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...astonishment of its citizens, who have maintained a hangdog pride in being off the beaten path, Fresno has become one of the fastest-growing major cities in America. In Fresno people had always felt that they were in California but not of it -- a little bit of Iowa under the palm trees. Now their sleepy farm town is growing nearly as fast as crops planted in the dull, rich land of the surrounding San Joaquin Valley...
...great influx? Fresno, so proudly un-Californian in the past, is one of the few places in the state that have not already reached a choke-off point for high prices, pollution, crime or the fear of those things. The city is growing by fleeing itself -- in developments rising, tier on tier, northward toward the banks of the San Joaquin River. A local columnist calls those living in the posh new homes "branch and chain people": executives for the local branch of whatever banks, credit companies, insurance firms are represented here. Yet even less affluent people are selling medium-size...
...Johnson says, "Turn to your neighbor and smile, turn all around and smile. I like fellowshipping. I like to see people hug a lot." As one leaves the huge parking lot, a sign proclaims, YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE MISSION FIELD, and people drive out smiling the gospel of Fresno. A prosperous-looking dentist's office has on its sign: DR. SO-AND-SO, D.D.S., DENTISTRY FOR SMILES...
...some people here, but others wonder how long the small- town feeling, or the friendliness, can last. The metropolitan area has a population of 477,400 (it was 358,800 a decade ago), and the number is expected to double in the next 10 years. The U.S. government used Fresno as a dumping ground for refugees created by its actions in Indochina, particularly the mountain Laotians called Hmong. There are 31,000 Hmong in the area, many clustered in a neighborhood known as Ban Vinai -- for the refugee camp some of them came from. The ethnic mix has placed heavy...
...Shots: Fresno St. 13; Harvard 8. Crimson, 2-0 in Las Vegas UNLV 0-0--0 HARVARD...