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Old Posted Apr 9, 2012, 1:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Crawford View Post
I'm not ready to declare that the age of the exurb has passed.

What happened over the last few years is that new for-sale housing construction virtually ceased, which obviously killed new growth-dependent exurbs, while having little effect on established communities.

Once the for-sale market recovers, and new construction commences, I think we'll see a return to sprawltopia.
And people also have to remember that most jobs are in the suburbs now. Moving into the inner city could mean increased costs for gas, etc, as people would have to drive out to the outer suburbs for work.

Until the work situation is addressed as in more companies returning downtown and into the city, I don't think you will see mass movement towards the city, because at the end of the day the jobs are in the burbs now.
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