A recent article in USA Today examines how the economic downturn, rising gas prices and high unemployment rates have affected how Americans consider where they live. Cities and older suburbs come out ahead. “This could be the end of the exurb as a place where people aspire to go when they’re starting their families,” said William Frey, demographer at The Brookings Institution. For more information: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-04-05/sprawl-census-urban/54007292/1/