Island Life Near Los Angeles - What It's Really Like

A video on YouTube. In Travel, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

The creator visits Santa Catalina Island, exploring the town of Avalon, its architecture, history, wildlife, and community, concluding that despite being in Los Angeles County, it feels like an entirely different world.

From the video

Answers: What is Santa Catalina Island like and what is there to do there?

Santa Catalina Island history
Avalon architecture
Catalina Island wildlife and bison
Local community and lifestyle
Catalina Casino history and tour

What it concludes

Santa Catalina Island is located 22 miles off the coast of Southern California and has a population of roughly 4,000 residents.
Roughly 90 percent of Santa Catalina Island is undeveloped.
William Wrigley Jr. bought the island in 1919 to create a vacationland for everyone.
The Catalina Casino was originally built as a social club and gathering place, never hosting gambling.
Bison on Catalina Island were originally brought over for a movie production called Vanishing America in the 1920s and left behind.

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