Leigh Gallagher

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Author of The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving

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For more than 50 years, Americans were drawn to the suburbs, with their sylvan promises of easy living.

The Decline of Suburbia

For more than 50 years, Americans were drawn to the suburbs, with their sylvan promises of easy living.

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