Southern California

城市概覽

Southern California is famous for the movie industry around LA, and if you explore a bit you are bound to find "exotic" locales from many a movie that were filmed in Southern California due to the proximity. As sets within the studio zone within 30 mi (48 km) of central Los Angeles do not entitle compensation for travel expenses, they are used to represent locations all around the world. The amount of freeways and highways is immense, and Southern Californians stereotypically spend most of their time when they meet each other talking about how horrible the traffic getting there was and how horrible the traffic getting back will be. Despite that its world class cities and suburbs continue to attract a wide variety of people from all over the country and abroad to live and vacation due to the pleasant climate and diverse landscapes with many natural and cultural attractions just a short (depending on congestion) drive away. Even though you can swim in the Pacific its cold currents make it somewhat less pleasant than you might think.

如何抵達

By plane

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX IATA), 1 World Way, ☏ +1 310-646-5252. LAX is one of the major ports of entry for international flights to the United States as well as a major destination for domestic flights so it can be quite busy, especially around holidays. Nearly all major airlines as well as some smaller regional airlines fly into LAX. All of the major rental car agencies have a location near the airport with hundreds of cars available for rent. The below are some of the smaller airports in the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan area with commercial flights, some of which may be closer to your final destination or point of origin and tend to be less busier than LAX. Most are served by domestic flights from other parts of the U.S. and a few international flights from Mexico and Canada:

Hollywood Burbank Airport (Bob Hope Airport) (BUR IATA), 2627 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, ☏ +1 818-840-8840. Alaska, American, Delta, JetBlue, JSX, Southwest, and United fly into this airport in the San Fernando Valley, northeast of Downtown L.A. Closer to Hollywood and the San Fernando. Long Beach Airport (LGB IATA), 4100 Donald Douglas Dr., Long Beach, ☏ +1 562-570-2600. American, Delta, and JetBlue fly into this airport in southern Los Angeles County. West coast hub for JetBlue. Ontario International Airport (ONT IATA), 1940 East Moore Way, Ontario in the adjacent San Bernardino County, ☏ +1 909-937-2700. Alaska, American, China Airlines, Delta, Southwest, United and Volaris serve this airport which is 37 mi (59 km) east of Downtown Los Angeles and just west of the I-10/I-15 junction, about a 40-minute drive without traffic. It is the closest airport to San Bernardino, Riverside, Joshua Tree and the Inland Empire John Wayne Airport (SNA IATA), 18601 Airport Way, Santa Ana in adjacent Orange County, ☏ +1 949-252-5200. Alaska, American, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, United, and WestJet serve this airport which is 40 mi (64 km) southeast of Downtown Los Angeles

當地交通

Transportation in Southern California consists of public transit, rail transit, airports, shuttle services, highways, roads and bike paths.

By car Most Southern Californians drive their personal cars to get around. Just listen to the morning and evening traffic reports and you'll get an idea of how many cars are driven in the area each and every day. As such, a special vocabulary has developed surrounding the road system.

Rush hour - somewhat of a misleading name as the period lasts longer than one hour. Indicates the hours of 6AM-8AM and 5PM-7PM when the highest volume of commuters are on the road. SigAlert - heard during a traffic report, indicates a long-lasting problem that closes one or more lanes. Unlike many parts of the country, traffic reports often only cover accidents or unusual slowdowns - areas that are normally congested don't always rate a report. There are of course several smartphone apps that cover traffic; sigalert.com is one that's specific to Southern California. The metropolitan regions of Southern California consist of many small cities that run into one another. It can be confusing and you can get lost very easily if you do not have a map, even with detailed directions. A Thomas Guide, which contains detailed maps of all neighborhoods, is a useful tool if you plan on doing any driving in Southern California. This book can be found in local stores and bookstores. The freeways and highways are one of the major trademarks of the region. Extensive and complex freeway networks criss-cross the quickly-growing region, connecting urban centers with their suburbs, as well as the areas of urban sprawl between them. The major highways leading in and out of Southern California include Interstates 5, 8, 10, 15, 40, the Golden State, San Diego, Ocean Beach, Mission Valley, Santa Monica, Corona and Mojave Freeways.

Freeway system The freeway naming conventions can be confusing to non-natives as a freeway will have multiple names depending on whe

必看景點

Southern California is home to many motion picture, television, and recorded music companies. This region is home to Hollywood, the center of the motion picture industry, at least in name. Too many motion pictures and TV series to mention have been recorded here; see fiction tourism for those that have separate articles. Headquartered in Southern California is Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Sony Pictures (Culver City), Universal Pictures (Universal City), Paramount Pictures (Hollywood), DreamWorks Pictures (Universal City), 20th Century Studios (Burbank) and Warner Bros. (Burbank). SoCal is home to many sports franchises and sports networks such as Fox Sports Net. Professional teams in the region include the Los Angeles Lakers (basketball), Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks (Ice Hockey), Los Angeles Galaxy and Los Angeles FC (Soccer), Los Angeles Chargers American Football and Los Angeles Rams. Southern California also is home to a number of popular NCAA (college) sports programs, such as the UCLA Bruins, the USC Trojans, and the San Diego State Aztecs.

Cabrillo National Monument - (San Diego) Climbing out of his boat and onto shore in 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo stepped into history as the first European to set foot on what is now the West Coast of the United States. In addition to telling the story of 16th century exploration, the park is home to a wealth of cultural and natural resources.

體驗活動

Southern California is home to the movie studios of Hollywood, theme parks such as Disneyland and Universal Studios, and beautiful beaches.

美食

Most major cuisines can be found in the towns and cities of Southern California, with especially popular ones including Mexican, Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, Salvadoran, Korean, Indian, Pilipino, and Armenian, owing to the large numbers of immigrants from these regions to Southern Califo