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For decades, prospective homeowners wanted to escape from denseurban centers and builders responded to this demand by constructingvast, far-flung developments of single-family homes and shoppingmalls. But several US age groups have begun to rethink how theywant to live, and experts say developers who respond to their newdemands for dense, walkable, mixed-use communities will be the oneswho get ahead.

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Brian J. Rogal

Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.

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