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Region of Los Angeles County, California, US
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The largely suburban and industrial Gateway Cities of Los Angeles County in Southern California make up the southeastern portion of the county, lying between the City of Los Angeles proper and the border of the county with Orange County.
A. To the south, I-105, CA-91, and I-405 all pass east-west through the Gateway Cities, with the 405 cutting across Long Beach., and I-605, which links the region to the San Gabriel Valley.
Read in the guideDriving is the primary means of getting around the region, giving the sprawling nature of the Gateway Cities and the long distances between destinations.
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Noted for a large ethnic Indian population, one of the largest in the country, with many Indian grocers, shops, and restaurants.
Bellflower is a city in the Gateway Cities region of Los Angeles County in Southern California.
Home to an architecturally interesting library.
A local commercial center home to a casino and a large outlet mall.
A predominately Hispanic and African-American inner city suburb, equal parts famed as the heart of the West Coast rap scene and notorious for gangs and violent crime.
Home to the world's oldest McDonald's and a couple of small museums.
Huntington Park is one of the Gateway Cities of Los Angeles in Southern California.
La Mirada (LM) is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California.
Lakewood is in the Gateway Cities region of Los Angeles County.
The second-largest city in the Los Angeles area, home to the Gateway Cities' only major tourist attractions: the Queen Mary, the Aquarium of the Pacific, several museums, and a large harbor with a cruise ship terminal and ferries to Catalina Island.
Lynwood is in the Gateway Cities region of Los Angeles County, California. It is probably best known for being the hometown of "Weird Al" Yankovic.
Norwalk is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California. It is 17 miles southeast of Downtown Los Angeles.
Pico Rivera is one of the Gateway Cities in the Los Angeles area of Southern California.
Santa Fe Springs is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California.
A pleasant suburb on the hills above the basin to the north, with a number of historic buildings and museums.
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