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Silicon Valley's Last Affordable City?

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For years the tech boom largely bypassed one little part of Silicon Valley: East Palo Alto. It's just across Highway 101 from Stanford University and all the venture capital firms on Sand Hill Road. Until recently, East Palo Alto was a relatively affordable enclave for working class Latinos and African-Americans. That's quickly changing.

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