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http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/06/20/when-santa-monica-was-still-oshkosh-by-the-sea/chronicles/who-we-were/?utm_source=When%20Santa%20Monica%20Was%20Oshkosh&utm_campaign=10%2F26%2F12&utm_medium=email

It is odd, because apartments are where many of us live, our dreams take shape, and our everyday stories unfold. Maybe you think of Santa Monica as a place of sea breezes and ocean beaches, of suntans and surf. But for me the core of Santa Monica is the apartment. Over 60 percent of the residents are renters, and many are combatants in a miniature class war that never stops. They are haunted by one question: Will someone try and take my apartment away? If you understand that simple fact, youll appreciate a lot of what makes the town tick....

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