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And so on down the line, in a chain of moves you can trace through the property records, right down to the impoverished immigrant leaving one tenement for a slightly more spacious one.

“We are numbed by the science, puzzled by jargon, paralyzed by predictions, confused about what actions to take, stressed as we scramble to care for our family, or simply impoverished, overworked, and tired,” Hawken writes.

Though they largely put down the putsch, many then turned their wrath on Alawites, a largely impoverished minority that constitutes some 10% of the country’s population and which dominated Assad-era security services and state bureaucracy.

“It’s not just Hezbollah that’s impoverished. Everyone is,” said Mona Fawaz, professor of urban studies and planning at American University of Beirut.

“It honestly was more than I expected,” said Hamm, who described the district as a “deeply impoverished” place where plenty of people rely on food benefits and Medi-Cal.