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East Of Palo Alto's Eden: Race And The Formation Of Silicon Valley

Long read on why a small town of low income minorities squeezed between Google and Facebook has been torn apart over the decades by redlining, blockbusting, immigration reform, drug sentencing laws, prop 13 property tax laws and now gentrification as nearby wealthy towns like Palo Alto adopt slow growth policies to keep housing supply artificially low.

East Of Palo Alto's Eden: Race And The Formation Of Silicon Valley