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Security Concerns Push Firms To Suburbs

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins
19 August 2002 - 6:00am

This is the last in a series of occasional articles on security, buildings, and cities after 9/11 by Boston Globe urban planning writer Anthony Flint.

"...[M]any planners see a domino effect that could intensify patterns of sprawl - just at a time when urban areas were making a modest comeback. Backup facilities and satellite offices need a labor force nearby, as well as infrastructure and commercial development... While real estate specialists see no conclusive evidence of a wholesale exodus to the suburbs, security concerns and soaring insurance premiums for urban properties have become reasons for businesses to quit the city."

Full Story: Sept. 11 pushes firms to suburbs
Source: The Boston Globe, August 18, 2002
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