Certainly sustained economic growth, low density and more affordable housing all clearly continue to push the center of population gravity toward certain Sun Belt cities, primarily in the Southeast and Texas.

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The result is scattered, low-density development that keeps affordable housing out, increases the cost of infrastructure, separates inner-city residents from new jobs in the suburbs, and makes public transport less efficient.

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In Cape Coral, employment has gotten a boost from the recovering housing market and the fact that the city has a low density rate, at 45%, so there is plenty of room to grow.

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