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-------------------- Rich, Poor Live Poles Apart in L.A. as Middle Class Keeps Shrinking --------------------

By Nancy Cleeland Times Staff Writer

July 23 2006

A growing body of research shows Los Angeles to be a region of extreme polarization, where rich and poor live in separate neighborhoods, surrounded by others like themselves.

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