As more young people moved to Tokyo and other large cities, shrinking populations couldn't sustain local businesses.
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But unlike other large cities of the Southwest, Phoenix has little history in assimilating large numbers of Hispanics.
The rebound in commercial-property prices in Tokyo and other large cities has driven capital spending to new heights.
The gleaming towers, swank restaurants, and smart shops remain, but Chicago is experiencing a steep decline quite different from that of many other large cities.
This Menlo Park, Calif. company owns 41 million square feet of office and industrial property near San Francisco and other large West Coast cities.
Ever since China opened its doors for business in 1978, there have been foreign workers in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other large Eastern coastal cities.
These proved popular and inspired the company to adopt the same model in New York and other large U.S. cities where the big-box approach was less popular and the necessary real estate prohibitively expensive.
It came about not because New York got green religion, but because the population, unlike that in most of America's other large, old, north-eastern cities, is growing.
If nobody has applied in the present process, there may be opportunities again in the future - either in the two large cities, or in other densely populated areas including Inverclyde and the areas around Aberdeen and Dundee.
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These trends, of course, may be altered by any number of developments, including the possible threats to cities from wars, environmental challenges or other large-scale disruptions.
As large numbers began to assemble in Athens and other cities earlier Wednesday, Constantine Michalos, president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce, said he hoped the strike would not turn violent.
The demonstrations have attracted large crowds in Cali, Barranquilla, Santander and other Colombian cities.
The TsunamiReady Program, developed by the National Weather Service, is designed to help cities, towns, counties, universities and other large sites in coastal areas reduce the potential for disastrous tsunami-related consequences.
It also could help the United States deal with opposition from major Iraqi Shiite leaders, including Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, whose supporters by the tens of thousands staged a large protest Thursday in Basra and smaller ones in several other cities.
But, if present trends continue, many other cities will have to find creative ways to use some very large and suddenly empty buildings.
Other suggestions include extending rural community land buy-out rights to large towns and cities.
Among other things, I favor government-run roads, government-supported subways in large cities, educational subsidies for children whose parents cannot afford private tuition, safety regulation of dangerous chemical and nuclear facilities, regulation of natural monopolies, copyright protection, and so forth.
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