Complex sentence: The neighborhood was once an affluent area populated mostly by whites and Japanese and evidence of this can still be seen in the real estate market on the west-side, where houses sell for higher prices than similar homes in north and central Long Beach.
Split into simpler sentences: The neighborhood was once an affluent area populated mostly by whites and Japanese. Evidence of this can still be seen in the real estate market on the west-side, where houses sell for higher prices than similar homes in north and central Long Beach.