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Orange County (California)

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“This is the first recession in which a majority of the poor in metropolitan areas live in the suburbs, giving food stamps new prominence there. Use has grown by half or more in dozens of suburban counties from Boston to Seattle, including such bulwarks of modern conservatism as California’s Orange County, where the rolls are up more than 50 percent.”

"The parts within the city limits themselves. There are about 270 square miles in the city of L.A. and a population of about 4 million. But there are 88 cities within Los Angeles County with a population of about 10 million. So we're less than half of the county's population, but certainly we're the nucleus and there are many cities closely surrounding us. When you consider all of Los Angeles County and neighboring Orange County, it is one continuous developed area. It's sometimes difficult to tell when you've left the city of L.A. and entered an adjacent city. That's quite unlike many other cities, where once you're out of the city core, it's fairly obvious that you're out of the city.

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