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By Jennifer Medina / The Bulletin
February 19, 2012
MORENO VALLEY, Calif. — Tell people here that the economy is getting better and they look quizzical. Perhaps the numbers say so, but they can hardly see it in their own lives.
A decade ago, this was a place where the middle class came to nurture its dreams — buying a house, enrolling children in....