In these places, construction is held back by slow-growing (Providence, Long Island) or declining (Detroit) populations or by already-high densities and building restrictions that leave fewer options for new construction (Orange County, CA).
Boarding a vessel on the Nile is to peel back millennia and slow down to river speed as ancient temples, oxcarts and palm trees pass by, unaltered since Pharaohs ruled the roost.
But ideas mean little without funds and back in Moscow progress on implementing Kyoto is slow.
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This kind of slow-paced summertime kicking back is difficult with constant work demands in nonstop emails, emergency conference calls, ever beckoning smart phones, and social media.
But BT, which has long been aggrieved at the stick it gets over what some consider the slow progress of its broadband rollout, is hitting back.
American small businesses have been painfully slow to snap back from the Great Recession, but the trend is looking better.
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In countries such as Portugal, Greece and Ireland, where big government deficits have to be cut back, loan growth is likely to decline and bad loans to increase as economies slow.
India's growth is expected to slow to 5.6% this year before bouncing back to 6.7% in 2013.
That Guam is a named player in a nuclear showdown is striking for an island known for its slow pace and laid-back attitudes.
Frank said before the game that rookie Andre Drummond is making slow progress in his return from a stress fracture in his back.
There is good chance that growth industries will come back into favor this decade given the slow growing global economy and less opportunities for cyclical industries.
October is typically a slow-down month for consumer spending, coming between the back-to-school period and holiday shopping, and this year was no different.
But, if you step back from the monthly and quarterly figures, there IS quite a lot of evidence that the slow economic fix to the crisis is happening.
The whole process is slow and cumbersome, and I usually need a beer after shopping just to get my feet back on the ground.
If Windows 8 is the ticket to a bounce-back in PC sales, it's going to be a long, slow recovery.
If a cable does fail, a repair ship is dispatched to lift both ends to the surface using grappling hooks and fuse the ends back together a slow, expensive process.
Haiti is still struggling to come back from a massive earthquake that struck its densely populated capital three years ago, the slow recovery attributed largely to political dysfunction and the magnitude of the disaster.
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