@GOOD Asks: What Regional Specialties Characterize Your Neighborhood?

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April 16, 2010 • 2:30 pm PDT
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Yesterday on Twitter and Facebook, we asked our friends: What regional specialties characterize your neighborhood? We ask a question to our Twitter and Facebook faithful once a day, so if you’re not yet following @GOOD or a fan, make sure to sign up and participate in the conversation.

Here's what our Twitter followers had in mind:

And here is what our Facebook buddies had to say:

Globalization has its benefits, but we don't want totally homogeneous neighborhoods, right?
Here in Los Angeles, we have great Korean food and taco stands. What regional specialties characterize your neighborhood?

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