residential area

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The ballot measure emerged from the fight against a 247,000-square-foot center proposed in 2024 by the Australian-owned investment firm HMC StratCap for a residential area in Monterey Park.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Vahid Online posted one video taken from the top floor of a residential area of loud anti-government chants echoing around the buildings.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Saks was among the first large retailers to locate in what was then primarily a residential area, not far from the Vanderbilt and Astor mansions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

County was back in 1983, when an even-stronger EF-2 tornado tore through a residential area of South Central Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025

I claimed a small, empty wasi on the outskirts of the residential area and placed my pack and blankets within.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis