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In 1965, the Los Angeles of Gernsback-9 is the third largest city in the world, with a population of 9,475,000 people (2,660,000 in the inner city, with the remaining 6,815,000 in the suburbs). It is surpassed only by New York City (14,300,000) and Tokyo (20,000,000 est.) in population. Culturally, Los Angeles is widely regaled as "the city of the future," with electric trains and monorails that criss-cross the expanding cityscape, along with six-lane freeways and fewer air car restrictions than other cities. A burgeoning arts scene has existed since the 1920s and of course the entertainment capitol of the Western world is Hollywood. Aerospace and electronics drive the city economy along with tourism and the movie industry. | |||
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In 1965, the Los Angeles of Gernsback-9 is the third largest city in the world, with a population of 9,475,000 people (2,660,000 in the inner city, with the remaining 6,815,000 in the suburbs). It is surpassed only by New York City (14,300,000) and Tokyo (20,000,000 est.) in population. Culturally, Los Angeles is widely regaled as "the city of the future," with electric trains and monorails that criss-cross the expanding cityscape, along with six-lane freeways and fewer air car restrictions than other cities. A burgeoning arts scene has existed since the 1920s and of course the entertainment capitol of the Western world is Hollywood. Aerospace and electronics drive the city economy along with tourism and the movie industry.