'Exurbs' offer glimpse at future growth trends 

Exurbia -- that urban fringe beyond the suburbs -- grew 31 percent in the 1990s, which is more than twice as fast as the metro areas that exurban communities surround.

"Finding Exurbia: America's Fast-Growing Communities at the Metropolitan Fringe," a report by The Brookings Institution, uses a wealth of statistical information to define exurban communities and describe their growth trends.

The report's authors conclude that exurbs may repr

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