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The American dream remains elusive in the valley that inspired East of Eden
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John Steinbeck’s hometown of Salinas is the least affordable city in the US for the middle class, a recent Brookings Institution analysis found
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- Gaya Gupta
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- Oct 3, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC
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- Oct 3, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC
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