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The US has become a nation of suburbs

  • Written by Christopher Boone, Dean and Professor of Sustainability, Arizona State University
Suburbanites now outnumber urban and rural dwellers.Ursula Page/shutterstock.com

Since 1970, more Americans have lived in the suburbs than central cities. In 2010, suburbanites outnumbered city and rural dwellers combined for the first time. We Americans live in a suburban nation.

Despite several concerted efforts by city governments to lure...

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