Talk:El Monte, California

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There is some non-objectivity in the last paragraph about the homes being built. I don't think it's necessary.

I corrected the name of the El Monte City School District, it doesn't need to include "elementary" in its name. Flo

No mention of Gay's Lion Farm? I thought that was what the town was famous for! EMHS changed to the Lions from the Laurels (good call even without the lion farm IMHO), the Metrolink station is lion-themed, and the El Monte Museum across from Arceo park has a good amount of pictures and information on it. --Sarolite 05:49, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Um...the ZOHAR? Somebody slipped up. 66.80.250.250 22:02, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I read in the L.A. times about El Monte is one of the trendiest places to live for upper-income whites and other groups in the last few years. Yes, the majority of city population is Latino, though you find some Mexican-Americans lived in the area for generations. It was regarded more tolerant of racial minorities: why a sizable number of black Americans and Chinese or Japanese-Americans chose El Monte and select suburbs around L.A. in the 1950's.

I been through there in the 1980s & 90s (I was a child but noticed a large Hispanic, Asian-American and black American presence) to meet Mom's family friends...and how amazing for a child to come in close contact with so many cultures in one town (of course being the Los Angeles area). El Monte has a tradition of progressive and somewhat liberal beliefs, the reason why the gay/lesbian community is comfortable to move into El Monte in the 2000s.

Like what the article said: El Monte was a major port of entry for "Okies" or low-income migrants who fled the dust bowl in the 1930's: they were black, white and native American from the south-central or southeast states. The city is said to have 10,000 of Cherokee descent, but I wasn't able to find solid proof to verify the claims except from who I spoke to on the internet about Native American (Indian)s in Los Angeles.

And the sister city program, Marcq-en-Bareul France has similarities to El Monte, being a working-class industrial suburb going through the difficult transition to the new non-factory labor-based economics of the 21st century. Like El Monte, Marcq-en-Bareul is home to a large foreign-born population, but the French counterpart has a large represented community of North African Arabs and Eastern Europeans who arrived since the 1950's. +Mike D 26 11:19, 27 August 2007 (UTC)