The Platinum Triangle is an informal name for three adjacent neighborhoods in the

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area. It includes

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, which is its own city within

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, along with two

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city neighborhoods, Bel Air and

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. The "Platinum Triangle" designation refers to the affluence of the three neighborhoods and their multi-million dollar homes. The area is consistently ranked as one of the most expensive housing markets in the country.

In popular culture

A 2011 book called '' Unreal Estate: Money, Ambition and the Lust for Land in Los Angeles'', by Michael Gross, describes the social history of the Platinum Triangle.

References

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