The South's New Megalopolis

According to the 2000 census, 11 million people live in the metro areas of the Piedmont megalopolis, dubbed Charlantingham.

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April 16, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"There are 13 million people living around the interstates of the Piedmont region --- 20 percent of the Southeast's population." With Atlanta as the hub of this new southern megalopolis, demographers and planners are predicting continued rapid growth. "Unlike the West and Northeast, there are few practical, political or geographical boundaries to the area's growth. There are no truly towering mountains blocking development, and usable land is more abundant. Federally owned lands do not block migration into rural areas, as they do in the West."

Thanks to Christian Peralta

FULL STORY: Charlantingham: Welcome to the big city

Sunday, April 15, 2001 in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Community / Economic Development United States

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