Talk:South Central Los Angeles

The San Diego Freeway seems a little bit too far west for a boundary of South Central - the definition of "south of the 10 and east of the 405" would include a good chunk of the Westside.....


 * I agree. If you can sit down with a map and find better boundaries, go for it. You might also check the LA city websites and see if there is an official definition. -Willmcw 07:38, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

For the northern edge of South Central, I'd put the Los Angeles/Culver City border as being the western boundary of the area. Farther south things are a little more vague.

Rename?
I seem to remember South Central being renamed "South Los Angeles" in an attempt to eschew the connotations of the riots. BenFrantzDale 09:25, Feb 6, 2005 (UTC)

It happened in 2003, 11 years after the riots. The new term is used by the Los Angeles Times but most Angelenos still use the old name. The whole idea of renaming an area to avoid bad connotations originated in the San Fernando Valley ; it has not worked there either.
 * I'm going ahead with the reanme. Whether or not the renaming worked is not the point. The area is officially known as South Los Angeles. Further the article itself seems to favor South Los Angeles over South Central Los Angeles. To be fair, Google finds more results for "south central los angeles" than for "south los angeles". I suspect however that with time this will change. Theshibboleth 22:01, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

More on South Central boundaries
Excluding Culver City, Palms, and the harbor connector, pretty much everything within the boundaries of the City of Los Angeles that's east of the 405 and south of the 10 would definitely fall into the category of South Central. It's a huge area without a whole lot of distinct neighborhoods once you get south of Slauson. --Slightlyslack 22:52, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Which would essentially mean that the northwestern boundary of South Central would be Culver City's eastern border with Los Angeles (South Fairfax Avenue and La Cienega Boulevard). Areas such as Windsor Hills and Ladera Heights are often considered "Southwest Los Angeles", which groups them together with Westchester, which they resemble economically although not in terms of racial demographics (Westchester having a much larger white population).

Downey in SLA/SCLA?
Given that Downey is east of the Los Angeles River, was isolated from "old" South Central by fiercely segregationist South Gate, and has never had a substantial black population, I really don't think it should be considered part of the greater South Central region. If anything, it almost fits into the category of East Los Angeles, given its large Latino population. --Slightlyslack 11:29, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Downey and South Gate would be part of southeastern Los Angeles county, and would qualify as part of the East Los Angeles region more than the South Central region. Hawthorne is usually considered as part of the South Bay region, not South Central, although its poverty and racial mix certainly set it apart from the Beach Cities. However, neighboring Lawndale has similar socioeconomic demographics, as well as the northern parts of Torrance, and I have never heard those cities referred to as being part of South Central.

Redirect category
Per the New York Times article cited in South Los Angeles, it seems this article probably belongs in R from former name. —Ringbang (talk) 12:44, 30 June 2018 (UTC)