May 30, 2023
Right down to the street names. and if you think it has something to do with colonization, well, youre right. the indigenous tongva and chumash people lived in the la basin for centuries before it was claimed by spanish conquistador juan rodríguez cabrillo in 1542. in 1821, this land became part of mexico until the end of the mexican-american war in 1848 when mexico ceded 55% of its territory, including california, to the u.s. but trust me, los angeles still oozes all things mexican, and i coul...