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The American dream remains elusive in Salinas, Steinbeck's valley
Original: The American dream remains elusive in the valley that inspired East of Eden https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/o
Salinas, California, the Salinas Valley that inspired John Steinbeck's East of Eden, still falls short of the prosperity his novels depicted, according to a new Guardian report. The piece examines income inequality, a housing crisis and strained farmworkers' wages in the agricultural region, arguing that economic mobility there remains as out of reach today as it was in Steinbeck's era.
Why now: Steinbeck's enduring relevance and rising US inequality and housing costs are drawing fresh attention to the region he chronicled.
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