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Thank Millennials for Growth

03/14/2018
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Tim Evans
Tim Evans
Director of Research
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Suburban sprawl is out. Redevelopment and “live-work-play” neighborhoods are in. And it’s all thanks to the Millennial generation, who are opting out of the car-dependent suburban subdivisions where they grew up. New Jersey’s population data now show a clear trend toward redevelopment in New Jersey’s cities, towns, and older suburbs, a trend driven by the locational preferences of today’s generation of young adults.

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