One-Fifth Of The Nation: America's First Suburbs

Posted by: David Gest
Thanks to: Metropolitan Policy Program

16 February 2006 - 8:00am

Neither fully urban nor completely suburban, America's older, inner-ring, 'first' suburbs have a set of challenges very different from those of the center city and fast growing newer places, according to a new Brookings Institution report.

In this new paper, Rob Puentes and David Warren define first suburbs throughout the nation, examine their similarities and differences, and, finally, delineate a policy agenda tailored specifically to these distinctive places.

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Source: The Brookings Institution, February 15, 2006