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Ask a Mexican: Why Do So Many Mexican-Americans Claim Their Neighborhoods Are Tough—When They’re Not?

Dear Mexican: I’m a U.S.-born Mexican who spent some of my years growing up in Tijuana. Why do Mexican Americans from Santa Ana (Orange County) and South Gate (near Los Angeles) always think they’re harder than the rest of us Mexicans, even though their neighborhoods are like 100 times better than the colonia in which […]

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