Brighton is a primarily residential

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in south

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, part of the greater

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district and centered about a mile and a half south of the Columbia City neighborhood. The neighborhood was settled by

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immigrants in the 1880s, who named it "Brighton Beach" after the English resort city of

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. It is several blocks from the

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light rail station. The neighborhood was served by the

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from 1891 until it closed in 1937. According to the US census, 90% of Brighton residents self-reported as being non-white in 2010. The Stranger
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