Los Angeles was the first product off the assembly lines of American urban planning. Ignited in the late 19th century, the city-making machine was fueled by an immense immigration of people who sought to create a new type of city from the previously picturesque pueblo. They also strove to create the first major city developed primarily by Americans and outside of European archetypes. As a result, Los Angles is not only incredibly diverse, but also almost impossible to define. Since it is a product of the American machine, understanding the Los Angeles community becomes vital to understanding the United States. But to fully understand today's Los Angeles, one must examine the process that created it. More specifically, Los Angeles was created by upper-class Anglo-Saxon citizens of the 20th century, who strove to materialize their imagined reality of a rural town by establishing a process in which affluent citizens fled to the suburbs and left lower-class residents with their more urban and dilapidated remains. This created world then became the scene of resistance from various groups, such as minorities and youth, who began to undermine the Anglo-Saxon infrastructure through social interaction. Los Angeles' humble beginnings only further highlight the uniqueness of community building. Los Angeles went from pueblo status to major metropolis overnight. In Los Angeles County, a population of 101,000 in 1890 rose to 2.2 million in 1930 (Villas 37-38). These immigrants were predominantly English-speaking, a stark juxtaposition with the previous majority of Mexican Americans. Upon its arrival, this new majority began to create a new community. To understand this new community, one must use a socio-geographic perspective...... middle of paper ......action of young people and minority groups will continue to push social norms, a process that will persist, giving rise Societies becoming more and more integrated as generations pass. In many ways, today's Los Angeles can recognize the Anglo immigrants of the late 1800s and early 1900s as the driving force behind their community roots. Their imagined reality of a rural town, the process of creating, leaving and fighting for their neighborhood, left traces in the city. These traces are visible in Los Angeles' fragmented infrastructure. They can be seen in callous, sometimes violent, social interactions within the community. Yet as young people and minority groups continue to interact socially in a spirit of increased acceptance, Los Angeles will begin to lose some of its fragmented appearance. Each generation will continue to unite Los Angeles through shared social interactions and experiences..