Lakewood, California

Lakewood is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 79,345. It is bordered by Long Beach on the west and south, Bellflower on the north, Cerritos on the northeast, Cypress on the east, and Hawaiian Gardens on the southeast. Major thoroughfares include Lakewood (CA/SR-19), Bellflower, and Del Amo Boulevards and Carson and South Streets. The San Gabriel River Freeway (I-605) runs through the city's eastern regions.

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Los Angeles County, California - 2000 - Long Beach - Bellflower - Cerritos - Cypress - Hawaiian Gardens - CA/SR-19 - San Gabriel River Freeway - I-605

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Often called "The Instant City" because of its origins?going from lima bean fields in 1950 to a well-developed city in California by 1960?Lakewood is, along with Levittown, New York, the archetypal post-World War II American suburb. The vast majority of its housing stock is small, mass-produced single-story houses on tree-lined streets, sold initially to white World War II veterans who worked in the factories of Long Beach and the South Bay. Today, while considerably more ethnically diverse, Lakewood is still populated by whites to a far greater extent than nearby cities such as Long Beach, Carson, and Cerritos.

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Lima bean - Levittown, New York - World War II - Suburb - South Bay - Carson

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