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Why the "wrong side of the tracks" is usually the east side of cities

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What do communities on the social, economic and environmental margins have in common? In this short talk about a surprising insight, anthropologist and venture capitalist Stephen DeBerry explains how both environmental and man-made factors have led to disparity by design in cities from East Palo Alto, California to East Jerusalem and beyond— and suggests some elegant solutions to fix it.

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