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MERCEDES — The small television, the pink bedroom décor, the family photos that fill every inch of wall space and counter surface — these are the things that make Elida Garcia’s apartment a home.
The 73-year-old has lived in the same one-bedroom unit at Mercedes Palms Apartments — a government-subsidized, low-income housing complex — for more than a quarter of her life. And over time, the space has collected enough knickknacks, assorted curios and other bits of life detritus to make the apartment more than just a place to live.
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