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Merced among nation’s most unaffordable small metro housing areas, says USA Today report
There’s a saying that two seemingly opposite things can be true at the same time. Case in point, the idea Merced is more affordable than other California cities, yet considerably less affordable than many U.S. cities of its size. That’s one of the takeaways from USA Today Homefront’s 2024...
Merced was stop for early Yosemite photographer Carleton Watkins
What do Carleton Watkins and Ansel Adams have in common?. They are both well-known Yosemite photographers, and each photographed Merced at least once. While Adams’ portrait of a drifter in front of the Palace Rooms on 16th Street provides a glimpse of optimism amid the Great Depression, Watkins’ image of El Capitan Hotel and Passenger Depot by the Central Pacific Railroad offers a look at an up-and-coming new town.
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