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Re:The Shame of Palo Alto: An Interview with Kate Downing on... by diamondtrim on Sunday August 14, 2016 @11:48PM (#12288525)
Fun fact: Antarctica got its first ATM before East Palo Alto did. (Both in 1998)
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Re:The Shame of Palo Alto: An Interview with Kate Downing on... by twblalock on Sunday August 14, 2016 @11:56PM (#12288550)
I've been told that the huge Ikea-Home Depot shopping center in East Palo Alto was built on top of the most dangerous neighborhood in the city. Apparently it was contested gang territory, and the city used eminent domain to solve the problem by demolishing it and converting it to retail.
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