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Introduction to Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California is a city of nearly 145,000 people. It is located in Los Angeles County, approximately fifteen minutes northeast of Los Angeles. Pasadena is in the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana metropolitan area, which at 12.9 million people is the second largest metropolitan area in the United States.
Pasadena is near Los Angeles, which was ranked among the thirty "Most Fun U.S. Cities" in a study conducted by Cranium, Inc. in 2004. Pasadena is also a past finalist community for the National Civic Leagues coveted "All-America City Award". Pasadena is home to three Fortune 1000 companies. It is also home to the California Institute of Technology.
In the heart of Southern California, Pasadena receives the weather for which Southern California is famous. Temperatures are pleasant in the winter with average daily temperatures in the high sixties and low seventies (degrees Fahrenheit), and summer temperatures average in the high eighties and low nineties (degrees Fahrenheit).
Pasadena Arts and Entertainment
Pasadena, California provides easy access to all of the many entertainment offerings of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County. In addition, some of Pasadena's more notable entertainment offerings include:
For the sports enthusiast, Pasadena is home to the NCAA college football Rose Bowl every January 1st. The Rose Bowl is also home to the UCLA Bruins. In addition, the Los Angeles Area is home to the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League (AFL), Major League Baseball's (MLB) Los Angeles Dodgers, two Major League Soccer (MLS) teams - Club Deportivo Chivas USA and Los Angeles Galaxy, two National Basketball Association (NBA) teams - the Los Angeles Clippers and the Lakers, the National Hockey League's (NHL) LA Kings, and the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.
Los Angeles County is also one of the few areas in the U.S. where you can go to the beach in the morning, and skiing or snow boarding in the mountains in the afternoon.
Pasadena strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in California):
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| Walking and Biking to Work (vs. Peers) | Top 8% |  |
| College Educated Adults (vs. Peers) | Top 9% | |
| Well-Paid Single Men (vs. Peers) | Top 10% | |
| Well-Paid Single Women (vs. Peers) | Top 10% | |
| Low Property Crime (vs. Peers) | Top 15% | |
| Racial Diversity (vs. Peers) | Top 18% | |
| Public Transportation Use (vs. State) | Top 19% | |
Comparing Pasadena to similar size places nationwide (Peers) and to other places in California (State):
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