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California is a large state with around 70% more area than the United Kingdom including Ulster. Elevation too runs the gambit from under sea level (Death Valley) to nearly 4 1/2 km for Mount Whiteney (the highest summit in Continental US). Extremes of heat and cold, desert and forest, sandy beaches, swamps, cities,.. its all there.. Including a large number of languages in highly concentrated ethnic pockets.. West Hollywood is the most densely populated in California and the most urban area outside of downtown Los Angeles. Once home to a large number of exiles from Nazi Germany--- Bert Brecht, for example, lived on King's Road (just down the road from the Gelson's/Mayfair market)-- the typical resident of West Hollywood today is either Jewish (these days large numbers from ex-USSR), gay or lesbian (or combination thereof)--- alongside the East European Jewish dominance (before Boy's town and before the wave of ex-Soviet immigration) the area used to also have a significant catholic minority including even a convent school ("St Ambros" which closed down a few years ago)... While it was home to German exiles it really only became a Jewish area in the late 1950s when the "Borscht Belt" moved from Silver Lake/Echo Park to Fairfax (these days its more East of Highland or Pico/Robertson).. I can continue on.. but its out of the scope of the questions here---- I think I know more about West Hollywood history than 99% of its current residents...