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Information on Segments (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Revenue and income (loss) before income taxes and total assets | Revenue and income (loss) before income taxes for each of our segments, for the periods indicated, were as follows (amounts in thousands):
| Six months ended April 30, |  | Three months ended April 30,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | $ | 360,494 |  |  | $ | 334,983 |  |  | $ | 226,214 |  |  | $ | 189,345 |
Mid-Atlantic | 461,865 |  |  | 410,542 |  |  | 254,907 |  |  | 226,491 |
South | 412,206 |  |  | 337,307 |  |  | 240,714 |  |  | 195,111 |
West | 607,421 |  |  | 513,835 |  |  | 349,388 |  |  | 302,702 |
California | 725,446 |  |  | 593,079 |  |  | 438,342 |  |  | 373,303 |
Traditional Home Building | 2,567,432 |  |  | 2,189,746 |  |  | 1,509,565 |  |  | 1,286,952 |
City Living | 207,235 |  |  | 94,496 |  |  | 89,634 |  |  | 76,560 |
Total | $ | 2,774,667 |  |  | $ | 2,284,242 |  |  | $ | 1,599,199 |  |  | $ | 1,363,512 |
Income (loss) before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North | $ | 2,036 |  |  | $ | 20,606 |  |  | $ | 1,657 |  |  | $ | 10,513 |
Mid-Atlantic | 34,344 |  |  | 33,543 |  |  | 20,444 |  |  | 21,911 |
South | 39,278 |  |  | 33,930 |  |  | 27,130 |  |  | 20,819 |
West | 78,653 |  |  | 67,822 |  |  | 48,049 |  |  | 42,325 |
California | 146,518 |  |  | 126,529 |  |  | 85,661 |  |  | 83,336 |
Traditional Home Building | 300,829 |  |  | 282,430 |  |  | 182,941 |  |  | 178,904 |
City Living | 46,649 |  |  | 85,032 |  |  | 16,685 |  |  | 41,930 |
Corporate and other | (63,132 | ) |  | (58,472 | ) |  | (46,878 | ) |  | (21,625 | )
Total | $ | 284,346 |  |  | $ | 308,990 |  |  | $ | 152,748 |  |  | $ | 199,209 |
“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of general corporate expenses such as the offices of our executive officers; the corporate finance, accounting, audit, tax, human resources, risk management, information technology, marketing, and legal groups; interest income; income from certain of our ancillary businesses, including Gibraltar; and income from our Rental Property Joint Ventures and Gibraltar Joint Ventures. Total assets for each of our segments, as of the dates indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
| April 30, 2018 |  | October 31, 2017
Traditional Home Building: |  |  |
North | $ | 1,085,200 |  |  | $ | 1,074,969 |
Mid-Atlantic | 1,185,334 |  |  | 1,121,013 |
South | 1,291,941 |  |  | 1,184,956 |
West | 1,423,300 |  |  | 1,275,298 |
California | 2,983,624 |  |  | 2,630,041 |
Traditional Home Building | 7,969,399 |  |  | 7,286,277 |
City Living | 555,876 |  |  | 647,174 |
Corporate and other | 1,318,451 |  |  | 1,511,774 |
Total | $ | 9,843,726 |  |  | $ | 9,445,225 |
“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and investments, deferred tax assets, investments in our Rental Property Joint Ventures, expected recoveries from insurance carriers and suppliers, our Gibraltar investments and operations, manufacturing facilities, and our mortgage and title subsidiaries.

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