LMN Triangle
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The LMN Triangle is a cultural phrase that emerged in the mid-2000s. It refers to the triangle shape created by drawing lines from Los Angeles to Miami to New York City and back to Los Angeles, resulting in a triangular shape. The three cities, whose first letters represent the three middle letters of the alphabet, are regarded as pop culture meccas in the United States.
Industry Ties
They have the three largest television, film, and fashion industries iin the United States, and three of the four billion dollar music industries in the country (the other one belongs to Nashville, home of country music. Their status symbol as pop culture icons in the United States makes them famous permanent and vacation homes among many Hollywood celeberties. They are also three of the most important advertising capitals in the United States, with firms such as Miami's Crispin Porter +Bogusky considered some of the hottest in the United States during the mid-2000s.Celeberity Appeal
The truest of the A-List Celeberities usuaully own homes in all three metro regions. The three are also home to America's most exclusive shopping districts - New York's 5th Avenue, Los Angeles' Rodeo Drive, and Miami's Bal Harbour Shops. Their role as pop culture icons also makes them the only three cities to have ever hosted MTV's popular MTV Video Music Awards, which rotates locations between the three cities. Their NBA teams - the Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, and New York Knicks - are noted for attracting a very elite and wealthy crowd, which with their own famous celeberity season ticket holders (the Lakers' Jack Nicholson, the Heat's Jimmy Buffett, and the Knicks' Spike Lee). Their upscale and vibrant nightlifes and exclusive boutique hotels make all three favourite celeberity night time hang out, though Miami's 24 hour liquor license rules give Miami the edge as the play capital of the three.Radical Consumer Tastes
The three markets are known for having very luxurious tastes, even among those that aren't particulary wealthy. They are the three largest markets for exotic sports cars in the US, while the BMW 3-Series ranks among the ten best selling cars in all three cities. In 2006, when Roberto Cavalli launched it's new $60 vodka, it was initially sold exclusively in those three cities. The markets are also keen to "out of the ordinay" new products, especially when it comes to automobiles. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe, for example, was unsuccessul when launched in the US in 2001, but generated high sales in all three markets. Many manufactures often use the three cities to launch or test-market radical new concepts.
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