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| | Arcata, California -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | This city is the home of Humboldt State University, which accounts for, as of 2001, approximately 7500 (close to half) of those residents. |
 | | Arcata is known for the (The soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees) Redwoods in which it rests, and for it's liberal culture. |
 | | With a student body of nearly half the town's total population, Arcata is a classic example of a traditional "college town" - with all the concomitant cultural advantages, but also with the inevitable tensions that arise between "townies" and the student population. |
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