Editing Mount Soledad (section)

== Legend of Munchkin land  ==
There is an [[urban legend]] that in the 1930s, a group of little people who appeared in Hollywood films such as ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', came to San Diego, where they built miniature houses on Mount Soledad.<ref name="museumofhoaxes.com">{{cite web |title=The Legend of Midgetville |publisher=Museum of Hoaxes |url=http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/permalink/the_legend_of_midgetville/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A Big Man Looks for the Land of the Littlepeople |date=2003-05-12 |newspaper=The Daily Aztec |url=http://media.www.thedailyaztec.com/media/storage/paper741/news/2003/05/12/Tempo/A.Big.Man.Looks.For.The.Land.Of.The.Littlepeople-757722.shtml?page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409091327/http://media.www.thedailyaztec.com/media/storage/paper741/news/2003/05/12/Tempo/A.Big.Man.Looks.For.The.Land.Of.The.Littlepeople-757722.shtml?page=1 |archive-date=2008-04-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The legend gained traction due to the fact several houses were built on steep slopes overlooking the Pacific. As passing observers looked down, the perspective made doors and other features appear smaller than normal. Most of the supposed "Munchkin Houses" have been remodeled and the effect is no longer present.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}