[PW] Double Dubuque nickname for L.A.?

[Bye, Dan J]

According to:
   
Postmetropolis: Studies of Cities and Regions 
by Edward W. Soja  
Oxford: Blackwell, 2000
ISBN 1577180011
 
"By 1900, some were calling Los Angeles "Double Dubuque"" (p.123)

But no documentary evidence or citation provided.

Dan
  

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> Subject: [PW] Double Dubuque nickname for L.A.?
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> When was Los Angeles first called "Double Dubuque"?
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> I see that this is
> attributed to H.L Mencken, but I cannot find an exact quote, 
> citation, or source.
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> Thanks.
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> 
> Mike
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