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Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by bhupy on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @05:26PM (#23980869)
The data from the linked articles explicitly compares urban centers, not suburbs/exurbs.

And also, as another commenter pointed out, suburbs/exurbs can also be net producers themselves.

Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by tptacek on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @05:29PM (#23980904)
I took Provo from the lede of the article you provided.