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SUN BELT


The "Sun Belt" region of the United States comprises fifteen southern states, extending from Virginia to Florida in the Southeast, and westward through Nevada, including southern California. Because of the expansion of inexpensive residential retirement communities, the Sun Belt region has seen a 93 percent overall growth of population between 1970 and 1990, well above the national average. To many people in the United States, the Sun Belt offers inexpensive living, year-round ...

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