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Within one city, an enclave is held at a distance – In the Iglesia Park area of Aliso Viejo, language and economic barriers keep residents and their wealthy neighbors from finding common ground. – Los Angeles

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“Iglesia Park feels like a neighborhood without a town.

Stuck on the northern tip of master-planned Aliso Viejo and up against the walled-in retirement city of Laguna Woods, the community of 450 one-story duplexes is mostly working-class Latinos, surrounded by the wealthy, white and retired.

When Luisa Perez moved to the neighborhood 10 years ago, she and her husband, José, both Mexican immigrants, were among a handful of Latino newcomers, and they didn’t get a warm reception.”*

Posted on: October 20th, 2007
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Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Additional News, Community
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