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Old August 16th 06, 10:09 PM posted to rec.autos.driving,alt.planning.urban
Bill Funk
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Default Could Rising Gas Prices Kill the Suburbs?

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:16:46 -0700, "Baxter"
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>"George Conklin" > wrote in message
ink.net...
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>> "Matthew Russotto" > wrote in message
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>> > In article >,
>> > Scott en Aztlán <newsgroup> wrote:
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>>http://realestate.msn.com/buying/Art...entid=742526&G
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>> > >Could rising gas prices kill the suburbs?
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>> > No.

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>> No because jobs will then move closer to where people live: the

>suburbs.
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>Why would they do that? There's less available workforce (per square mile)
>in the suburbs than in the city.
>

Real estate in a crowded city would be cost-prohibitive, even if
zoning could be aranged.
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