Google deciding what is “East LA”

By Sean Bonner
September 27th, 2009 @ 12:30 AM East Side, Maps
Los Angeles, CA - Google Maps

Just noticed this while looking something up. I know there are a few people who tend to disagree with this, but now that Google is making this official OMG WTF?

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13 Comments so far

  1. some jerk (unregistered) on September 27th, 2009 @ 12:57 am

    Yeah, because the internet knows all the facts. Better luck next time haters.


  2. Burns! (burns) on September 27th, 2009 @ 2:22 am

    a.) Haters?

    b.) It seems Google may have missed the mark a bit. Of course, if you type “East Los Angeles” into a Google map, it pins the marker at the 60 & 710 freeways. Closer?


  3. Mr. X (unregistered) on September 27th, 2009 @ 3:40 am

    To me, East L.A. is just the unincorporated area. I call the Eastside neighborhoods that are in Los Angeles by name — Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights.


  4. iluvhatemail (unregistered) on September 27th, 2009 @ 7:50 am

    considering how terribly inaccurate their traffic maps are this doesnt surprise me. While that area shares a lot with the real east LA, it makes more (common) sense to call that area North LA since it’s directly north of downtown. There is absolutely no east about it.


  5. michael (unregistered) on September 27th, 2009 @ 8:48 am

    if you scroll down towards the real East LA, it says that too – “East Los Angeles” right where you think it should be. Anyway, it’s just for reference – it’s not a bible. Everyone should calm down and take a breath.


  6. vanasa (unregistered) on September 27th, 2009 @ 8:53 am

    sorry to say East Los Angeles is a whole city outside of los angeles with a separate zip code from the 900’s…you can say you live on the eastside or live in the north-east..If you say you live in East L.A. you better hope it’s past Lorena.


  7. gabriele360 on September 27th, 2009 @ 11:25 am

    There’s a Yahoo group, ‘nelalist’, for Northeast Los Angeles. To quote from their home page:

    “Description

    Including the Northeast Los Angeles (NELA) neighborhoods of Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Mount Washington, Montecito Heights, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, Hermon, Cypress Park and Elysian Valley.

    nelalist messages pertain to Northeast Los Angeles. Membership is open to NELA community residents, and it’s free! Past discussions include Public Storage, Taylor Yard, Van de Kamp, Chinatown Yards, MTA Gold Line and local elections.”
    The link for the messages is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nelalist/messages?o=1

    Judging by the map shown on this post, it looks almost like Google is following Yahoo on this, but not using the full name…Northeast Los Angeles.
    Of course when the LATimes came out with their neighborhood guide, there was a LOT of comments on how wrong the Times had gotten some boundaries/descriptions.


  8. Carmen (unregistered) on September 27th, 2009 @ 5:55 pm

    Gabriele360 is right about the Northeast L.A. designation. Sadly, the folks at Google think Northreast L.A. and East L.A. are the same. Compare land prices and you’ll get a quick education on that folly. Thankfully, Google maps is on the mark when they zero in on the 60 and 710 fwys. That is precisely the heart of East L.A., smack dab in Commerce. Of course, as long as you’re in Boyle Hieghts or Lincoln Heights, you can still claim eastside props.


  9. Corazon (unregistered) on September 28th, 2009 @ 9:07 am

    The entire area in question I consider the East Side, but I live in Lincoln Heights, which I consider Northeast LA. For me it comes down to describing where I live, which is “Just northeast of Downtown.”


  10. TimO (unregistered) on September 28th, 2009 @ 9:59 am

    I’m in Glassell Park (my house is on that map) and I refer to the area as Northeast El Lay, not “the eastside” or “east LA”.


  11. gm (unregistered) on September 28th, 2009 @ 11:05 am

    NELA


  12. WALT! (unregistered) on September 28th, 2009 @ 7:55 pm

    What gets me is that despite its 130 year history, Google maps in this view omits my community of Highland Park.

    Maybe the East LA is there because it’s located over the house of East LA’s County Supervisor Gloria Molina.


  13. Keely's Dad (unregistered) on September 29th, 2009 @ 12:22 pm

    What is east of downtown LA is the east side. What is west is the west side. Silverlake, Hollywood, all west side. It’s social morons and climbers who don’t know how to use a map.



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