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With the rise of SpaceX, industrial areas are becoming hip in Hawthorne, Calif.

The scent of beer spills into the brick-walled taproom at Los Angeles Ale Works, a craft brewery that opened this year on a quiet industrial block in Hawthorne, Calif.

Behind the brewery, a boutique letterpress company prints cards, wedding invitations and other stationery, while a woodworking shop a few feet away makes custom furniture. Nearby, a used Falcon 9 first-stage booster rocket towers over the headquarters of SpaceX and nearby warehouses that are increasingly filled with an eclectic mix of products, restaurants and artists.

The rise of Elon Musk's SpaceX, more-affordable rents and the lure of Inglewood's future pro football stadium are

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