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Suburban Housing Problems
As of right now, I currently live in the suburbs with my mom and younger sister. In the suburban area that I live in consist of a majority of African American people, and a small group of Caucasian and Latino people. The area is a very nice neighborhood, and there is also a middle school that is around the corner where I attended as a kid. The neighborhood now is very quiet, and the other residents are very nice people as well. There is one problem in the area that no one has done anything about is the shortage of affordable housing. For example, down the street there are still some empty homes that no has moved in to and it’s been that way for quite some time now. A couple of months ago there was some thieves who came to the subdivision and
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