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Hot, broke & crowded: Top 3 reasons to flee big cities

By Erik Curren | July 5, 2013

Book of Eli freeway

It's a staple of summer disaster flicks: the scene of a panicked populace trying to get the hell out of Dodge. Or, after the bomb is dropped, a band of bedraggled survivors picking their way out of smoking ruins, hobbling along a shattered freeway littered with dead cars, empty except for the decaying remains of their occupants. It's all good fun in a movie like The Book of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: megacities, Miami, New Orleans, New York City, Phoenix, small cities, urban heat island effect

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