The Eastside of Los Angeles??

Once again I have read an article that refers to the northwest area of Los Angeles as "L.A.'s Eastside". The first time I read this some years ago I immediately thought they were talking about my community of Boyle Heights or the unincorporated area of East L.A.. At least something EAST of the L.A. River, EAST of Downtown Los Angeles. But to my astonishment they were talking about nothing of the kind. Instead they were talking about the northwest L.A. communities of Echo Park, Silver Lake and yes even Los Feliz. Keep in mind these communties are WEST of Downtown L.A., WEST of the Central Core of the City. In fact a little more northwest than anything. And yet here they were being refered to as the "Eastside" of L.A.. Why? How can communities on the westside of the Central City be refered to as the "eastside"?? What are they "east" of? Certainly not the Central City. Unless, that is, they don't view Downtown Los Angeles as the Central Core of the City. So then how do these people view L.A.? Where do they pin point the center of the city? Certinly not Downtown L.A.. Can it be as one person once told me, in the L.A. "that counts"?? That is to say the far westside. Again the "far westside" perspective prevails in defining the City's boundaries. Any other perspective is ultimately seen as erroneous by them. People who, by their very own claims, seldom venture east of La Cienega, Sepulveda, Fairfax or La Brea are defining what is east and west in the City? If this is so then Downtown Los Angeles has lost it's place, in their eyes at least, as the City Center. Replaced by the far westside that the media often seems to use to define L.A.. How unfortunate.