[ELI5] How did Hollywood become the center for pop-culture and the film industry both globally and in just the USA?

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[ELI5] How did Hollywood become the center for pop-culture and the film industry both globally and in just the USA?

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Answer 1

Light levels – Hollywood gets a lot of sun and good light levels for shooting.

Weather – The weather is warm and predictable.

Cost – The studios originally operates in New York and shot on the streets, it was expensive to have to shutdown parts of the city to shoot so the decision was made to move.

Cheap land – Hollywood was considered fairly undesirable land at the time and was very cheap to buy so the studios were able to buy up huge plots for their studios and fake towns.