Will Atlanta Grow No More?

Citing three examples of growing pains in Metro Atlanta, this piece wonders whether the region is incapable of efficiently growing any further.

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August 30, 2010, 6:00 AM PDT

By Nate Berg

The suburban growth pattern of Atlanta may be coming to an end, according to this post from The Economist's blog.

"Between April 1st 2009 and April 1st 2010, metro Atlanta's growth rate was at its lowest level since the 1950s. On an aesthetic level, this is no bad thing: the city grew too quickly for its infrastructure. Fewer people and cars might make the place more pleasant for those of us who live here. But going from a boomtown to a coasting-along city-from New York to Boston, say, or Shanghai to Hong Kong-is a jarring shift, particularly for Atlanta, accustomed as it is to seeing itself as the driving engine of the South."

FULL STORY: Stop the suburbs; I want to get off

Saturday, August 28, 2010 in The Economist

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