Booming Burbs Stop Growing

Areas like Bellevue, Washington and Coral Springs, Florida have grown by 10% or more every decade since the 1970s. Today, these suburban communities are actually losing people.

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November 21, 2009, 1:00 PM PST

By Tim Halbur

Haya El Nasser writes, "Twenty-four of the 53 cities of 100,000 or more that grew by at least 10% every decade since 1970 lost population in the last two years.

Fifteen are likely to end the decade with less than a 10% gain in population, largely because of recent losses."

FULL STORY: Housing bust halts growing suburbs

Friday, November 20, 2009 in USA Today

Community / Economic Development United States Suburbs Boomburbs

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