Google maps recently recognised “Tehrangeles” as a neighbourhood of central Los Angeles. How did this upmarket part of LA become home to the largest community of Iranians outside Iran?
“We’re on the map, I mean why shouldn’t we be on the map?” says a girl at a hip Los Angeles cafe where young Iranians hang out.
“There’s Koreatown, and Chinatown. Why shouldn’t we have an area?”
Now they do.
