The Death and Life of Great American Suburbs

Boomburbs, like Naperville, IL and Plano, TX, are faced with challenges as well as opportunities to curb decline and to overcome suburban challenges such as traffic.

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December 11, 2003, 10:00 AM PST

By Connie Chung

"Urban planners say these suburbs are at a crossroads: Some, through careful planning, will remain the places to be, losing little of their chamber-of-commerce luster. Others won't be so fortunate. Neighborhoods will turn, looking nothing like they did a decade earlier....For cities to thrive, they have to draw people. And give residents reasons to stay...."

Thanks to Connie Chung

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