Free Fallin' - Los Angeles-area References

Los Angeles-area References

References to Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley appear in the lyrics of the song, including:

• "The Valley" – the name the San Fernando Valley is known as colloquially
• Reseda – a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley
• 101 "Ventura" freeway - the lyrics mention "a freeway runnin' through the yard" of the subject's Reseda home - putatively the 101 Freeway, which has an exit for Reseda Boulevard, albeit in the higher-income neighborhood of Tarzana
• Ventura Boulevard – a primary east-west thoroughfare in the San Fernando Valley
• "Mulholland" – a reference to Mulholland Drive, an arterial road which traverses the San Fernando Valley and Bel Air, following the ridgeline of the eastern Santa Monica Mountains and the Hollywood Hills