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The decline of older, inner suburbs in metropolitan America

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  • Bernadette Hanlon

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This article develops an index of suburban decline for 3,428 U.S. suburbs. The results of this index were used to measure the prevalence and extent of decline for older, inner suburbs and newer suburbs across the nation and in different regions from 1980 to 2000. The general pattern is one of decline in selected older, inner suburbs, especially those with housing built between 1950 and 1969 and those with increasing minority populations. Regional analysis reveals that the South and the Midwest had the highest proportion of older, inner suburbs in crisis. Suburbs with housing built before 1939 emerged as areas of continuing affluence.

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  • Bernadette Hanlon, 2008. "The decline of older, inner suburbs in metropolitan America," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(3), pages 423-456, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:houspd:v:19:y:2008:i:3:p:423-456
    DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2008.9521642
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