Surge In Growth Expected By 2030

Rapid population growth with result in unprecendented residential and commercial development in the next twenty-five years.

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December 14, 2004, 6:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"About half the homes, office buildings, stores and factories that will be needed by 2030 don't exist today... The U.S. population is expected to increase 33% to 376 million by 2030, according to Nelson's analysis. That's 94 million more people than in 2000.To serve that population, almost 60 million housing units will have to be built."

Thanks to Ruben Flores

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