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- ↑ "The People the Suburbs Were Built for Are Gone". www.vice.com.
- ↑ Lasky, Julie (October 16, 2020). "Like It or Not, the Suburbs Are Changing". The New York Times– via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ Dunham-Jones, Ellen; Williamson, June (13 April 2014). "Gentrify Those Suburban Parking Lots". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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