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... situation called edge city. In the case of Austin, the whole country is experiencing rapid growth in the suburbs. The population of the U.S. expanded 56.1% during the forty years since World War II [=-=Rosenbloom, 1990-=-]. Metropolitan areas grew 76.1 % in those same years [Rosenbloom, 1990]. This indicates that the population growth in cities has outpaced rural areas. However, central cities grew only 49.9% during t...