New census data showed rapid growth around some of the nation's largest cities and shrinking population in many rural counties.

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Another voice predicting the death of the American suburb has joined the choir. Online publication Business Insider launched a series of stories it has dubbed “Death of Suburbia.” The series promises to examine the decline of gauche McMansions, disappearing malls ...

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Despite a recent move by suburbs to provide more mixed-use development city officials still anticipate growth.

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LOS ANGELES — A new report shows more poor people have moved to the nation’s suburbs, outnumbering those in urban areas. The Brookings Institution study released Monday says those in poverty living in suburbs jumped 67 percent between 2000 and ...

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WASHINGTON — For the first time in a century, most of America’s largest cities are growing at a faster rate than their surrounding suburbs as young adults seeking a foothold in the weak job market shun home-buying and stay put ...

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WASHINGTON — Living in an outlying Chicago suburb, Jeff Wehrli recalls a heady time not too long ago when city dwellers poured in and developers couldn’t build McMansions fast enough. Now boom has turned to bust, as in many of ...

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