Tiniest of 'Towns' Fall to Sprawl
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By Patrick O'Driscoll  Prairie dogs fight for home on the range as suburbs spread. Rodent relocators try to strike a humane    balance of city and wildlife.    BOULDER, Colo.
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A little over a decade ago, the small working-class city of Gardena was having trouble getting liability insurance, like a lot of other California towns, and it decided to take the kind of entrepreneurial leap municipalities were being encouraged to
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As a city moves to curb its canine population, typically timid middle-class citizens find themselves fighting the power
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Sandy gullies and endless sage brush offer little hint of the watersports mecca once envisioned for this small town near the Montana line.
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Poor town planning which limits opportunities for children to take exercise is blamed for fuelling a rise in obesity.
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The nation's traffic problems are getting worse faster than they can be fixed even in small cities like Brownsville, Texas, and Pensacola, Fla.
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Because of tourism, small Chinese historical towns are now protected from the onslaught of bulldozers but their inhabitants complain they are not enjoying any benefits from the first masses of visitors.
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PASS CHRISTIAN, Mississippi  - When hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans it also ravaged a series of small towns. Nearly two years later they have faded from the spotlight but are still struggling to rebuild.
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Symbols of former mainlanders' past, the villages are being plowed under to accommodate urban growth.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 23--Little River and Murrells Inlet used to be sleepy villages with glorious waterfront locations. But because of their beauty, both villages attracted the commercial and residential developers, and grew exponentially as a result.
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A new study suggests that people living in sprawling suburbs are more prone to chronic physical health problems than people living in compact urban areas.
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LE ROY, Ill. -- This expanse of central Illinois is flat as a pancake, with corn and soybean fields stretching to the horizon, interrupted only by a smattering of small towns.
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In New York's small town courts, part-time judges with little or no qualifications are the final word in law.
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When it comes to land for development, gasoline stations clean up nicely. As a result, they are steadily disappearing from New York City.
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Streeters are getting a little less than they did in the past.
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Most communities that lose business in spite of offering companies tax breaks walk away, but one town is fighting back.
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Losing urban green spaces will affect people's quality of life and drive out many species of wildlife.