Los Angeles, California – The City Built Where a City Shouldn't Exist | History of American Cities

Los Angeles broke every rule great cities are supposed to follow — no natural harbor, no reliable river, founded by forty-four settlers walking into an arid basin in 1781. Everything that made it a global capital, from the water in its taps to the film industry that built its fame, had to be forced into existence against the odds. This is the full story of how a farming pueblo with almost nothing going for it became one of the largest cities on Earth, told through the water wars, the oil booms, the studios, and the generations of ordinary families who simply refused to leave. #LosAngeles #CaliforniaHistory #AmericanHistory #Hollywood #CityHistory