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Article: Suburbs beyond I-270 top growth: Aging populations, expensive houses and high real-estate taxes explain population losses in the inner-ring cities of Bexley, Grandview Heights, Upper Arlington and Worthington, while Pickerington, Powell and New Albany boom.
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- The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)
- Article date:
- June 28, 2007
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Byline: Lisa Halverstadt and Jim Woods
Jun. 28--When Nancy Kopaczewski moved from Pickerington to just outside New Albany three years ago, she wanted a small-town atmosphere.
Then the development followed her.
Powell, New Albany and Pickerington -- which not long ago were farming towns -- added people faster than any other communities in the state from 2000 through July 2006, according to estimates that the U.S. Census Bureau released this morning.
Housing starts are down locally and nationally. But the suburbs are prospering outside I-270, where they have room to grow and popular school systems.
Older, inner-ring suburbs in ...