L.A. threw itself parties (and the L.A. Times produced banner headlines) when the city reached the 1-million and 1.5-million levels, in 1923 and 1940. (The 1-million mark was estimated by counting the number of, among other things, barber shops.)...................
But don't expect a lot of celebrating of the new milestone.
This is what I can't stand about demographics these days. Why aren't milestones like this something to be proud of anymore? People are such lazy anti-immigrant complainers they can't be bothered to celebrate anything other than sports victories.
An increasing population is a healthy sign, and something to be proud of. Except if its increasing too fast or its Muslims in Europe, because that is a terrible trend. Latinos want to become American, Euro-Muslims hate Europe and want to subvert it.
Go drive for a day in LA traffic and you'll figure out very quickly why nobody is celebrating. Short-sighted urban planning has f'ed them so hard!
