[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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The simple reason, it had warm and predictably sunny weather and diverse terrain perfect for movie backdrops.
Additional theory is that Thomas Edison had patents on motion picture capture, but in California filmmakers couldn’t be sued for infringing on those patents by making movies.
Perfect storm of circumstances essentially.
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