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isnt L.A, Beverly hills, santa monica in the OC? OC is orange county right?
No.
Orange County is about 30 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles county. Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, the San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Valley, Pasadena, Long Beach, Inglewood, Marina Del Rey, Pomona are all towns in Los Angeles county. I think there are around 8 million people in Los Angeles county and around 4 million in the city of LA itself. Cities like Riverside and Corona are located in Riverside county, which is east of Los Angeles county.
Orange County has about 2 million or so people and it includes cities like Santa Ana, Anaheim, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and San Clemente. It's suburban for the most part with the wealthier areas being Newport, Laguna Beach and Dana Point and the poorer areas being Santa Ana and parts of Anaheim. All the cities of Southern California pretty much just run together and there isn't a whole lot of distinction, especially in Orange County.