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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by bsder on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @02:18AM (#14253460)
> But the suburban dream of middle class life at low prices is alive and well in the midwest, south, and much of the NE too, where nice housing is still no more than 2x-3.5x median income levels.

So explain to me how well things are going in Columbus, OH, Johnstown, PA, or Rochester, NY?

And I don't see people clamoring to move to Tennessee, Alabama or Mississippi.

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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by notadoc on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @12:21PM (#14257197)
If those locations were deemed "cool" by the trendy and trend seeking zeitgeist they would suddenly be doing well. It's often perception and cultural attention that drives interest in an area, you can see many examples of this in the western states.
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