican-Americans. From the moment of their arrival, this new majority began to create a new community. To understand this new community, it is necessary to use a socio-geographic vision... middle of paper... the participation of young people and minority groups will continue to impose social norms, a process that will persist, yielding increasingly integrated societies with the passing of generations. In many ways, today's Los Angeles can credit the Anglo-Saxon immigrants of the late 1800s and early 1900s as the driving force behind their community roots. Their imagined reality of a rural city, the process of creating, abandoning and fighting for their neighborhood, left traces in the city. These traces can be seen in the fragmented infrastructure of Los Angeles. They can be seen in callous, sometimes violent, social interaction within the community. However, as young people and minority groups continue to interact socially with more acceptance, Los Angeles will begin to lose some of its fragmented atmosphere. Each generation will continue to unite Los Angeles through shared social interactions and experiences.