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Comparing New York and L.A. housing, by neighborhood and square foot

Children play in front of the Watts Towers on Aug. 5, 2015. The average per-square-foot price for housing in the south Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts ($212) is similar to Stapleton in Staten Island ($198).

Children play in front of the Watts Towers on Aug. 5, 2015. The average per-square-foot price for housing in the south Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts ($212) is similar to Stapleton in Staten Island ($198).

  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Boyle Heights

A view of downtown Los Angeles can be seen from the Boyle Hotel in Boyle Heights. For the price of a home in Boyle Heights ($269 per square foot), one could get a similarly sized place in the Bronx neighborhood of City Island in New York ($274).

  (Christina House/ For The Times )

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