Chester county growth and development
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- Created on: 14-01-16 10:26
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- growth and development in Chester County
- facts
- Pennsylvania
- 40km southwest of Philadelphia
- has experienced strong economic growth in past 50 years
- counterurbanisation
- 44% of land is aggriculture
- problems
- population doubled between 1960 and 2006
- farmland and woodland replaced with low density housing, business parks, superstore etc
- huge increase in commuting, 90% of which made by car
- demand for housing has led to shortage
- therefore soaring house prices
- 46% have university degrees and struggle to get housing
- Hispanics who work in farming have been 'locked out' of the housing market
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