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If you want to confuse a local, ask about the Los Angeles River. You've probably seen it. If you watched ''[[The Terminator|Terminator II]]'' you may remember the scene where the T-1000's semi truck crashes off of the road and chases John Connor down a concrete drainage channel with an inch of water of in it. El Rio de Los Angeles. It was also the location of the big race scene in ''[[Grease]]'', and an emergency space shuttle landing in ''[[The Core]]''.
Los Angeles was first built in 1781 as an outpost for travellers, cattle ranchers and the Spanish military. The town at that time was medieval-style, radiating from a central marketplace. Despite a tiny population, the town was staggeringly diverse,<ref>This would turn out to be a [[Characteristic Trope]] of the city</ref> and by the time of the [[Mexican-American War]], it housed as many Italians, Chinese and Americans as native Mexicans.
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