Developers Improvise As Economy Falters

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Wed, 08/20/2008 - 11:55pm

Does it still make sense to build homes in the farthest suburbs, as gas prices rise and housing prices fall?

Some developers say it does, if they create a different kind of suburb: a township community with stores in walking distance of the houses.

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