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brooklynite

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22. How interesting then, that the OP didn't suggest it.

Reply to MohRokTah (Reply #18)

Fri Apr 18, 2014, 12:36 PM

Apr 2014

And honestly, no. It's not as simple as rich vs poor. There are social and cultural divisions that are equally wide.

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