Talk:Pomona Valley

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[edit] Defined?

What are the boundaries of the Pomona Valley? Is it the watershed of San Antonio Wash? Mackerm 19:50, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

What do people think of the usage of "Inland Valley", this term is becoming more common amongst locals who stress being on the outer edge of The Inland Empire. Essentially the Inland Valley is South West San Bernardino County(Montclair, Ontario, Upland, Fontana, Chino, Chino Hills, Rancho Cucamonga) and Eastern LA County(Pomona, Claremont, Phillips Ranch and to an extent Walnut, San Dimas and La Verne) Sjt8184 December 29 2004

I can't see any clear topographical way to separate this valley from the rest of the watershed of the Santa Ana river. Also I've never heard the term "Pomona Valley" - but I don't live in that part of LA. The best division I can see is to cut on lines of the built environment - There's a clear (but diminishing) gap between the urbanized areas east and west of Interstate 15 (Rancho Cucamonga to Fontana). EmergentProperty 04:04, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Pomona Valley is an accepted term, being present in titles such as Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (http://www.pvhmc.com/) and Pomona Valley Harley Davidson (http://www.pvhd.com/). Despite that usage, the boundary is quiet arbitrary. For instance, is the Cucamonga Valley subsumed within the Pomona Valley, or are they two distinct places? I believe that both of those titles exist only for the convenience of local residents as ways to differentiate communities rather than geographical places. In fact, all of "Inland Valley," "Pomona Valley," "Cucamonga Valley," and "San Bernardino Valley" are in common usage, with no official or de facto boundaries. Often the San Bernardino Valley will include Cucamonga, or the Pomona Valley will include Cucamonga, or the Inland Valley will include them all. Perhaps all these articles should be merged... Fried Brice 10:10, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Agree with the above that Pomona Valley is accepted. Inland Valley is another term for the same geography, but there are so many valleys in Southern California, Pomona better distinguishes this one from the rest. It's basically the coverage area of the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. As a former Claremont resident, I think the boundaries are pretty clear, even if they're not all natural--there's the San Gabriel Mts. to the north, the Orange County/Riverside County line to the south, the 15 Freeway/the regional park to the east and the 57 Freeway to the west. The Pomona Valley shares the 909 area code along with many cultural and socio-economic distinctions from the suburbs to the west. If you drive from Covina or Glendora into San Dimas or Rowland Heights into Diamond Bar, you'll see what I mean. I'd argue (and have on the Inland Empire page) that pretty much all Pomona Valley residents consider themselves in the Inland Empire (I know that everyone I knew did), but "officially" the Inland Empire is Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. TyranAmiros 19:45, 22 February 2007 (UTC)