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 | |  |  | Homes and Neighborhoods: See a San Gabriel Valley City: Covina (LA co) | |  |  | |  |
For those seeking to be in a "normal" spot just outside of Los Angeles, Covina would well suit. I recommend coming if you like quaint, not-as-commercial downtown areas, which Covina has. I frequent here ever so often and enjoy the pass of antiques and little gift shops while surrounded by the trees that line the street. For vacation interests, the city hosts one of the largest Christmas parades. There are decent hotels and motels here for travellers at modest prices. If wanting to experience Los Angeles and Pasadena, Covina serves as a good in-between spot to stay....oh, and if you are an IKEA fan, there is one here. One of only a few in the L.A. area! Get your fix of lingonberry pancakes (and oh yeah, furniture and knick-knacks) here! Reach Covina via downtown LA, Pershing Square to Metro 490, exit Badillo/Citrus Leave a Comment Website: http://www.covina.com
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| | | | Homes and Neighborhoods: Seek out " Hidden" Cultural Town: Artesia(LA co) | | | | | |
Here is a little city of a Spanish-Italian name, with a heavily Portuguese influenced background, a mostly Korean & Latino population that is known as Little India- What? Come again? The town is Artesia, one of the smallest cities in LA county with about 16,000 residents. Though she is relatively far from the beach, looks rather mundane and is not on the main tourist map, there is interest here to grab a certain visitor's attention here. What keeps little Artesia on the map is the stretch of Pioneer Blvd which has several dozen East Indian shops. The suburb, about 20 miles southwest of LA, is informally known as Little India. If you want to buy a sari, eat authentic curry, buy gold jewelry or check out Bollywood stuff, you ought to make the trip here. Though Artesia can be considered "Little India", some could argue that it be also "Little Portugal"- at least in spirit. The town used to have a good number hailing from Portugal. However, these days, ethnic ties to the country are declined with a few percent of the population of Portuguese heritage. Still, there are signs of the Iberian country's influence-mainly at Portguese Hall which has been host to bull fights and different luso-inspired ceremonies. Artesia is yet another diverse LA suburb with serval ethnicities in one. Mainly, there are those with Asian (especially Korean), but also Latino heritage. Notably, a large number of Filipino are shaped in the population, as well as those with Non-Portuguese Eurpoean ancestry & others. Notably, the East West Ice Arena, owned by Olympic darling Michelle Kwan is a landmark here. Artesia is close to a much more attractive town, Cerritos and also not too far away from the non-coastal part of Long Beach. Notes: The locals pronounce the town "OUR-TEASE-SHA", though one can get away also with the basic Spanish way, "Ar-TEH-Sea-A". Artesia is easily accessible by freeway, of the 5 and 91. The MTA bus passes through the town each day, coming from downtown LA--Pershing Square. Catch MTA 62 (Hawaiian Gardens). Leave a Comment
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